Foray into Crochet!

I started to make another Aviatrix hat for my mom's friend's new baby granddaughter, but I wasn't 100% fond of the knit flower on the first one I made.

cute...ish

Everyone knows that the best, easiest, fastest yarn flowers are crochet flowers...but they're crochet. I can't crochet! 

Or so I thought!

I finally buckled down and decided to learn how to crochet. Thanks to this awesome example at www.craftstylish.com complete with borderline easy-to-read instructions, a lot of Googling and video watching, and with a little patience, this...

The start of a beautiful flower...or the start of an elaborate piece of garbage?

Became this:

Blam! Double layered flower!

Ta-da!

I'm really happy with it. Crochet isn't so scary after all!
Now...only about a hundred more of these before I feel comfortable.