Christmas hat round up

I made my siblings and their spouses winter hats for Christmas. Hector requested a knight's helmet, Vicky wanted one that had the knight's helmet style but in purple and with flowers, Denise left the design up to me, and - as mentioned in my previous blog post- Juan got a boobie beanie. I did not get any photos of them wearing their hats, so I just have the photos of the finished hats on my hat stands...so use your imagination. I have since thought of some improvements for the knight's helmet style hat. I need to bring the buttons in and higher. That way the face guard is nice and snug against the face-I also want to experiment with lining the faceguard with some fleece for added warmth.


Hat with face guard



Knight Helmet



Purple sad looking owl

Minion Beanie

Using a pattern found online: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/minion-hat-4 (thanks for sharing it on my FB wall Melissa) I made some minion beanies. They were a hit! My sister and sister-in-law have already put in their request, but I must first make one for each of my goddaughters. This pattern is super easy and fast! I used Lily Sugar & Cream 100% cotton thread for these, but I bet they would come out good in other yarn types as well.

Tic Tac Toe Challenge: Use two or more flowers

Ladies and gentlemen, we have finally arrived at the final post for the Tic Tac Toe Challenge!! It has been fun. It also allowed me to use techniques and tools that I probably would not have tried yet. 

This card turned out really elegant.

Lovely flowers and  a sophisticated stamp make this card super sweet!