Hat decoration questions

[cimorene]

I find the supreme ubiquity of crocheted/knitted applique flowers on women's winter hats to be a bit humorous. Now, throughout history, flowers are only one of many hat garnishes available to the discerning fashionista. Fruit, feathers, whole birds, and in the case of Marie Antoinette, sailing ships have also enjoyed their time in the spotlight. So I've decided to draw from that pool with the appliques for my most recent (and next few) hats.

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What sort of small crocheted applique would be best?

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pear
2 (5.4%)

cherries
2 (5.4%)

bird in red
1 (2.7%)

bird in white
0 (0.0%)

peacock feather
2 (5.4%)

sprig of leaves
0 (0.0%)

octopus
14 (37.8%)

boat of some kind (but idk about a galleon. that level of detail might be difficult in sock-weight yarn.)
1 (2.7%)

face of a fox or other small mammal
2 (5.4%)

small bouquet of punctuation symbols
13 (35.1%)

Comments

[mecurtin]

I had already clicked "octopus" when I scrolled down a little further and saw the punctuation symbols.

If they turn out to be easy and effective-looking, I *guarantee* you could sell a whole lot of them on etsy. There are a LOT of English teachers in this world, not to mention librarians.

[harpers_child]

making me choose between octopus, small mammal faces, and punctuation symbols is mean. i went with the punctuation, but fox face almost won there.

[krait]

WHAT YOU SAID. Those were exactly the trio I had trouble choosing amongst!

I went with fox-face, because it had options and I honestly couldn't think of any small mammal's face that wouldn't be cute-and-or-humourous when applied to a hat, so fox won by containing multiple votes.

Think about it: squirrel hat! Vole hat! Rat hat! Badger hat! Ferret hat! (And, of course, cat hat and dog hat, with all the breed choices those entail.) Ooooh, raccoon hat! Opossum hat! Bat hat!

[stranger]

This should definitely be a "choose all that apply" list instead of radio buttons.

I would suggest re-creating a small castle in crochet surmounting a hat brim that suggests a moat. Less ambitiously, a swan. Failing that, the fox face sounds adorable.

[aeslis]

The options grew progressively better and better.