I also knitted a beret in green wool and a scarf in merino wool for my Aunt Lilly who lives in Baltimore. It was knitted using a sock-weight yarn and worked up pretty fast and has the most incredible bounce-back to it. Machine wash and dry too..
Here are the photos....

Here is the latest Baby Surprise Jacket and Green Hat. Not that the two were made to go together. They weren't. I got the hat pattern online and just had to see if "I could do it."

Here is the scarf

Here is a 'close-up'