This Monkeysuits Funky Monkey newsboy cap by Sharon Turner is so cool! I saw Sharon's daughter wearing the original pattern at Rhinebeck and immediately knew that I wanted to make one of these for me. It also seemed like a perfect way to use some of my favorite hand-dyed sock yarn, since the pattern calls for sock yarn held double. This beautiful teal-blue-white colorway is called "Atlantis", making my funky monkey hat a funky sea-monkey hat! Remember those silly sea-monkey packets you could buy that never worked? Well, true to it's namesake, my funky sea-monkey hat was also a dud the first time out due to my not making an adequate gauge swatch (doh!), but this time it came out great! The pattern is excellent. I was amazed at how easy it was to do that brim. I was always afraid of doing a newsboy cap because I thought that part would be too tricky, but Sharon has come up with a very clever way to create it that looks awesome!

Speaking of tricks, I've got one more hat still on the needles, so I'm going for a "hat trick" this week. Can I complete three hats in one week?!

(Oh and yes, that is still the crappy old camera that has been bringing you crappy blog photos since wee one broke the good camera last month. We'll probably have to wait until after Santa brings a new camera for the return of really decent pictures. Ugh!)