i’ve decided that although i like making other things, i like hats the very most and so i’m not going to stress out about having a bunch of mitts and neck things etc. for handmade arcade or any other shows i have this season. this change in brain allows me to just lovingly craft away at hats. how on earth could it take me this long to admit that i am a hatter?!?  just look at my crazy ravelry project page!! and you’d know instantaneously.

that said, we’ve been hatting smally over here. these two were made yesterday.

tree elf hat

ingredients:
my hand dyed recycled sweater wool (american eagle outfitters)
actual color – granny smith apple green. grrr.

size: 18 mo.-4 yr.

leap frog hat
the latest for the word-along. you heard the hat… now leap! frog! (just kidding).

ingredients:
my hand dyed recycled sweater wool (american eagle outfitters)
the color is actually a sweet minty green, despite what my camera thinks the color is. i’ve got to figure out how to make the camera see green. it drives me CRAZY.

size: 18 mo.-4 yr. (approx. 20 in.)

i love how the tree turned out on the first one! more of those trees to come. i like how it mirrors the top of the hat and it’s funny to me that it’s almost a throwback to a very early hat. as to leap frog, it took quite a bit of embroidery for me to finally get the ‘bounce’ lines right. pesky curved lines :)