This Week's Hats

This week's hats. 

For Christmas project for children on Rosebud reservation.

Slow Sunday Stitching at Kathy's Quilts

 

More Hats

Corrugated Hat

Free pattern at YarnInspirations

For school children on Rosebud reservation.

Easy Street

Free Pattern at YarnInspirations

For homeless veterans on Pine Ridge reservation.

Lakeside Beanie

Free Pattern at Five Knots North blog

For homeless veterans on Pine Ridge reservation

Surface Braid Hat

Free Pattern at The Laughing Willow blog

For homeless veterans on the Pine Ridge reservation.

 I still haven't managed to get a quilt in the hoop for big stitching in the evenings ; however, I have been making hats for donation. Cold weather coming soon!

Slow Sunday Stitching at Kathy's Quilts

Good News!!

Wooohooo! Things went better than expected with John's surgery and he didn't need the trach so we got home late yesterday afternoon. He is in pain, has hole where jaw bone used to be and is weak because he had little nutrition for a few days but we are home and on the road to recovery and waiting for culture results. 

Thank you all for the prayers, positive vibes, well wishes. 

I did mention I was taking along some yarn to crochet some hats for kids on the Rosebud reservation. I did finish 3 of them while in the hospital. 

I also finished a book - 7 Days by Mike Kraus, a post-apocalyptic/survival thriller. 

Slow Sunday Stitching at Kathy's Quilts

 

Hat Tricks

I've been crocheting some hats for Christmas gifts for kids on the Rosebud reservation. I have a bin of old yarn I have been using left over from the days I made things for my grandkids. 

I've been trying different patterns looking for an easy one I could work on while I'm with John in the hospital after his surgery. I usually just take along my kindle loaded with books but sometimes a lot of reading makes me drowsy.  So this time I'll crochet and I'll read. 

I wanted a pattern that could be easily worked without many increases/decreases, row counting, etc. In a hospital I can be easily distracted and lose my place. 

This one was pretty easy. I did add 3 rows of single crochet at bottom for a little band on this one. 

This one is really easy so this is the one I will take along to work on. I think I will take a big skein of yarn like red or black along with little bits of leftover yarns and make the band with leftover yarn and add a couple of stripes around in that same color just to spice things up a bit. 

Can you tell that I like variegated yarns? 

And sew on...

Slow Sunday Stitching at Kathy's Quilts

 

When It Is Too Hot to Hand Quilt Sometimes I Crochet

My eleven year old granddaughters (soon to be 12) love hats. So for Christmas I thought I would crochet them up a bunch of different hats.   I had the girls look through the pattern book and pick out a favorite (but I didn't tell them I would actually make them their favs).   This was Kayla's favorite - bear cub beanie.   I previously posted a finish for Isabelle's choice called Pixie Hood. 

I'm going to make another one of these so each of the girls gets one. 

And I need to make another one of these so each girl gets one.  I like the granny squares around the rim but I didn't like making so many of those darned little things. 

They each get a Cabled Beanie. I'm shocked I actually made the cable turn out because I had a difficult time understanding the directions.  While the directions were fresh in my mind I decided to start right in on the second one. 

All of the patterns were found in this book. 

I supposed I had better make my grandson a couple of hats too.  I know he will be jealous of theirs!! 

Two Hats Are Better Than One

One of my granddaughters really loves hats. I'm crocheting her a lot of different ones for Christmas. 

I've finished Knotted Hat.

It was my goal #20 

for 

Finish-A-Long 2016

And this Cinched Cap was my goal #19

for

Finish-A-Long 2016

Both hat patterns are from 

Crochet Boutique Hats by Rachael Oglesby