Crochet Owl Baby Hat

Pink and Chocolate Brown

Option: Can be made with thicker/fuzzier wool, as shown here. 

Periwinkle and Chocolate Brown

Can be done in any colour combination.

Can also be made in various sizes including child* and adult**.

Lilac and Eggplant Purples

PRICE: $25
*child size: $30
**adult size: $35

Baby and Navy Blues

Teal and Dark Grey

Sock Monkey Crochet Hat

 Can be done in any colour combination with a flower or a pom pom as shown below. 

 

Light Brown with Red and White Accents

Can also be made in various sizes including child* and adult**.

Beige Brown with White and Pink accents

Light Grey with White, Pink/Red

Light Brown with Pink and Chocolate Brown Accents

PRICE: $25
*child size: $30
**adult size: $35

Random Stripes Baby Hat

***Shown here with pom-pom top***
Choose any colour combinations
PRICE: $20
Add Button: add $2
Add Spirals on top: add $1
Add I-Cord Flower: add $1
FREE pom-pom top or knotted I-Cord top option! (ask for details)

***Shown here with I-Cord top***

Soft and Sparkly Baby Hat (with I-Cord Flower)

Choose any colour*
PRICE: $20
Add Spirals on top: add $1
FREE pom-pom top or knotted I-Cord top option! (ask for details)

Sideways Cable Baby Hat

Choose any colour
PRICE: $20
Add Button: add $2
Add Spirals on top: add $1
Add I-Cord Flower: add $1
FREE pom-pom top or knotted I-Cord top option! (ask for details)

Diagonal Lines Baby Hat

Choose any colour
PRICE: $20
With Button: add $2
Add Spirals on top: add $1
Add I-Cord Flower: add $1
FREE pom-pom top or knotted I-Cord top option! (ask for details)

My Affair with Crochet

So a couple days ago I received a photo from a friend of a crochet sock monkey baby hat (pictured left) that she said she'd totally buy from me if I lived in Canada. Well, I'm heading home at Christmas, so I told her I would give it a shot.

One problem: it's crochet. I knit. I don't crochet. 

I know it's bizarre, but I always felt like if I learned to crochet, it would be betraying my knitting. I've been so loyal for so many years to knitting, so getting involved with crochet would be like having an affair, no?

Every time I found a cute crochet pattern, I would say, "I'm sure it can be modified to knitting." The only time I've crocheted was when finishing off my most recent toned tiles blanket with a basic crochet edge... and that's not real crochet. ;)

I was slightly hesitant, therefore, to pick up the crochet hook (yes, THE crochet hook, as I only own one) and begin learning. I decided I'd make a flower, as crochet flowers can be added to my knitted hats, so it's only SORTA cheating.

So yesterday I went and found a pattern on ravelry.com, where I get many of my knitting patterns. I was all ready to go and opened the pattern. WHAT IS THIS? What's a "sc" or "hdc" ??? This is CRAZY TALK! give me back my "K2tog" or "YO" please!

This clearly wasn't working so I watched a youtube video instead. This walked me through step by step (with lots of me pausing to copy) and I looked up some other basic stitch instructions on Google. After about an hour of waiting for streaming video (Honduran internet is not always the fastest) and a little excitement (Shh! Don't tell knitting!), I finished my first flower. I then proceeded to make 4 more! 

Once I had the flowers down, I decided that perhaps a hat wouldn't be so hard after all. I found a basicpattern for the hat base, and guessed at where to change the colours to suit my desires. It took me a while to get the hang of it, but once I did, I couldn't stop. I was determined to finish in the same day! 

Once the hat was done, I had to find yet another pattern to modify the mouth and the ears. I then added my original flower and TADA! I was SOOOOO happy with the finished product! It's adorable. 

I'm sorry knitting... I love you and will always love you more, but crochet is not so bad either. My loyalty is to you, but I may need to dip my feet in other waters from time to time. Don't worry, knitting, you're better looking in the end, and you'll always be a little more classy. 

Celebrity Knitters

Okay, so if you weren't already convinced that knitting is cool, here are some celebs that show just how cool knitting is!

Sarah Jessica Parker

Julia Roberts

Russel
 Crowe

Kristine Davis

Felicity Huffman

Tim Daly

Gery Halliwell

Dakota Fanning

David Arquette

Martha Stewart (duh!)

