Monday, March 1, 2010

Hats for the Nieces

I just finished making hats for my nieces, Abby and Lexie. I adjusted Grumperina's Odessa hat pattern to fit a 5 year old:



I love the look of this hat!


I adjusted Sofiya Cremin's Butterfly Hat pattern to fit a 7 year old.

I also added a few of the left over beads from the Odessa, because Maddie said that Abby would be sad if her hat wasn't as "pretty" as Lexie's. Apparently when you're a little girl, beads = pretty.

7 comments:

  1. I just discovered your knitting blog! I love it. I am going to have fun watching it. I made that butterfly hat too! But I just made it into a headband instead of a hat. I made a bunch that I was going to sell but never did...Hmmm. I forgot about that.

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  2. what beautiful hats! my boyfriend has twin 8 year old nieces that these would be PERFECT for. how many stitches did you cast on to accomodate for the 7 year old size? thanks!

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  3. Thanks Corrie! If I remember right, the only changes I made to the pattern was to use smaller needles (US 4&6) and I did 1/4” less ribbing to make for my 7 year old niece.

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  4. How did you add the beads? Did you just sew them on?

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  5. Hi Ashlie, I pre-string the beads and slide them up as I knit. Although, I'm sure you could sew them on if you wanted to.

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  6. Thanks Amy! One more question - did you use DK weight yarn for both of them? Your butterfly hat looks like it isn't as thick as the original pattern and I like the look of yours bettter :o)

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  7. Hey Corrie, I used Fantasy Dark Horse Yarn for these hats... which according to Ravelry, is Aran / 10 ply. But I'm not sure how accurate that is. Is that helpful? I don't know. :)

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