No it’s not a cake.

It’s a little cotton bucket hat. This pattern but resized to fit a six month old. Or, at least, what my online source tells me would fit a six month old’s head. Who am I to argue?

Just in case it’s too big for my tiny niece’s head I crocheted little ties and made pompoms for the ends. Perfect beachwear for the little San Diego baby. I wonder if they take her to the beach. No idea. I’m not exactly close to my husband’s brother and his wife.

But I’ll knit something fun for their kids. It’s not the kids’ fault their parents are assholes. And someday I’ll get to watch them rebel. That’ll be super fun.

Not very much of a finished object, I know. But I finished it and that’s what counts. The socks, on the other hand, are very slow-going. Mostly because of this.

And household chores like bathing hedgehogs.

trimming their nails

dealing with the sleepy post-bath pout

and cleaning their nasty, nasty cages and poopy running wheels.

(I’ll spare you those images)

Techniques learned: never crocheted anything before (that I can remember), made much better-looking pom poms this time, how to resize a pattern, trimming a hedgehog’s nails is much easier using a counter.