The rewrite of my hat book has been a long time coming, but I'm working really hard on it and it's almost done!

I've only got a tiny bit of editing to do to two patterns (one I have to reword a paragraph and the other needs a paragraph added) and add a bit about hat resources online and the text will be complete.

Knitting-wise I just have to put the wire on one hat and all the knitting is finished.

Here's a photo of the two hats I reknit because the prototypes weren't right and I adjusted the patterns, plus a little knit & felt beret.

The ones I reknit were the monmouth cap (in khaki/brown at the back) and the pillbox. The prototype monmouth cap was too long after felting so I adjusted the lengths and test-knit it again and now I think it's perfect. I reknit the pillbox because I felt it needed a turned up brim. The prototype just didn't look right without it and I think the turnup gives a nice area for embroidery or needle felting. I will even-out the turnup before I photograph it for the book. It's folded a bit wonky in this photo.

:-)

You'll see that the beret in this photo is very petite. I'll be including instructions in the pattern on how to make the diameter of the top any size you want.

As for my suffolk puff yo-yo coverlet, I'm a few days behind schedule because I wanted to get as much of my hat book finished as possible so I'm only up to 1,537 suffolk-puffs instead of 1,600 puffs and 4 squares of 16 suffolk puffs sewn together, which is what I had planned. But never mind because my plan did have a few extra days in case of an emergency so if I can get all 1,600 sewn by tomorrow night I'll just call it "on schedule" and get on sewing the puffs together into squares. I really hope it turns out well. I've never made anything out of suffolk puffs before, not even a greeting card, so I've got my fingers crossed I've been doing it all properly!