Flingable Baby Hat.

Well, my impending cousin has arrived, and everyone knows infants need hats -- and not just for warmth. They also need to fling them off, causing much consternation among their childcare providers and much joy for the babies.

With that in mind, I figure a good baby hat should be soft, durable, washable, and most of all, easily flung. I think the following hat covers all of these bases.

I adapted the Children's Cotton Hat from Last Minute Knitted Gifts. I omitted the eyelets and the i-cord tie, because those were there specifically to prevent flinging. I also slightly altered the number of rounds between decreases to make the hat little less pointy.

Here's how it turned out in Ty-Dy (100% cotton from Knit One Crochet Too):


I love the way to decreases look from the top.


I hope my new cousin gets a lot of good use out of this little hat -- and that he doesn't throw it so well that he loses it!