I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving yesterday. We spent the day at my parents’ house celebrating. We had a great day and are looking forward to putting up our Christmas tree today. However, before we get started decorating and listening to Christmas music I wanted to join Sarah of The Fifth Street Palace for her for her ‘Tis the Season Thursday series. (Yes, I know it is Friday today.)
This week I have been crocheting more than sewing. I really love to crochet because it is a quiet hobby that I can just pick up whenever I have a few minutes. Here are some of the things I have been working on this week.
The hats pictured above are for the three little girls I babysit on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The purple hats with flowers are identical for two of the girls who are sisters. The hat with ear flaps is for the other little girl I watch. They were made with acrylic yarn from my stash, and I hope they will keep these little girls warm this winter.
This hat and scarf set is for my almost 5 year old who told me he wanted a blue hat. I showed him about four different shades of blue and he chose this color. I am not sure he will wear the scarf, but I wanted him to have a scarf like I made for his older sister and brother.
This last hat is for my little guy for Christmas. I started to make a hat with ear flaps and then thought it might be neat to just make each side have long flaps so it would be a hat and scarf all in one. Well, as I was starting down one side I realized I was running low on red and didn’t have more. So, I improvised and added buttons so that the big flap will go under his neck and be scarf-like (Is that a word?) This was purely experimental, but it did seem to be a good fit when I tried it on him. If it keeps him warm then it will have served its purpose.
I hope you have a wonderful day, and if I get a chance I will post progress of our Christmas decorating.
