Recap - The Best Hats of 2022

There are 22 hats that I gave a rating of 4 or higher. Here they are starting with the ones that had a rating of four. Most of these were given to Neighborhood House in St. Paul or Ramsey County Social Services. If it went somewhere else, I put that in the list.

​Clicking on the photo should take you to the original blog post for that hat.

Five hats got ratings of four:

• Child's hat from Good Housekeeping
• Flings 'n Caps Violet Hat - still available :)
• 1978 Baby Hat
• Lily No 214 Hat from 1968
• I Taught Myself to Crochet hat from 1975

Good Housekeeping Girl's Cap

Violet Hat

Baby Hat from 1978

Lily No 214 Hat

I Taught Myself to Crochet Hat

Seven hats had ratings of 4.5:

• Convertible Ski Mask
• Winter Warmer
• Shaded Beret - This went to the Apple Valley High School Theatre department.
• Baby Hat 1974
• Rainbow Earrings - I gave these away at work during Pride Month.
• Geometric Hat
• Wild Rose - I kept this one and wear it as a sun hat. Even though the directions were difficult to read I still really like the hat.

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Convertible Ski Mask

Winter Warmer Hat

Shaded Beret

1974 Baby Hat

Earrings

Geometric Hat

McCall's Wild Rose Hat

And finally, here are the ten hats that all got a rating of five out of five:

• Teach Yourself to Crochet Bucket Hat
• Teach Yourself to Crochet Hooded Scarf
• Strawtex Lacy Brim Hat - I gave this one to my step-mother. She lives in a hot and sunny climate.
• Hi-Straw Hat - Anne - I gave this one to my step-mother too.
• Afghan Stitch Ski Band
• Bobble Stitch Hat
• Cluster Stitch Hat
• Shell Stitch Hat
• Checker Cap
• Striped Beret - the second one I kept and my favorite!

Teach Yourself to Crochet Bucket Hat

Teach Yourself to Crochet Hooded Scarf

Strawtex Hat

Hi-Straw Anne Hat

Afghan Stitch Headband

Bobble Stitch Hat

Cluster Stitch Hat

Shell Stitch Hat

Checkered Cap

Striped Beret

One of the reasons I started making hats in general was that I don't really like them. They often crush my glasses against my ears or just look weird. Overall it was a pretty good year of making hats. I learned a lot about reading vintage patterns and ended up with two hats that I like!