Baby Sherlock Hat - Completed!!

Finished my last state fair entry today on my lunch hour.  This hat turned out so cute!  Will have to try it on Joanne to see if she can wear it after the fair ends.

Sock Monkey done started another project!

Okay somebody stop me!  I decided to make another project for the NC State Fair.  Nothing like a little pressure and time crunch.  Found a cute baby hat pattern by Debbie Stoller at Stitich Nation called Baby Sherlock Hat.  It has cute ear flaps and a flap in the front.  I am using some Fall colors, orange and brown on this hat.  Here are some pictures of my progress so far:

Hat done with all the stitch markers in for the different flaps.

One flap completed on my lunch hour today.  This is not the true color of the yarn.  Looks weird on my desk for some reason.

I found some cute orange buttons to use for the front flap.  I think this just might fit Joanne by the time the fair is over.  Will have to try it on her tonight if she is willing.

Here is the sock monkey with his eyes and mouth glued on.  Not totally happy with the cutting job on his eyes but he is done.  Must use safety eyes on the next one with white felt around for the eyes.

One more project for this year's State Fair

I was just going to stop with the hat and shawl for this year's NC State Fair but Mike insisted that I make something else.  So I found a third pattern for a sock monkey on Red Heart's website and decided to try this one.  The previous two attempts on patterns I found did not go well.  But this time I got the leg joining to work and he looks great so far.  Here are some pictures of his progression.

Here are the pieces to be sewn together with the correct color head this time.

Here he is without his arms, eyes and mouth.

Here is my little oops on this pattern.  I printed out a black and white version of the pattern and misread the color choice for his head.  Silly me!

All I have left to make is his little hat.  I am going to use small black buttons for his eyes.  I am toying with the idea of crocheting a small white circle for the button to sit in so you can see his eyes better.  If I do this, I will have to wait until next Christmas to give him to Joanne because of the buttons.  She is putting everything in her mouth and I don't want her to swallow one of the buttons.  Also need to look up how to do a satin stitch for the mouth.  Have not done that before.  But I have really enjoyed this pattern and would make this guy again.

Vintage Hat for the NC State Fair 2011

When I was trying to decide what hat I wanted to make this year for the adult hat category I came across Purple Kitty's website. Just loved the Queenie Beanie hat pattern. So I went to AC Moore yesterday at lunch time to look for a vintage color yarn to make this cool hat.



Here were the three colors I fell in love with in the yarn department. I am really hearing the green call my name. Today at lunch I started the hat in the aqua color as a tester to see if I was going to have any issues with the pattern. There are 11 rows total on this hat and I got through row 7 on my lunch hour. Man this hat works up fast. The braid with probably take forever but the hat has been a dream to crochet.

First State Fair Project Done!!!

This wrap has been quite the adventure. Nothing like almost being completely done with the shawl I first made and then have everyone I show it to tell me how ugly it was. So I frogged this thing and got 10 balls of yarn back out to start again on something else. I tried a couple of different patterns but could not get them to work out right. This made me want to just throw the stupid yarn away and say for get this! But I tried one more time and used a stitch I learned from a friend years ago. It is a variation on the double crochet but I am not sure what the correct name of the stitch is so I have called it the Trish Stitch. When you are doing the double crochet and have three loops on your hook, you drop the second loop and then finish the double crochet. There is a chain one in between the double crochets so it gives it a mesh look. I took pictures yesterday, just have to get them off of the camera after Joanne goes to sleep tonight.