Baby Hat #3

I made it!  The Marley Hat from Itty Bitty Hats.  I did not use the yarn kit from the yarn shop because it was way too expensive.  I used the cheaper stuff, but I am still happy with the results.  I have not added the topper yet.

Bunny Baby Hat

Well, here it is!  I am not sure if the ears are exactly the same length, but I do not think you can tell.  It was perilous towards the end, because at one point all my stitches on one of the double pointed needles slid off.

This one is being mailed off to a friend in Seattle.  A friend from NY asked if living in Green Acres was finally getting to me because I have begun knitting....is knitting a sign of insanity now??

My First Baby Hat

Well, I finished it in 3 days and I am still in awe of my little accomplishment.  It was a learning process, but I figured it out and found knitting is awesome.

I used a 100% cotton yarn - bought at Walmart for around $1.50.  It took only one skein, what a super bargain.  I am sure seasoned knitters would scoff at my use of this "cheapie" yarn, but I like the feel of it and the color.

Learning the whole double needle transtition was tricky, but easier than I thought....

I added a topper from Itty Bitty Hats which is used for the Marley hat pattern.  I cannot wait to send this one off to a cute baby in New York!!!

Happy New Year!

Wow, its 2011 and all my Christmas decorations are still up (including 3 trees)!  The fun task of taking down all the decorations is on my list of things to do.  I have been kinda preoccupied with something that has captured my full attention - knitting.  Yeah, I may have a trillion quilting projects in all stages of construction, but I visited my local knitting shop Needleworks and was hooked (excuse the pun).

So, there I was browsing around this tiny corner of a large quilting shop called Threads of Time and saw the cutest little baby hat I have ever seen...

Like a little kid, I was smitten by all the colors and had to make it!!  This is the Marley hat from the book Itty Bitty Hats by Susan B Anderson (who also has, as I just discovered, a fab blog with all sorts of fun knit stuff).  So, I purchased some circular knitting needles, some other knitting gear and yarn to get started on my FIRST EVER BABY HAT!!  Wish me luck :-)