Christmas was almost a month ago and I'm still waiting on pictures of my gifts on or with their recipients. I decided would just go ahead and post the pictures I have. Of course that means Kai is modeling two girlie hats, which he wasn't fond of wearing to begin with. I'm sure he'll be super excited to see them on the computer. :)
Here is the first one, a gift for my niece, Malia. This hat was made with RYC Soft Lux in Powder. It's a pale pink worsted weight yarn, shot through with a gold metallic fiber. Just a little sparkle, not too much. I got it to match a metallic gold coat that my mom was getting her for a Christmas gift. The pattern is called Petal and can be found
here. I thought I had the correct gauge, but the small size turned out quite wide for me. It wasn't a big deal because I wasn't sure on size anyway, but in case anyone else gives it a try, watch your gauge. It is a really cute hat, I'd like one for myself if I ever get around to it.
I also made a set of mittens to go with the hat, nothing spectacular, just some plain mittens. I also had enough yarn left to make a long, lacey-type scarf. It was actually a little too long, but it still looked nice. Hopefully I'll get some pics to put up soon.
Next is a hat I made for my younger niece, Kaelana. I saw
this pattern and knew I had to make this hat for her. I had a bit of trouble finding the perfect colors of yarn, but found an acceptable frosting and cup color at JoAnn in easy-care acrylic. My first attempt at this hat can be seen in the second picture on the left. It's cute, but when I put it on Kai and Zeke's head the "frosting" part hugged quite tightly to their heads and you couldn't even tell what it was supposed to be. It was definitely cuter sitting on a table or bench that it was on a head. I decided it needed to be puffier on the top, so you could tell it was a cupcake whether it was off the head or on. So I added stitches and used a smaller needle to make the ribbnig so it would still be snug on the bottom. The top picture is the result and it looked much better. Since I really didn't like the first hat and I was running short on time, I just snipped the "cherry" off hat number 1 and put it on the new one. So imagine the top hat with the red pom from the second picture. If I ever make this hat again, I may try adding "sprinkles" or something for fun.
Here are the playsilks!!! I dyed them myself and they turned out pretty decent. I'm not too fond of the first one, which was actually not the first one I did, but I've learned my lesson on wrapping my fabric too tightly. The dye just couldn't get in there.
My first attempt was the fushia/purple one and it turned out so well, I was thrilled. I made it specifically for Kaelana, so I was very happy it turned out. After doing the rest I decided to give the red, yellow and blue to August, my nephew. I also gave him a crown, which I don't have a picture of. Hopefully I will soon.
