March Hats.

Yeah, I know, March is long over..... heck it's almost May...

I did make hats in March.... 24 of them, as a matter of fact....

and then my card reader died, and then things got in the way and I just didn't get here to share those hats....

well here they are.....

I ran into a bit of camo thread in my shopping travels in March... as you can see from these 9 gorgeous Camo hats.....

Brown was another color I happened to come up with a bit of.... I had a blanket project I had started awhile ago and never finished..... and couldn't stand to see those lonely skeins sitting there unused..... so 8 pretty hats were borne from the brown~!

These were just fun hats I made while playing with different yarns.... you have to be fun sometimes, it builds character!!! And ask anyone who knows me and they will tell you that I am quite the character! LOL. 4 fun hats were made as I played around.




and then there's the maroon red... yep got a few of these on sale. Looked like a fun color and 3 hats merged from that....



for a total of 24 Hats made in the month of March!!!

Add that 24 to the 35 hats I already had made and you get.....

drumroll, please...........

59 hats!!!

Whoohoooo!!!!

My goal is reached but I am NOT stopping....

going to keep plugging away, making these HATS!!!!

ONE PERSON REALLY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!!!

cool stripes hat pattern for those who would like it.

Here is the site with that COOL STRIPES pattern I am using to make most of the hats:
http://promotions.drgnetwork.com/newsletters/talkingcrochet/pages/TCNL2407_patt.html

I am just using this as a base for the hats I'm making...
also I leave the flaps and tie off....
and I use the colors and stitches as I like...

Hats made in February

Well I didn't get on here much in February,

but I did make hats.....

I made a total of 16 hats in February!!

All February's hats were made using the COOL STRIPES pattern I have shown before as a guide. I just got creative and added stripes and lines where I wanted to. I find that the hats go a lot quicker if I make them different colors and designs rather than trying to make all one solid (boring) color!

You can even see some of the hats are made with many different colors as a way to use up scraps while making a fun colorful hat!

Here are the hats in groups so you can see more of the colors and details I used:

total hats made = 35

17 more hats to make 52.

Happy hat making to you!!!

Hat #19

Hat #19 was the last hat I made in January....


wow, my goal is 52, but I did 19 in January!!! I know every month won't be like this and once I hit summer it will be a struggle for me to complete one a week... (cuz I am outside all the time) but I am not gonna stop if I make it to my goal I am going to keep plugging away.


19 is an infant size hat I made using the cool stripes pattern, but cutting down the number of rows to cut down the size. I had a small ball of this varigated baby yarn left over from another project so I figured "why not?"

ONLY 35 more hats to go!

Hat 17 and hat 18.

Hat #17 was made using the Head Huggers single crochet pattern found here: http://www.headhuggers.org/patterns/cpatt01.htm

I used a thin, soft fluffy yarn paired up with a simaler color of so soft Red Heart for a truly classy ladies hat.

Hat #18 used the same yarn combination but I used Angels Crochet Granny Square hat pattern found here: http://www.angelscrochet.com/patterns/gsquarepat.php

This also made for a very nice and soft classy ladies hat.

Now there are 34 hats left to make!

hats 15 and 16

These hats were fun and gorgeous.

I used a thinner varigeted fancy fluffy yarn paired up with some regular Red Heart in bright, happy colors for some fun but warm hats!

I also used the cool stripes pattern for these, but have gotten to the point where I SKIP the change color parts and do my own thing as I see fit.

I'm really having a lot of fun playing with different color combinations and textures.

36 MORE HATS to go!

HAT 14

I thought Hat 14 turned out pretty awesome.

I used a blend of plain yellow and yellow variegated to get some variation.

Once again I used the cool stripes crochet pattern to make this hat.

only 38 more hats until I reach 52!

Hats 12 and 13

Hat 12 is found on the same website, just scroll down a little further and look for one called

TINY

BUBBLES.

I thought that was cool.... and I love how the bubbles stick out in my work.

Hat 13 is same "cool stripes" pattern too, only this time I eliminated the stripes all together and just used a varigated purple and white skein.




I just love how these varigated yarns make the hat so interesting.

Only 39 more Hats to go!!

FINALLY Photos of the hats!! Hats 9, 10, and 11.

January was a nice month of creating hats.
After playing around with the other patterns, I wanted something different.
I couldn't put my finger on exactly what I was looking for,

until I found this pattern:
http://promotions.drgnetwork.com/newsletters/talkingcrochet/pages/TCNL2407_patt.html

I made one *without* the optional flaps... I am just so NOT a flap person!!!
The hat came out AMAZING.... SO much nicer than the other hats which are more just for looks..... this one with it's wide fold over band makes a nice WARM hat that feels and looks stylish!

While it does take a slightly higher amount of yarn, I know it will keep heads warmer in winter.
I quickly fell in love with this pattern and whooped up a few more from it!!!


So here are hats number 9, 10, and 11....

I really loved being able to play around with the colors and the slight variation on stitches made for some unique patterns in the colors.

So after these THREE, that leaves 41 more hats to go!!