King Pig Hat

 

A while ago a friend asked me if I could make a this hat for her friends little girl.  The problem being that the little girl is about 6 months old and the hat pattern is for an adult.  So I decided to start with this kids beanie pattern and go from there.

The eyes and ears were easy to scale down but the nose and crown were a little bit more confusiing.  I must admit when I first got to that part I left the poor hat sitting for a couple of weeks before I decided to just jump in and tackle it.  The crown took me a few attempts and i'm not 100% happy with it but it'll do.  I simply used the crown pattern from the original pattern but cast on less stitches. Unfortunately, I didn't take notes so I can't remember exactly what I cast on.  Sorry! For the nose I just did less rounds before starting to work the even rounds to make it a bit smaller.

I sent a pic to my friend and she was pretty happy with it.  I will be giving it to her today at work and I am just crossing my fingers that it will fit her friends little girl.  If anything it might be a little big but that is ok because she can always grow into it.

Unicorn Beanie

This weekend I was finally able to gift one of my knitting projects to its recipient and now I can share it with you.  My darling friend Maria from Movie Mazzupial and I share the same birthday and I wanted to knit her something this year.  Unfortunately, I was a bit slow and didn't get it finished in time so I had to give it to her this weekend at my hen's party (more on that to come in another post).  Maria is a massive fan of unicorns and purple so I made her a unicorn beanie.

I did a bit of googling and couldn't find a pattern specifically for a unicorn beanie that I really liked so I made up my own.  I used this earflap beanie pattern and then this cone pattern.  With the cone pattern I started with 36 stitches and did a few extra decrease rows to make it bigger.  For the ears I used the ears from this pattern.  The mane was quite simple but time consuming.  All I did was cut strips of yarn double the length that I wanted the mane and then I double them over and used a crochet hook to pull the loop end through the beanie and then the loose ends through the loop.  That is probably not a very good explanation and I would be happy to do a tutorial but it will have to wait until after the wedding.

So that is how I made the lovely Maria a unicorn beanie.  I forgot to get a photo of her wearing it so here is one I cropped down of here from the hen's party.

OMG it's wedding week!!! I am freaking out already and it is only Monday morning.  Not sure what my posting will be like this week.  I do have a few things to share but not sure if I will have time.  Let's just wait and see how I go.

Mini Hat

Last night I quickly knit up this little hat just for the fun of it. Not sure what I am going to do with it yet so it has been put away in the gift box for later.

Pattern: Chunky Slouch Cap by Melissa Hills

Needles: 5mm circulars

Yarn: Moda Vera Shiver (1 ball)

Time Taken: 2 hours

Actual Knitting Time: 2 hours

There is nothing like a bit of instant gratification knitting. Now I am off to start a slightly bigger project.