The hard part about homeschooling on the internet is that I rarely get to use my computer for my own selfish ends, aka, posting to my blog. Not to worry, I'm not slacking. I have gotten quite a bit of things done.
First~Christmas!!! Not this coming Christmas, last years Christmas. I had such high hopes for these hats that fell quiet a bit short. And, of course, we here in southern California we are having a wonderful winter of 70-80 degree weather, so hats are totally what we all need.
This is my lovely niece #1. After looking online for some patterns two weeks before Christmas she setteled for the Snow Devil hat from Jennifer Stafford's Domoknitrix but I found that I couldn't get it. I'm sure that given longer that two weeks before Christmas I could do it but I had such brain fog and was far to busy to give it the attention that I felt it needed to be a successful project. I also wanted to make here something a little more grown up. She is 6th grade and I wanted her to have something hip but not to teenish. This is the Buttonhead pattern that was in the 2010 spring/summer issue of Knitty. I used the colors that she likes in a super soft acrylic so that it can be tossed into the washer. The buttons are sparkly to match her personality. I would have had it done two weeks earlier but when I got to the last two rows of attempt #1, I ran out of yarn so I did it again in a little different gauge so I would have enough yarn to finish it right.
This is my lovely niece #2. This hat was to be a zombie hat. The hat itself was done in the beginning of Dec. and I had all sorts of plans for this one, eyes popping out, square teeth...the works. Don't let this little girl fool you, she love Zombies. But, again, if I had started earlier then it may have worked out. I found the eyeballs in my button stash and put them aside to use and promptly lost them. (I do that more than is reasonable) I also totally gave up on the teeth and just stitched on some felt ones. I'm disappointed but she likes it so I guess that is the point.
I'm already looking for something for them for Christmas next year. I know that #1 would like gloves and maybe long stripped socks for the little one (she digs those!) but SSSHHHH!!! don't tell them!
