Even Baby Boys Need Hats

We have a small gift shop that we sell handmade items in.  Looking through it, I noticed a lacking of hats for baby boys.  Baby girls have a nice selection, but boys were missing out.  So I went to work knitting.

 Benjamin became my model for these hats as he is pretty young yet.

This is a cut little aviator hat.  I like the style and will make more of these.

 Moms do like them covering the ears.  I think he's just about outgrown this one.

 I knitted it with a washable wool.  Wool is nice and soft and the washables make it easy for mom not to have to think about separating it from the rest of her baby's clothing.

Here is the Ravelry link.

This is a Drops earflap pattern that I really like.  This hat is wool also with a fingering weight yarn.

 Baby boys do like blue.  The Ravelry link is here.

And this is the same pattern but using a yummy variegated yarn.  It looks like chocolate to me. This one was made a size larger than the last one. You can see it looks a little big on Benjamin.

 The Ravelry link is here.  

In these last 2 hats, Benjamin is 2 months younger than in the first one. Can you tell the difference?

Teri's Quilt

This is a very cute quilt, made out of baby shirts, onesies, etc.

  I enjoyed reading it.

 I stippled this quilt.

Apron Time

Aprons can be quite fashionable.  They don't have to be heavily gathered like they used to be .  Now they are slim and make it easy to work in the kitchen.  Here are two that I've made recently.

 I sewed this one up for a customer who gave it to Jane.  She is my model in these pictures.  She doesn't like aprons that go around her neck and this worked perfectly for her.  The pattern is from a book called "More Retro Aprons" by Cindy Taylor Oates.  I really like the designs that she has.

 The ruffles are a nice addition to this apron.

I also make hot pads to go with it.  I must have deleted the picture that really shows the topside of the hot pads, but you can see it peeking through in back of the backside.

 

This is an apron that is a Rebecca Ruth design. You can check out her website here.

This particular apron is the "Vivian" pattern.

I used Western Washington shop hop fabric for this.  There was a sample one at Ruby Street Quiltworks.  I liked it so much that I had to copy it. 

 This pattern has large hidden pockets.  I really like the addition of the ric-rac also.

I sewed up a potholder that was the Ruby Street square for the shop hop.  It's almost too nice to really use.

Kim's Quilt

This is a brightly colored  quilt. Jewel Tones.

I did swirls all over this one.

Brenda's Quilt

This is one of my favorites.

 I did feathers and swirls all over it.

Love Entwined Part 10

This was an easy section.  Four squares.  I also added a new fabric which is in the leaves.  It combines the turquoise and the green.  I keep finding new fabrics to add.  

The last borders took so long, it was nice to have something quick.

 And here it is all put together so far.

More Little Knits and Crochet

 Maybe I'm starting an unusual sort of farm with all the little animals that I have made.  I do have to keep up on the prizes that children love.

These are 2 little mice that I've knitted before.

 Ravelry link

 They are very small. About 3-4" tall.

 This is Sammy the Seal.  He is larger.

 He was a real hit for the girl that got him for a prize.

 Ravelry link.

 And this little hedgehog.  I downsized him from the original in the pattern by using fingering and DK yarn.

 

 Ravelry link

I also made these little deer.

They are not knitted, or crocheted but made of felt.  They were very simple to do.  I copied one I had seen.

This person has a lot of cute felt animals and clouds, etc.