Paulina Porizkova

Vanna White

Katherine Heigl

New Page on Facebook

So I had never thought about creating a "page" on Facebook, until a photographer friend of mine purchased a few baby hats and then asked me what my Facebook page was so that she could tag me once she used the hats in her next photo-shoot. Sooo... I created a page. 

My goal was to get up to 50 fans so that I could have my own username (which apparently meant my own facebook URL) and was totally excited when I hit that goal. 

I then thought it'd be nice to have 100 fans by my birthday this Wed (Aug 10) and so put that up on facebook. In the last 5 days, I have gone from 0 fans to 81 FANS!!! I feel overjoyed by the support that friends have been showing. People are not only liking the page, but sharing it with THEIR friends. 

Knitting was always just a hobby for me, but I'm glad that it's gotten to the point where I can now share my hobby and give the pretty things I make a HOME! 

Knitting will never be a huge money maker for me... as the amount I charge would never pay an hourly salary, but if I'm going to be knitting anyways, why not make a couple dollars to support my wool habit! ;)

Thanks for the support friends! Means the world!

VISIT MY FACEBOOK PAGE HERE!

Sampler Scarf

MATERIALS: This scarf was knit on size 15 needles with much thicker wool. Any sized needles would work, according the wool thickness. Standard craft yarn should be knitted on sized 9 or 10 needles. Thicker wool on bigger needles. I used two alternating colours but scarf could also be done in any number of colours chosen.

DIRECTIONS: Knit desired length of each type of stitch pattern. Choose 1 pattern for the entire scarf, mix and match 2 or 3, or use all 5. Your choice for your scarf. This is a sampler, to show you different kinds of stitch patterns for your scarf.

PATTERN: (per section)

Starting: For my bigger needles and bigger wool, I cast on 15 stitches. For standard wool and sized 9 or 10 needles, increase to 20-30 stitches (based on desired width) and modify patterns accordingly. In order to follow this pattern, you will need an odd number of stitches.

Pattern 1: Knit 1, Purl 1 alternating
Row 1: K1, P1, K1, P1 (repeat until end of the row, ending with a K)
Row 2: P1, K1, P1, K1 (repeat until end of the row, ending with a P)
Repeat Rows 1 and 2 continuously, until desired length of section is achieved.

Pattern 2: Regular Knit
Row 1: Knit entire row
Repeat Row 1 until desired length of section is achieved.

Pattern 3: Plaid Pattern
Row 1: K3, P2, K3, P2, K3, P2 (Note: this will only work if your total number of stitches is divisible by 5. May also adjust pattern to K2, P1 for total stitches divisible by 3)
Row 2: K2, P3, K2, P3, K2, P3
Row 3: Repeat Row 1
Row 4: P2, K3, P2, K3, P2, K3
Row 5: P3, K2, P3, K2, P3, K2
Row 6: Repeat Row 4
*Repeat Rows 1-6 until desired length of section is achieved.

Pattern 4: Diagonal Lines

Row 1: K2, P2, K2, P2, K2, P2, K2, P1
Row 2: Repeat Row 1
Row 3: P2, K2, P2, K2, P2, K2, P2, K1
Row 4: Repeat Row 3
*Repeat Rows 1-4 until desired length of section is achieved.

Pattern 5: Alternating Stocking Stitch
Row 1: Knit across whole row
Row 2: Purl across whole row
Rows 3 & 4: Repeat rows 1 & 2
Row 5: Purl across whole row
Row 6: Knit across whole row
Rows 7 & 8: Repeat rows 5 & 6
*Repeat Rows 1-8 until desired length of section is achieved.

Finishing: Repeat all 5 patterns (or the ones of your choice) until desired length of scarf is reached. Cast off. 

Men's Scarf

MATERIALS:
I used size 15 needles and 2 balls of different colours of wool (standard craft-sized wool)
and knit them together as one. One colour of thicker wool would also work with these sized needles. 

TO BEGIN:Cast on an odd number of stitches. For my scarf, I chose 15 stitches.

PATTERN: 
Knit 1, Purl 1 alternating
Row 1: K1, P1, K1, P1 (repeat until end of the row, ending with a K)
Row 2: P1, K1, P1, K1 (repeat until end of the row, ending with a P)
Repeat Rows 1 and 2 continuously, until desired length of section is achieved.