Flower Hat

The other day I had a few hours to kill and a hook and a skein with me. Here's what came out of it.
This flower hat is a one year birthday gift for my niece, but I think I will be making more of them for my girls. (I will probably be felting it for my kids for a more autumnal feel to it)
Anywho, this starts with ch. 3. DC 6 times in the first ch. this makes a disk. continue using only DC stitches onto the first row of DC and increasing in size of the disc. (to increase in size, periodically place 2 DC into a stitch, do this as often as needed to created the shape of a domed disc). when disc is as wide as the head you are making this hat for, then stop increasing and just stitch one DC per stitch to form the tube part of the hat. (it takes approx. 55-60 stitches in circumference to go around the head of my kids). when tube of hat is long enough to reach brow bone start the flare brim. to flare the brim, alternate 1 DC in a stitch then 2 DC in a stitch, then 1 DC, then 2 DC and so on for on round around tube. The next round should alternate 1 DC in a stitch, then 1DC in a stitch, then 2DC in a stitch and repeat all the way around.
The flowers are a bit tricky.
The basic flower is a variation of a basic star pattern. start with ch.4. then DC 15 st. in first ch., sl.st. in first DC to connect the disc. *ch.5. sc. in 2nd ch. from hook. then hDC in 3rd ch. from hook, then DC in 4th chain from hook and TC in 5th ch. from hook. look back to the disc., skip 2 DC and sl.st. in 3rd DC. repeat from * 4 more times around disc until back to the start. you now have a 5 pointed star.
the second row around the star is to fatten it up and form the points into petals. on each point, in the first ch. of the first side of point sc., in 2nd ch., hDC, in 3rd ch. DC, in 4th ch. TC, in final chain (the tip of the point) TC 3 stitches. then going down the other side of the point, in the first st. TC. in the 2nd st. DC, in the 3rd st. hDC in the 4th st. sc.
continue this pattern for all points.
round 3 of flower: on each point, in the first st. of the first side of point (the point is rounded at this stage) sc. in the 2nd st. hDC in the 3rd st. DC in the 4th stitch Tc in the 5th and 6th sts. TC. at the center of the rounded point TC 3 sts. then going down the other side of the point, TC in the next st. then DC, then hDC, then sc.
continue this pattern for all the points. (the points should be very rounded now and it is looking like a flower, not a star)
sew flower onto hat.
the other 4 petals to sew onto the main flower are as such: ch.4. in the first ch. DC 3 sts. ch.2, turn work and continue sc. in first DC then 2 DC in 2nd DC, then sc. in 3rd DC. ch. 2, turn work. sc. in first sc. then DC, then 2 TC in middle DC, then DC, then sc. across to form row 3. ch. 2 turn work, and make row 4 as follows: sc, DC, 2 TC, 2 TC, DC, sc. tie off.
sew 3 petals to fan out on flower on hat.
roll 4th petal and sew end to keep the roll and sew onto center of flower.
p.s.- if you choose to felt this, remember when felting to make the hat bigger and allow for shrink room