Floppy beach hat

Welcome, followers! *Crickets* Well, anyhow, this week I did a little detour. I wanted a quick and easy stash busting project. I looked all over ravelry. I had 2 skeins of a lavender maggi's irish multi linen in lavender. I also had 2 skeins of a cotton tape yarn that I believe was a filatura di crosa venezia. It was a really pretty beachy kind of colors. Tan, aqua, sand, pale green. I wasn't really sure about the combo, but it came out kind of looking pastel and springy. I don't mind it, and I'm just happy to use up the yarn. It's really kind of floppy. I am going to use it as a pool side hat. I don't live anywhere near the beach, and I would frankly like to cover my face when I am in a swim suit. The pattern is free and you can find a link to it on my ravelry page.
Secondly, I made what I would like to call Andy's ugly orange hunting hat. I live in an area of Colorado where everybody seems to fish or hunt. People are obsessed. I like to fish, but I don't get the hunting thing. But recently my hubby, Andrew, is taken with the idea of bow hunting. He wants a bow for our wedding anniversary. So it is common practice to wear camouflage and at least one item of bright orange clothing so that you yourself do not become the object of the hunt. I hate orange. Especially bright orange. But I just so happened to have a skein of bright orange acrylic and so I made him a quick beanie in that color. He loves it.
I am attaching pictures. I really wish that I had a fantastic camera with great mega pixels that took pictures of me in autumnal colors with full makeup that make me look like a super model. All of my friends on ravelry who knit beautifully or who are designers seem to have that ability. I do not. I am doing well to not come out looking like a psychotic poodle. So you guys will have to use your imagination. Enjoy!

What is next? I am gravitating towards cute fun projects that keep my amusement. Especially hats. I just want to build up my project page on ravelry. Sadly that means that I have a bunch of huge unfinished wips in big knitting bags sitting around my house nagging me. I really gotta get a move on those. So, what unfinished projects are nagging you? Let me know! And just keep on knittin'!