Hat #3

SO, hat 3... It took me 3 tries at 3 patterns to get this one done.  At first I was trying got a popcorn stitch hat I loves that I found on the internet, but after just a few rows the pattern became.... It became, well it just seemed like someting was missing from the pattern, like a line or 2 so I frogged that and ripped it out.  Then I went for a blur berry's hat whick i thought seemed to be a very cool hat and I read the pattern through first, but as I went at it I found that I didnt like it, so alsa we get to the real hat 3. it is just a basic beanie type done in double crochet, I could cee the seem where I connected each row so toward the bottom I threw in 3 random popcorn stitches to become the center of a few flowers, and the croched up a few random flowers to applique over the dredded seem ( I am sure it wasnt THAT bad, but we are always most critical of our own work right?)

If I am going to make 400 hats I am going to need some more yarn, Right?

After moving 6 times in 2 years my yarn stash had become quite depleted, Several times i went through it and gave alot away, but after deciding to go in the 400 hat exercise  I realized I was going to need more yarn... I know this isn't nearly enough to do 400 hats, but it is a start. I figure every month I will get some more and all will be well. The black yarn is already mostly used up on a manly style hat for my Lovie.  I think i want to make myself a pumpkin hat with the orange, it is October after all.

Hat 2

Hat 2 was a little harder, but I do love it.  I got its pattern from http://ellenbloom.blogspot.com/2009/10/inauguration-cheapu.html
I made my brim one row wider than the pattern calls for and if I do it again I think I will make the part for the bow about an inch shorter on each side, but it was a fun crochet. Oh, and the tassle wasnt called for in the pattern but I felt ming needed it because the top the hat was a bit pointy.

Hat 1

First hat crocheted, the yarn is a mixed yarn, pink, white and black. I bought it years ago but didnt know what to do with it untill a few days back. It is supposed to be a slochjy hat but i dont think that style suits me or my owl so we will wear in in a classic beret style.  The pattern can be found at
http:pd-designs.blogspot.com/2011/free-pettern-basic-slouchy-hat.html
Hope you enjoy.

400 Hats and such...

The other day I decided to crochet a hat, and the next day another... I had thought to myself, since i live in an area where we get frequent snows in the winter months and I like to walk my doggie, Diesel, in the evenings, I wanted a variety of hats to choose from, and while jokingly chatting about this with my Lovie he said something about having a different hat for every day of the month...So I started thinking, if i had that many hats people would begin to ask me "HOW many hats DO you HAVE?" And in my world i thought it would be funny to reply with "Something like 400."  And then I decided I really do want to make 400 hats ( I will probably end up selling some and giving them out as gifts, because really who needs that many hats) but really i do think I want to make them and figured I would blog it out while I made them.  I dont know how long this venture will take me, I plan to try to use alot of the free patterns out there in th internet world, and maybe make up a a few, and even possibly buy a pattern or 2 if I find the right one. The next day I started another but was unhappy with the pattern directions, some parts were just to vague and I felt like I was missing important parts on the instructions so I ripped it all out and wen on a search for my next project (which is all picked out and I think the pattern makes sence... we will see.)  My sister has no clue of my ambitions yet, but she did request I make her a brown hat, so I sent her serching the internet to find one she likes and then I will get to work on that. I will place photos and links when I can, and I am sure this blog will go off into other things I do, like coooking and maybe a great haircut I did in school.