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Last July when I was knitting William’s flap cap, I was thinking I’d be in trouble if I ever had to make another hat like this. The flat cap William wears was a spurt of the moment thing and it was perfect!
William’s flat cap
During the holiday my brother asked me for a monkey like William and I knew he wouldn’t be the only one. William was a very popular monkey and sold second to Robert from the batch I did last Summer. I had to give it another go!
William Mars Sock Monkey
The second try, even third and fourth, looked nowhere like what I had magically done before. You see, that’s my problem. I don’t write patterns for the things I make. I dislike it! It takes away the spontaneity and likelihood of those first time accidents that are so one-of-a-kind! It’s just like measuring things when I cook. If I can’t eyeball it, it becomes work and then it’s no fun. 
If everything I made was for myself, I wouldn’t have to put that much effort into it, but now that my hobby has become my job (which I love!), I have to make it work somehow. And making it work means writing patterns! I set out to buy a notebook and began writing my patterns a couple of months ago. I’ve got some, but it takes so much discipline! It’s a good start though. The fifth flat cap, with pattern, was a success!!
It’s a good thing because I have two orders with flat caps this month! 
Flat cap fails, exercise book and William flat cap pattern
This is Henry, William’s brother. He’s wearing the fifth flap cap I made while trying to replicate William’s.
