Needlework Monday - Crocheted Newsboy Beret Hat

Happy #NeedleWorkMonday everyone! I have some really exciting news to share with you today. My mother-in-law being a beautician, has quite a few good connections. She introduced me to one of her hair clients that happened to be the owner of a hat shop. I was able to show her some of my work and she loved it! She asked me to make her a couple of hat and scarf sets that will be displayed in the front of her store. She said I would be the first to have crochet and knitted items on display.

We discussed the terms and she expressed to me she wanted hats with brims. I already had a hat I loved to make that I knew she would like. I decided to make my neck warmers to go with them. I immediately went out and purchased the yarn I needed and got to work in between other projects.

Here are some pictures of the hats before I added the brim and buttons. You could just keep the hat like this and wear it as a beret but I have always added the brim because I love that style...

The ribbed sections are what really stood out for me when I found this pattern. It was very unique and nothing I had seen or ever made before.

Here are pictures of the finished hats with the brims and buttons added...

Here’s the matching neck warmer.

Here’s the other matching neck warmer.

When I brought the finished items to her she was very impressed and pleased with my work. These are her exact words...

These are so beautiful and your work is very exceptional! I hope you are ready to make more custom orders because my customers will love these!

I was really excited to get such a positive response to my work. I will be doing more orders for her as I have the time. Eventually I would like to get up to her store and take pictures of my items in there. I will definitely be sharing those with you all! 😃

I try to always find free patterns that I love but there are times I come by an item I don’t mind paying for. This hat was definitely one of those items I really wanted to make. I started off making these hats in different colors for myself and then one by one my family started asking for one.

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Community Project #2 Reminder

It is almost the end of February and I know where we live our Spring time starts mid to late March. If you are participating in ’Project Warm A Soul’ please be thinking about when you can get your scarf outside around a tree for someone in need to take home. I will be getting mine out there tomorrow and next week I will post pictures of it around the tree. If you are needing the information again for this project you can get the details HERE!

All photos are my own and were taken with our Cannon EOS Rebel T6.