Monday, December 31, 2007

X-mas, part deux

Contrary to popular belief, I make items other than hats. However, I am posting another hat today. This is the hat I made for my BFF Ashley for Christmas (pictured with Tara):


It was made with regular ol' white acrylic, because I wanted it to be machine washable. It's from the Hip Hats book, and I love this pattern so much that I made a hat for myself from the same pattern yesterday, but it's in mauve acrylic and has some button details. I'll post it later.

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Some late Christmas shiz

Here's a crappy photo of the panda hat I made Adisyn (my future niece) for Christmas:


They put it on her at the airport, and Ryan said everyone was commenting on it. Here's an action shot, courtesy of my future bro-in law, Erik:

Thursday, December 20, 2007

Holidaze


Matt says that our apartment has been like a sweatshop the past month, because as soon as I finish a project, I start up a new one. But unlike a sweatshop, I don't get five cents a day, and I do get bathroom breaks. I think it's a fair trade-off.

Here is one of the first gifts I finished, a hat for Stan. The hat came with a warning: Do not give to a homeless person. Last time I made Stan a gift (a scarf to match his moon-boots), he gave it to a homeless woman soon after he received it. He was being thoughtful, but I was mad.

Since it's hard to replicate that knitted fair-isle look in crochet, I used different stitches to give that effect. The body of the hat is based on a design from Afya Ibamu's book, and the earflaps are of my own design.

So far, I've made: six adult sized hats, two baby hats, one tween hat, four scarves, one pot holder, and one purse (still needs lined with fabric).

I need to make: two more hats, one potholder, one purse. YIKES.