Hats Galore!

 So, this Fall and Winter, I stayed pretty busy with making hats. I found a slouch pattern that I am just in love with! You might be able to tell because five out of the six hats I made (two are not pictured), were made with the Holland's Slouch Hat pattern (This is a free pattern download). I was looking for a good slouch pattern and most of the ones that I had stumbled across were too short, and more like a beanie than a slouch.

 This pattern is so easy to work and the finished product is just the right amount of airy and closeness. It doesn't get too hot but it keeps you warm, at the same time. The first two hats, I made for myself. I fell in love with Red Heart's yarn in the Mirage colorway and I've been vieing for a hat in it.

 This hat is one I made for my husband, but it was not made using the Hollland's Slouch Hat pattern. I don't honestly remember if I used a pattern for it. He needed a winter hat, so he ended up with this one.

After seeing my first two hats, one of our good friends, Dustin, asked me if I could make him one. His hats are not pictured here because I wanted to get a picture of him in it but he couldn't sit still. I made one in grey and one in more of an olive green color. They are a little longer than the ones I made for myself.

This last one, I just finished, today. When Dustin went home for Christmas, his mom asked if I could make her one. She really liked his olive hat. This picture looks more grey but it was made using Lion Brand's Heartland yarn in the Joshua Tree colorway. It is a nice blend of olive and dark green.

What is your favorite hat pattern? Let me know in the comments below! I always love hearing from you.

Please remember that you are beautiful and well loved.

Who-Who's There?

This week, I decided to join in on a Halloween Mystery Crochet A-Long (MCAL). This is my first color-work hat and I'm glad that I have had the practice because a blanket that I'm going to be working on, soon, for my husband is also color work. What I mean by color work is that I will be using more than two colors and carrying the yarn through the project, as if I were making a tapestry.

I love the cute little owls in their hats and the pumpkins that circle the top of the hat! I am worried that I followed the pattern wrong because I was under the impression that this hat was supposed to be a beanie. It is too tall for that. My husband says that it could be a slouch. Which, it could very well be. Because it was a Mystery CAL, we were not told what we would be making and we have no idea what it is supposed to look like. I left off a few rows, at the end because I was starting to worry. The pattern mentioned something about tails and I wasn't sure if there was supposed to be some sort of tassle at the top or what. So, I left that part off.

I am anxious to see how the other projects turned out.

Have you ever done a Mystery _____ A-Long? Does it ever make you nervous to not know how it is supposed to look at the end?

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Remember, you are beautiful and well loved.

Corban's Winter Hat (Free Pattern)

 

I must have been hit by the inspiration arrow, lately. Here is another free pattern download!

I don't have a very creative title for this one but the person I designed this for is one crafty dude so his name may be just the ticket, even though most of you do not know him. My brother-in-law wears hats often. For Christmas, I usually make him a couple of winter hats so that he can wear them to school and when one gets dirty, he still has another one. 

Last year I made him a replica of one that he lost in the mall when we were trying to find him a suit for our wedding. He was so distraught over losing the hat and so happy when he received the replica. Corban is very quick to say what is on his mind and often times it is funny and I try not to laugh when I shouldn't. 

This design, I almost did not write out because it is a basic hat pattern with an addition. I don't remember the last time that I looked at a basic winter hat pattern but I've been making winter hats for a couple of years. I know that I misplaced the one I used for my first couple of hats and I just started doing my own thing. It is a basic double stitch hat with a band running across the front and a button.

I decided to add the band because I didn't want it to seem too plain with just the one color of yarn I was using. For this hat, I used Lion Brand's Homespun "Gothic" yarn. It is dark purple with a touch of black. Purple happens to be Corban's favorite color and since he is now entering high school, I decided to make him a hat that is more adult but still had a touch of flavor. I found a few black buttons that didn't have a flower design and chose the one in the picture.

I must say that I am quite proud of this design, no matter how simple.

I hope that you are able to enjoy it as much as I do and as much as Corban will, come Christmas. Now, to make him a "Creeper" hat to go with the scarf that I made him last year.

What do you think of the added flavor to the hat? Does it look like something a teenage boy would wear? 

Remember, you are beautiful and well loved.