Hats, hats, hats

Instead of writing blogs I've been making hats. It all started a couple weeks ago when my brother-n-law asked me to make hats for his twins due in March. When he called I only knew how to crochet blankets, so I had mentioned I could make tiny blankets that he could tie on their heads. Which obviously wasn't going to work. A friend of mine had posted some pictures of some hats she made and I asked her where she learned. From You Tube of course. So one afternoon I decided to try, it took me a couple hours but I had completed my first hat. I couldn't believe how easy it was, so next I asked my sister-n-law to send me a picture of what she wanted. Thanks to other bloggers I was able to find the pattern I needed for free and the picture you see below of Thing 1 and Thing 2 are the 3rd & 4th hat I've ever made. I used You Tube to show me how to make the pom-poms as well. Its amazing to me that I had access to all of this information on line. Next I wanted to make something cool that my son would wear. 

I made the basic hat I had learned on You Tube. Then I found another blog that had a picture of angry bird hats she had made. I needed to learn how to make a circle so once again I went back to You Tube. I was very excited to find out I could do something other than blankets. They certainly are not the perfect hats and I wouldn't call myself an expert by any means, but I was happy to make something I knew my son would like and wear. Below I am putting in all the links I used to create my hats. Thanks to the internet I learned something new and I realized I'm craftier than I thought. 

Basic Hat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oWzn9J3An8

Free Pattern for Long Hats

http://www.oodles-4-noodles.com/p/free-pattern-list.html

Pom Pom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjG1rgPoLlQ

Ideas (no pattern) for Angry Birds

http://light-in-leaves.blogspot.com/2011/12/crocheted-angry-birds-hats.html

Pattern for an Angry Bird Hat (I only used this for eyes and eye brows)

http://kendrascrochetedcreations.blogspot.com/2011/12/angry-bird-hat.html