Hyphenated & Overextended

I have been busy making baby shower gifts, lots of hats.  Here is the first one

  I used this pattern for the hat.   I just winged it on the cherries and stems though instead of following the directions.  They only took me a few minutes to make that way and I knew if I was counting stitches to follow a pattern it would take a while.

This pumpkin hat is all mine.  The hat is a basic DC beanie and I usually use the beginning technique that matches this pattern for my beanies.  I finish with 3 rounds of SC instead of the FP/BP edge.
I need to sit down and actually write down the pattern for the stem and leaves but it may be a few more weeks until I get to that.


I originally made this little red and white hat to go with the cherries but it looked like a Christmas hat and since it is newborn sized cotton hat for a summer baby I decided to make a flower for it instead.  Again, I used this pattern for the body of the hat and I winged it for the flower.  You can find flowers all over the web though, amazing ones at Crochet Pattern Central 



For this sunhat I used my Sweet Little Sunhat pattern with some variations.   I used a J hook and used 6 rounds of DC for the band of the hat.   I also only used 3 rows of SC for the floppy brim increasing more frequently so it would curl up.
The silk flower was made using this technique except I glued two long pieces of yarn to the back of the flower, instead of a barrette so I could tie it to the hat and it would be soft on a little head.


I need to sit down and write out this granny hat pattern, I sat down intending to make another beanie for my daughter who has been begging for a hat.  Since it is already in the upper 80's and it is still May I decided to make it more airy.  It turned out great, was super simple and didn't use much yarn.  I whipped it and the flower out in around an hour or so.     Sticking the pigtails through it was Patience's idea.



 

Today the twins head to St. Louis with my parents.  It is only an overnight trip, they will be home tomorrow evening.  I am teetering between joy at 36 hours free of their constant bickering and our bedtime battles and wanting to hang onto them and never let go.  It is funny really, I need a brain break but it makes my stomach a little queasy to know that they are going across the state without me.  As for the baby, we are having our very first EVER babysitter tonight.  I am very excited to go out with my husband in the evening.  It hasn't happened in years.    My parents are great about taking an afternoon and watching the kids for us for special occasions but I think the last time we were out at night was for our 7th anniversary which was nearly three years ago.  

So here is to a grown-up night full of dinner at a nice restaurant and a movie that isn't animated or PG.