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Winter Woolies: Hats!

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In the last few years I’ve developed quite a ‘thing’ for crocheting hats at this time of year. I think it is because they are so quick to whip up, make me feel cosy and my littles look adorable in them!

So far this year I have made Emma and Matthew one hat each, however my little guy is growing so fast he will need another one by the end of this week!

Emma's WildFlower Hat

These days Emma has a few more ideas about what she wears, she asked for her hat to be purple and pink and not to have a pom pom but a flower instead. I feel that I carried out my brief pretty well and she certainly seems happy with it! But she is not always a willing model so these are phone snaps when she wasn’t expecting it! Ha!

Pink WildFlower Hat

A few technical notes for those who get curious about these things…
Yarn: Stylecraft Special Chunky Shades: Emperor & Raspberry
Hat Pattern: Made up as I went (Basic treble stitch beanie with a front-post/back-post ribbing)
Flower Pattern: The Never Ending Wildflower by Little Monkeys Crochet

Happily, Matthew is a little more laid back about me dressing him up in a wooly hat while still indoors to take photographs!

Matthews Hat

In truth with no requests to fulfill this hat was really a case of using whatever ‘boyish colours’ I had on hand, a bit of a stash buster hat. Actually until he was wearing it I wasn’t totally sure I liked my own colour choices.

Matthews Hat

A few more technical notes for those who get curious about these things…
Yarn: Stylecraft Special Chunky Shades: Dark Brown, Midnight, Teal & Cream
Hat Pattern: Made up as I went (Basic treble stitch beanie with a crab stitch edging and free hand pompom) 

If you would like to see some of the other hats I have made, feel free to check out some of these previous posts:
The ‘Mr Wade’ Winter Hat
Emma’s Beanie
The Big Flower Beanie Hat

BONUS PHOTO:::

This face has me in hysterics. Always.

M hat face

Naomi x2

The ‘Mr Wade’ Winter Hat

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the mr wade hat

It’s true. Your eyes do not deceive you. I have written a post about a crochet make!

It has been some time since I last shared my crochet with you here, but rest assured my hook has still been working away 🙂 In the last month or so I have made quite a few hats and cowls and cold weather motivated items… but have failed to get my camera out. Oops.

There are two or three things in particular that I really want to blog about and will get some photos with their owners soon. Cute and cosy, little girl inspired, woolly things! (Although if you follow me on Instagram you may have seen a couple already 😉 I’m @ourlovelylittlelife)

Last week, after the chaos of the season had subsided, I set to on this little project. My dear hubby currently has to walk home from work, this is a 40 minute walk at around 10pm. In January this is just slightly cold and when he comes home his poor ears are frozen. I wanted to make him a hat to keep him warmer at night!

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I wasn’t sure if Vince would fancy a crochet hat really, but if it was functional, practical and as manly as I could manage I thought why not… and he was quite keen when I put it forward!

So using the lovely soft and affordable Stylecraft Special Chunky acrylic yarn and a 6mm hook I whipped this up – in what was really just a few hours… but in my life that is a few evenings!

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It is very simple rounds of half treble crochets (or hdc in the US!) in two different colours. I finished with a ribbed edge created using alternating front-post and back-post trebles. As for sizing, I made it to fit Vince but I use this great post and size table all the time!

Of course, I had to name it the Mr Wade Winter Hat because I am super inventive in that way 😉 As you can see Mr Wade himself was thrilled to have me taking photos of him in the rain earlier today! The things you do for your wife huh?!

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(This would be the comment that it is probably raining too hard now!)

I believe we are both very pleased with how it turned out and now when he gets in from work his ears aren’t turning to ice! Win!

Naomi x2