Red Heart "Heads Up" Yarn Review!

Red Heart "Heads Up" Yarn Review!

I can't get this yarn locally, yet (hopefully soon), so it was really great to get to try it out! To start, the feeling of the yarn is just plain amazing! I wanted to snuggle right into it and totally petted it as I was searching for patterns lol I ended up not being able to find a pattern I wanted to make using it so I just 'wung it' and made up my own hat with it!

This is the 'general' pattern I used for the hat shown in the picture below!
Using a size 6.5mm hook:
Chain 60, sl st to join making sure you don't twist.
Round 1 - ch 1, hdc around, sl st to join 
Round 2-5 - ch 2, alternate fpdc and dc sts around, sl st to join
[for Round 2, fpdc & dc in the 2 back loops of the hdc to leave 1 loop on the outside]
Round 6 - ch 1, hdc around, sl st to join
Round 7-8 - ch 2, dc around, sl st to join
[for Round 7, dc in the 2 back loops of the hdc to leave 1 loop on the outside]
Round 9-16- I started with ch 2, [dc in 6 st, dc2tog around], sl st to join and then decreased equally in each round afterwards until I couldn't decrease any more then I used my tapestry needle to fasten off.
I made a cute lil flower to finish it off!

I was able to make this hat in about 2 hours and I still have about a yard of it left over. The color is so vibrant and the softness is really luscious! It's not a 'cloud' soft though like baby yarn, it's more like a memory foam soft and I think that makes it perfect for cold weather items!

I would absolutely use this yarn again and again! Be sure to check out Red Heart Yarns website and your local retail stores to find this and other Red Heart products! Watch this space for my next reviews of the other products I received and check out my Facebook page; Forever Stitchin to see what other projects I am working on!