All Patched Up

http://newton.patch.com/articles/ho-hohold-on-i-still-need-to-buy-presents-part-1

I've been mentioned in the Newton Patch for their Holiday shopping! And they showed a picture of my Red Velvet Cupcake hat.

I am still accepting online orders but holiday shipping is no longer guaranteed, however if you order a hat that I have in stock and ready to ship, there is a good chance it will make it to your destination and ready to put under the tree.

This is what I have available for immediate shipping, no waiting, these will ship the next business day after payment has been received:

Brown Bear (Small 3-6 months) book also available

Spring Flower Fairy (Small 3-6 months) book also available

Winter Frost (Small 3-6 months)

Winter Frost Sweater (Small 3-6 months)

Purple Crayon (Medium 6-18 months) book also available

Pumpkin (Medium 6-18 months)

Lavender Sweet Pea (Medium 6-18 months) organic cotton

Pink Sweet Pea (Medium 6-18 months) organic cotton

Wimsy Citrus Bug (Large/Child)

Cranberry (Large/Child)

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

The northeast just had our first measurable snowfall last night and it is now a winter wonderland outside. So what perfect timing that this beautiful treasury is up on Etsy, I love the earrings in this treasury, and am honored to have my little hat included. It was 70 degrees a few DAYS ago and now we have snow, ahh New England!

It's the holiday season

and I got a treasury!

It's brisk here in New England, and I have already started my holiday shopping, so am in a festive mood! I can't wait for the first snowfall!

Just Desserts

It's the holiday season and I now have three hats in my desserts series; a Neapolitan, a cupcake, and now a Christmas pudding hat. I sold the pudding hat right after I made it, but here is the picture of it.

I am having trouble with the holly leaves, and am trying to find a good pattern, the rest of the Christmas Pudding hat I just made up on my own, I can post the pattern here if anyone wants it. I used my regular fruit hat leaves in the picture, but I will change it once I can make good holly leaves. I usually like my leaves to be double sided, but I may have to compromise in this case. But I have a whole year to perfect my pattern.

The ever-popular cupcake hat pattern is a combo of the pattern from Susan Anderson's new book, Itty Bitty Nursery and from this website: http://www.nakedsheep.com/cupcakehat.html.

As always, number of stitches are a suggestion, check your gauge, and I like to think of all patterns as suggestion, not a demand. I love her patterns for inspiration, but I do like to may my own changes and adjustments. The nubbles took some working out, but then they became rather fun to make.

The Neapolitan Ice Cream hat is the easiest, just three simple colors and a cherry knot top. I gave this one to my collegue who photographed her daughter wearing it and she gets plenty af awww's in it. So I know it is a keeper of a pattern. The trick is to get the right number of rows for the red for the cherry. And this will vary from yarn to yarn.

It is is a nice, quick, and easy novelty hat to make. But now I have to make three baskets of baby goodies for three pregnant cousins, and then it will be bunny hat season. But right now my Etsy store is a pink explosion for Valentine's day. I never knew I made so many hats with that much pink. It's almost scarry.

Maybe I should invest in some anti-pink patterns, a black apple hat perhaps?