Butterfly Madness and Dyeing Fun

I feel as though I have accomplished a lot in the last week. Another birthday gift is finished, and I'm very pleased with the results. It is the Butterfly Hat designed by Sofiya Cremin. I found the pattern on Ravelry, where one can find many wonderful things related to knitting, but you can also find the pattern here. I used Patons Soy Wool Stripes in Natural Navy. I love this colorway, and I hope that my sister-in-law does too.

I have also wanted to try my hand at dyeing for a while. I am making Amelia a little five colored hat from the Sandnes Luer Tema 01 Barn/Voksne Booklet. This has the cutest hats ever in it! Here is a picture of the pattern I chose.


I decided to use Knitpicks DK Swish Superwash in Bare and dye my own colors using the Jacquard Acid Dyes. I had a lot of fun turning this:

into this!

I think I am going to switch the blue and yellow colors on the hat, just because I happen to like blue better than yellow. Hopefully it will still be cute. My next project goals are to hurry up and finish Penelope's sweater and her Pumpkin Hat, both of which should be fast.