My new crazy freeform hat!

One of the pleasures of being a Mami

is definitely having a wonderful childhood again!

I can't claim that I've ever grown up

but my little Gwenda is surely the best playfellow

I could imagine!

She just turned 5 months

& she is keeping me busy, haha!

I can get some crocheting done again

after she falls asleep in the evenings, 

so nice sitting next to her in bed

& working on my projects.

Precious time, so it's really getting hard

to publish my finished projects -

I just wanna spend every spare minute

with a hook in my hand 

instead of the laptop on my lap! ;-)

That's how I started my hat,

I had a lot of Noro yarns leftovers.

(I made quite a lot of Noro hats

for friends & family,

love working with this yarn,

it feels like painting

a picture in Monet style!)

I got me a styroform head for 2£,

pretty helpful or such a project.

(You can also pin your pieces

to a hat and crochet them together

but it's nicer to see it growing

on a head while pinning needles in it!)

I crocheted loads of funny tiny "hats"

& trumpets... 

They look like mushroom heads!

I love mushrooms!

I only used one pattern at the centre in this hat,

here you can see a Swirly Heart,

a fab pattern by Marina Hoffstrom (Snovej)!

I thought it could be good to identify

how to wear it!

Another pic of the pinned head...

Then I just crocheted the

puzzle pieces together...

In the end I added an extra round

all around the hat.

(Not only for aesthetic reasons -

my head is just a bit bigger than

the one of my mannequin!)

 Another close up of the Swirly Heart -

this time in the finished hat! ❤

...the back...

...one side...

...& the other side!

Now I'm dreaming of a Noro coat

with these yarns & this style

but this might take some time! ;-)

Back to the baby

& see you soon:

❤Your friend Dada❤