I've been on a bit of a Goldilocks roller coaster ride with wee's Flap Happy Hat. First, it was too big. Then, it was too blue.

After I changed the original red to pink (for my pink-loving princess), I found that the original blue was too... too... too something. It just wasn't the right blue for this new combination of bright pastels. I searched the stock at my lys for a similar yarn (no, they don't carry the fabulous Spud & Chloe Sweater) and ended up with one of my old faves, Nashua Handknits' Julia yarn, in a fun bright blue.

I ripped out the old blue, reknit the hat and even made it through the dreaded crown shaping. (I'd read some warnings about the crown shaping in this pattern but I'm not quite sure what all the fuss was about, except that it's too big. There's a corrected version of the crown shaping posted on the Spud & Chloe website, but it just has the same instructions written out line by line. So, nothing really wrong with the instructions at all. I just skipped about 15 rounds in there so it would fit my daughter's head.)

And now, it's just right. That makes my Goldilocks very happy.

"But where are the pompoms?" she asked. "They're coming...."