Hi, Sheila. Depending on the types of yarn your DD bought, 2 or 3 skeins might stretch further than you think. This first sweater uses only a couple of 50 gram balls of sport weight yarn. http://knitting.about.com/library/blbabyswe6.htm . And this second one uses just one skein of worsted weight, which would leave you plenty for a hat too. And knitting will use less yarn than crocheted, so that may be your best choice. What fun deciding!

Here is a link that might be useful: Quick Baby Sweater

nice to receive various yarns for whatever

here's a link to a pattern from Coats & Clark that you can use for any type of yarn, any size hat. The link is for the knit version

here's the address for the crochet version (which I have used many times) http://www.purplekittyyarns.com/free-patterns/Gotcha-Covered-2-LW1269.pdf

Here is a link that might be useful: Gotcha-Covered Hats

Thanks, Susan, I have that pattern too and have used it many times for all sorts of ages. I like to use those yarn curls for the top decoration for little girls. They don't shed in the laundry like a pom-pom might.

Well, she saw her ob today, and still no news of the sex. I guess after the next appointment in 4 weeks we will know for sure. So I have a month to plan.

Donna, I will study the patterns and yarns. I may use the yarn to make a cardigan as you suggest and then make the hat in a solid coordinating color from the pattern Susan suggested with the first row of the cuff trimmed in the last of the special yarn. The hat could be a sport or worsted and just trimmed with the specialty yarn. Great ideas here.

Ya know, I need more than 9 months to get all this layette stuff knitted and crocheted for our first grandbaby!