I love to knit hats for people I love. I knitted this hat for my little boy. We passed it on to the little girl in the picture above, a good friend of ours. I love to see her wearing it. I designed it with the help of my collection of pattern books.
The pattern for this hat comes from Purl Bee. It was free, and the name of the pattern is "Giacomo's Hat." The colors suit this little red headed friend of mine very well.
I made this bonnet for the baby next door. Her mother loves bright colors. No plain old pink in that family.
Hand knit hats are wonderful new baby gifts.
This soft cotton spring hat was my child's, since passed on to a little friend. The pattern for this hat, and the orange bonnet, come from Minnow Knits, Too.
I designed this hat in collaboration with my son. He wanted volcanoes spewing fire and ash. He told me what colors to use, and I used graph paper to chart the design.
I use this Yankee Knitter Designs pattern over and over for my own color variations and charts. It is excellent. All patterns are written for both worsted and bulky weight yarns, for infant through adult! I love to use stripes....
Pink and white for a niece.
Blue and white for me....
Blue and gray for my grown son, Nicholas....
with a cashmere lining from an old sweater of his father's, so the hat won't be scratchy.
In the colors that the little one requested...
In blue and white for a little buddy, still on the needles....
and in some favorite colors of mine, blue and green, for another little friend! Knitting hats is one of the things I do to lift my spirits in the gloom of winter. I feel happy when I am doing something special for someone I love.
I love to knit hats for people I love. I knitted this hat for my little boy. We passed it on to the little girl in the picture above, a good friend of ours. I love to see her wearing it. I designed it with the help of my collection of pattern books.
The pattern for this hat comes from Purl Bee. It was free, and the name of the pattern is "Giacomo's Hat." The colors suit this little red headed friend of mine very well.
I made this bonnet for the baby next door. Her mother loves bright colors. No plain old pink in that family.
Hand knit hats are wonderful new baby gifts.
This soft cotton spring hat was my child's, since passed on to a little friend. The pattern for this hat, and the orange bonnet, come from Minnow Knits, Too.
I designed this hat in collaboration with my son. He wanted volcanoes spewing fire and ash. He told me what colors to use, and I used graph paper to chart the design.
I use this Yankee Knitter Designs pattern over and over for my own color variations and charts. It is excellent. All patterns are written for both worsted and bulky weight yarns, for infant through adult! I love to use stripes....
Pink and white for a niece.
Blue and white for me....
Blue and gray for my grown son, Nicholas....
with a cashmere lining from an old sweater of his father's, so the hat won't be scratchy.
In the colors that the little one requested...
In blue and white for a little buddy, still on the needles....
and in some favorite colors of mine, blue and green, for another little friend! Knitting hats is one of the things I do to lift my spirits in the gloom of winter. I feel happy when I am doing something special for someone I love.
7 comments:
Your hats are lovely. Each has its own personality!
~Amanda
You make gorgeous hats, lady!!
Very nice hats! I love knitting hats too and I am actually knitting hats at the moment-bamboo ones to be precise, waiting for Spring. Can I ask you where did you get that old Yankee pattern, please?
Dear Francesca, Melinda Goodman of Yankee Knitter Designs has a website! Just search for Yankee Knitter Designs. I also recommend her sock pattern. It is also written for all sizes of people, in three different gauges. It's great and very clearly written. love, Beth
Thanks Beth, I checked her website and found that my local yarn store is listed as one of her seller. I can ask there! As for James's hat it is the very popular Lyalya Hoodie http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/lyalya-hoodie . Popular with the bloggers I follow in particular www.waldorfmama.com who seems to have knitted a whole bunch. It is a very simple pattern but I love it because it really stays put and covers the ears. And James loves it too, so far....let's see when he'll be in first grade and peer pressure will be different, I suspect...I didn't know where to post an answer so I did it here and in my blog, sorry for the inconvenience!
Dear Francesca,
I can't wait to check the pattern out! Thanks! love, Beth
Such lovely hats and such incredible talent. Knitting is something I just can't seem to grasp. Hats off to you! (Please excuse the pun) take care.
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