Once More, For Old Times’ Sake

by Melissa // February 1, 2010 // 3 Comments

As I was digging through the twins’ drawers today (we’re running out of room as we add gradually larger and larger clothes, so I had to empty out the drawers and remove sleepers that were *sniff* too small) what should I uncover but the very first thing that I made for them – their hats! You remember the hats…

Aww. That’s Teddy on the left and Tommy on the right, there. (You can find the hat pattern on my blog here!) Anyway, I decided to see whether they still fit on their much-larger noggins.

Ta-da! Yes, thank you, Tommy, we appreciate your enthusiasm today, you little ham. Teddy is zonked out. These hats are big enough to fit for a few months after birth, as well – although we’re reaching the limit of what they can take.

I measured their heads the other day for the green hat, of course, and at the moment their head circumferences are about 16 inches. So, as you can see, um…

Okay, fine. You can take a nap!

Well, Dar-Knit.

by Melissa // January 31, 2010 // No Comments

Or, as they say – da Nile is more than a river in Egypt. I just want to show you a picture of something:

Yup. Yessiree, that’s a nice…big…hat. Check this pic out:

Â Wow. Wow. Proof – once again – that swatches lie. Proof also that calling something “oversized” will only shield you from the realization that it’s WAY WAY WAY too big for so long. Drat.

Oh, well. Only a baby hat, right? (Note to self: next time listen to the little voice that says, “Hey! That looks way way way too big!”)Â After a few moments of debating whether to finish it and give it to Charlie – he does look cute in it – I sucked it up and ripped it out. It’s amazing how fast a perfectly good oversized hat is reduced to a ball of yarn. It’s also a bit surreal, looking at a ball of yarn thinking how thirty seconds ago that ball was a hat.

The good news in all of this is that since I had to make the hat significantly smaller, it went a lot faster. So now, I’m at exactly the same point I was yesterday…woo. I’m looking forward to moving on to a new step in the process.

Anyway, this post marks the end of my January blog blitz, and my website anniversary. I’ve really enjoyed getting back in the swing of things, and even though I’m not going to try to blog every day this next month, I hope to keep things going at a faster pace.

Knitting Knew Knoggin…Covers

by Melissa // January 29, 2010 // 3 Comments

Pulling out the Concentric Stripes Cardigans yesterday reminded me – I always meant to make coordinating hats to go with them! So last night I went digging in my yarn and found a skein of the same green yarn I used in the cardigans, did a swatch and a few calculations, and started knitting.

It’s just a simple rolled brim beanie to begin with, and at first that type of knitting is quite pleasurable. It’s nice to relax, forget about details, and just knit and knit and knit. Of course, a few inches in I get bored and start measuring after each round, wondering when it will be long enough to start the decreases, but fortunately that didn’t take long. (And I wonder why I make so few sweaters. Seriously. I have the attention span of a squirrel sometimes.) Anyway, I made it nice and big so they can wear it through the next few months, and I finished most of the hat. I’ll probably add the embellishments and start on the second one tonight.

Tommy is so thrilled.

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