Fall Theme Hats

I promised yesterday that I would show you a couple fall theme hats people have asked us to make.

The first hat is the pumpkin hat.

Now for the hat of all hats – The Turkey Hat.

My friend Amy ask if we would make this hat for her. 

Happy Fall!

Fun Football Hats

Fall is upon us and so are the requests for fall related hats.

My co-worker Keith asked me to make some hats for his nephews for Christmas gifts. I suggested the football hats pictured here.

One hat has the ear flaps and the other does not.

My other two co-worker saw the finished hats and asked if I could make hats that they could wear to their sons football games. Donna and I got to work searching for the pattern for adult hats and found it.

Kelly and Maura modeling their new hats

After I finished Maura and Kelly's hats Keith asked if I could make these hats in the University of Pittsburgh colors. Well of course I can and here is the proof.

Tomorrows blog will be on other fall related hats. The only hint I will give you is that these hats will be way different than the football hats.

Learning New Knitting Skills

Friday was National Yarn Day. I thought I would show and tell you about a club my sister Donna is in. She belongs to Paradise Fibers Monthly Knitting Club.

Every month they send her yarn and a project that she is supposed to complete by the 20^th of each month. She then goes onto Ravelry and posts the picture online for a discount for a future purchase. You can go onto Ravelry and look up DonnaMaeKnits to see what she has done.

Of course I am going to show you what she has done the last three months.

Her first project was this cowl made using one skein on Mountain Color Monarch Yarn. Through this project she learned how to do a cable without using a cable needle.

Her second and third projects were made with the same yarn Mountain Colors Crazyfoot. She made these fingerless gloves where she learned how to do the thumb and work on her double pointed needle skills.  

When she received her third project they suggested she make socks with the yarn. Donna felt that this yarn was too pretty to hide in shoes so she decided to make a scarf. I think she made the right decision. 

Each month Donna is learning new things with each kit.

We can't wait to see what she will receive this month!