Work and health issues have kept me quite busy/distracted till recently, but due to the arrival of hot weather and a mini-holiday it seemed a good idea to crochet a sun hat.
I based mine on a pattern by Jessie, especially to make the crown. The brim doesn't have any 'holes' in it to optimise the amount of shade provided, and is kept stiff by 2mm garden wire crocheted into the last row. The hat band consists of 2 pieces: a chain threaded through the last row of the crown which can be tightened to fit the hat and a second chain with flowers threaded through the first chain purely for decorative reasons.
The yarn for the hat is DK pure cotton in off-white/ivory, the hat band is made from an acrylic light blue DK. Hook size for both was 3.5 mm. A lot of it was crocheted while travelling; it's a great take-away project! Not all sun hats can boast they have been partly created under the sea (i.e. in the Eurostar) :-)
