This is the hat that made me fall in love with alpaca yarn.

It's also the first wearable project I made in crochet.

I'm always cold in SoCal; I wear it all the time.

Alpacas always have a goofy smile on their adorable, smarmy faces.

I don't think my face is smarmy.

My mate doesn't think I'm very alpaca-like. He's always right. I'm okay with that.

You can find the pattern here: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib.....y/chunky-hat-6
The pattern was designed by Alexa Callahan.