My Very First Crochet Hat

A few weeks ago I was looking for a knitting pattern, but my mum suggested I try my hand at crochet (I think she was having flashbacks to picking up all my dropped stitches when I was young) and so I brought the Patons Learn to Crochet Book, a 5.5mm hook and some wool and tried my hand at crochet. All in all it was pretty successful, it took a while to figure out the instructions, for a while I thought 2ch meant start at the second chain, and not chain two, but once I figured that out it was mostly smooth. The only other massive setback was when I got to row twelve, and realised that it was way to big, and had to undo to row 6 to make it smaller, that was demoralising! But in the end I figured I might as well put in the effort to make a hat I would actually wear. My husband was amazed that essentially all I was doing my tying knots and yet that was creating a hat.
The other change I made was to the flowers, as the hat was made from a grey, almost purple wool, I thought a dusky pink flower would be a nice contrast. So off I went to get some more wool, and pearl beads to sew into the inside of the flower, by now I figured I was hooked. So here is my hat, which I have to say, I am quite proud of. My husband was amazed that essentially all I was doing my tying knots and yet that was creating a hat, and I continue to be amazed at what I can do with my own hands. No more china made, run of the mill hats for me!!