Yellow Hat #3

This is the third yellow hat in Henry's collection now as I have been trying to replace his old too small one. Luckily he doesn't hate this one like the last one, in fact he puts up little to no fuss about wearing it. And I made it nice and long to cover his little ears and his whole big forehead. I used the same pattern as back in August when I made that other hat that Henry hates but did ribbing at the bottom instead of rolling.

We had a little bit of snow on Friday that you can see in the above picture. Henry wasn't too excited about it though, he just called it rain. Maybe he'll be more impressed when it stays on the ground.

Bear Hood

In an effort to get Henry a nice warm hat that fits him well and that he will wear I sewed up the bear hood from Oliver and S Little Things to Sew yesterday. I chose soft fleece and made sure to make it yellow which is Henry's favourite colour. (The only hat he currently wears is his yellow hat.) And he likes putting on his bath towel that makes him look like a duck so I thought there was a chance he might like to look like a bear.

I showed it to him this morning and he hated it. He hated it so much he yelled no and ran away as soon as he saw it. So that is why Big Bird is the one wearing the hat. But Henry didn't even like that, he had to grab Big Bird off the sofa to save him from the hat.

On an unrelated note, last night I found this awesome vintage outfit, would have looked especially awesome with the yellow bear hat too. I couldn't resist not only because I love it and its one-of-a-kindness but because I knew Henry would love it too - it's yellow and has an animal on it. And he does love it, kept saying "yellow pants". But it's just a smidge too small so after these photos were taken it is on its way into storage for baby #2. Oh well, at least Henry and I got to enjoy it for a little while this morning.

A knitted hat

I have just completed the first knitted hat of the season. I thought I'd do one for Henry a bit early so that I could take it on our camping trip that starts on Thursday. The nights are already cool here and we are going a bit further North too.

I just did this simple pattern for a toddler toque and just added some I-cord straps to tie it on with. He hated having it on, these were the best pictures I could get.

One more Hat for Henry

I made one more hat for Henry last week. The warm weather actually got me thinking of sun hats. But since it is still February, I came to my senses and made him a winter hat instead. But I used this free sun hat pattern from McCall's. The only thing I changed was to add an inch to the height of the crown to get a little more forehead coverage. And sized up one for the added bulk of the lining.


I used a corduroy for the outer and fleece for the lining. And added ear flaps to the straps. So it actually is quite cosy warm I think. And I made the sides turn up cowboy-style using velcro so you can also take them down for added sun protection or a different look. Like so:


And now he's my little cowboy! So sweet!


PS - I am now labelling Henry-related posts as toddler instead of baby!!

Hat done

I finally made something for myself. It is getting cold here and I couldn't find my hat that fits under my bike helmet so I had to quickly get to work on this one. (Of course I found the old one yesterday when I was almost done the new hat.) I used some yarn I bought from the thrift store for a dollar that I really like and the hat turned out perfect.

Balaclava

I finally finished knitting my balaclava last night. I love it but... if I had to make it all over again I could make it so much better. Just a bit longer and the face hole a bit smaller so it covers my chin better and comes down farther on my forehead. Oh well.