Pink Mohair mittens and Hat

An original pattern for a front and back hdc pink mohair hat and knit mittens.

Pay It Forward

I will share more pictures of my hats that are done this week. I have completed close to ninety crocheted and knit hats and will reach my goal soon, but will not stop as there is such a need for a warm head and heart.

Dahling Lil Denim

This is my first " snuggle sac " for baby ever and I did this one on two needles. I also added openings for ribbons at the top and then knit a little hat from soft white fuzzy yarn and put a little denim string bow on so this could be for either a little boy or girl.
This one is very heavy and warm as our winters are cold here in Canada and double worsted was used.

I am in the process of using a brushed chunky on culars for my next one and will share when done.

This will not be kept either, it will be a gift to go in the Christmas box of the church.

Small ones for local neo natal unit.

These little hats were so much fun to do. I did a total of three of them, the next one you will see in the snuggle sac picture.

For the white one I cast one 54 stitches using size 4.5 mm needles and did a 6 row rib. I then added about four to five inches in straight knitting, then decreased to the top and finished.

For the orange one the same, but this is the reverse side as it makes the little pumpkin look more original. I cast on the same number of stitches but after the ribbing I purle every 6th stitch......when I got to the last 6 stitches at the top I changed to green and knit for about 8 rows and then closed this off as the stem. I then cast on three one stitch with green, incread to about 7 stitches, then decreased down to five and cast off all in stocking stitching. Left ends long enough to fast the leaf to the stem and to the hat. I have seen hats like this on the internet and their patterns are written more fully than my version.

Total of 66 hats knit to date in spare time. Goal is 100.

Hats for Nursing home Children

The above crocheted hats are for the children's ward of a local nursing home and I have enjoyed doing these tremendously. Most are adaptions of " free charity patterns on the internet ."

Adult hats in progress and some stitching time.

I started and finished six adult comfort hats over the weekend and have decided to make them much longer so that they can be pulled down over the face, and or, turned up as desired. I want this set to go to the shelters so they need to be warm. You can warm you hands in your pocket, but it is hard to keep your head warm

After a few hours of rearranging the sewing room again. I have to have a change so that all that I am working on is laid out close at hand and my most favourite place to create is on the ironing board as I can bring it to my level, stick pins in it, and still iron and design at the same time.

I did take a few minutes and stitched some embroidery for an on line monthly quilt that caught my eye and started on the second block. I changed the colours a bit and wish now that I had of used a heavier count cotton for them, but it is never to late as these are very small designs with a lot of impact..... and the ones that are done can be made into little toss pillows.

I also want to do about a dozen miniature bean toss bags for the nursing home as the larger ones that I made do not always fit in their games. I was asked what sizes I make and I do the six inch finished and this time these ones will finish at two inches square as they are tossed into a game hole.

Well, off to rest and will share some pics tomorrow.

Charity Crochet

Hat from an infamous children's story that I crocheted for a little lad in a nursing home that he can actually wear. He will be so excited that I can hardly wait.A micro-preemie gown that I have crocheted for a local hospital from a pattern on angelcrafts, she is a very talented designer and donates her patterns to a wonderful cause

A collection of fifty plus hats that are going over to the neo natal and neurological as well as chemo ward of our local hospital, the next fifty plus are being readied for local schools and the homeless shelters. Love makes us all have a happy heart. Patterns are designs from basic patterns and a lot of small originals. They range from preemie to adult male and female. I love doing these.

Sitting in front of the fan

Well the weather here has hit some real highs and with the humid ex level and smog levels high I have chosen to stay indoors. I must admit that as long as I have the air conditioner on and the fans blowing in my face I can deal with this. We did try to go today to an air show at the air force base but when we arrived the humidity was far to great to be even the slightest bit tempting, so we came home.

I have start another set of prayer pouches and was working happily along and I am now at the part where I have to wait until I can shut the fan down in order to bead and embellish. I think Mother Nature or Father Sun are trying to tell me something.

I did finish another set of comfort hats. I have two adult, three children and about five preemie to baby ones. I knit the preemies as they were so much softer to deal with. I think I am well over the mid point at this time and will soon rearrange some photos and group them so it does not take up much space. It is amazing how addicted I am to the one hundred caps.

Will log on when it cools down and share more pics, but not as long as they are now, will group them instead.

I hope when it cools down to be able to get back at my stitching again as I do miss it as well.

Pics of finished hats and items.

Been A while since I posted but was well worth the wait.

It has been a while since my last post, but I have been busy on a personal challenge to make one hundred items to donate to our local hospital and I am well over half way there. I started the middle of June and it is now almost the middle of August and with little or no effort have been able to accomplish this little miracle. I will finish this set and then set out to do a series of special items for nursing homes, shelters, and those in need. I like to be a secret angel so only put a card on my work so that when it goes to the hospital they know it is acrylic, cotton and how to wash.

I hope to share some with you. A lot of the patterns are adaptions of patterns I have found on line and some are those that I have created as I went along. One can soon learn many variations on a pattern when they set a goal this high.

I highly recommend the site http://www.yarncat.com as a great starting point for adult hats and have used a lot of their patterns int he beginning. I then graduated to my own and a series of my own in both knit and crochet for preemies and small babies. I also have some christening dresses on the horizon to finish as well as three sweater sets. Sounds ambitious but it sure is helping to do stash reduction in yarns.