Best Little Girl Cloche

Nicole was getting a bit jealous of the baby crocheting I’ve been doing, so I let her pick out a yarn and a pattern to whip her up a hat. We wound up with Bernat Cottontots in Blue Berry, and the Best Little Girl Cloche from Aesthetic Nest. I’m not sure if the pattern is sized a bit generously or if it was the substitution, but I found the size 3/4 fit her a little bit generously. I would definitely recommend sizing down one if you wind up using Bernat Cottontots. She’s been all about the blue lately, whenever I let her pick her own stuff out she chooses blue every time lately. It used to always be pink… HOT pink. I can’t help but be sad at the idea that she might be over her ‘pink’ stage already! Sigh… It’s too bad that I can’t wear blue. Nicole stretched the hat out after this photo shoot, and now it would fit MY head! I’m a little scared to try and shrink it up in the wash, I don’t know if the yarn would maybe pill up a bit if I tried shrinking it. Some does, some doesn’t. I’m going to just crochet another one in a smaller size. This free pattern is also available in baby sizes. It’s very cute! It involves sc, hdc, and dc stitches, as well as chain stitches. Easy-peasy! Not at all hard to follow, either. Check the pattern out in its various sizes, newborn and all the way up, at Aesthetic Nest. (PS, I love her older daughter’s haircut. I wanted the same thing for Nicole’s recent cut but couldn’t remember where I’d seen it. Then I found her website back looking for this hat pattern! Saved some inspiration pictures to show our hairdresser for Nicole’s next cut.)