Little Love Hat- Knitting Pattern!

So I saw a hat and mittens set on Etsy and bought the pattern and there were large errors throughout the pattern. Not just a stitch off here and there but WHOLE sections of the pattern that weren't correct at all. And then the heart on the mittens....to me...was upside-down and it said on the mittens after making the first one you should "make one to match" and if you did that, you would end up with mittens that had seams on the same side since this was a two needle knitting project.
Anyway...I ended up just writing my own pattern. I knew I could do that when I bought the pattern but sometimes you just want to make it easy on yourself and follow someone else's pattern but that didn't happen.
This is a type of fair isle knitting so you will need to know how to do some floats (there are plenty of videos on youtube) but there is only one row of hearts so there aren't too too many. I am going to give the directions for 6-12 months hat only because that is the only one I have done so far as I do other sizes I may add them to this pattern. I will give directions to the mittens on the next post.

I used Caron Simply Soft Yarn and US size 4 and size 6 straight knitting needles.

Start with size 4 needles and white.
Cast on 88
K2 P2 for 1 1/2 inches

Switch to size 6 kneedles on this row. We will be starting stockinette stitch here. Knit one row, Purl one row for 6 rows total.

Now you will start the heart following the chart below with your contrasting color and still knitting a row and purling .

Now we will start rounding the crown. You should have ended so that you are on a knit row. 

K5,  K2tog across row

P row

K4, K2tog across row

P row

K3, K2tog across row

P row

K2, K2tog across row

P row

K1, K2tog across row

P row

K2tog across row

P row

K2tog across row

P row

Cut yarn leaving enough to sew hat. With a needle thread yarn through the remaining stitches and pull gently to close hat. Sew up back seam of hat. Make pom pom using both colors. Tie firmly to top of hat. 

You may not sell any of my patterns or alter them in any way. Please feel free to share the link to the pattern for anyone who might like to use them.

Baby Blankets

I need to get going on more things for my grandbaby! Whoever heard of having crocheter who is having a grandbaby and doesn't make them a bunch of stuff? We don't know what the baby is yet and I still think there are girl and boy colors and unisex colors. So yellow, green and white right now until we find out what they are having.

This is the first one that is finished!

This one was so simple. Just a continuous granny square with a pretty edge and ribbon. But that edge! Takes you almost as long as the granny square. 

I am in the process of the second blanket. It is a pattern I haven't done since I made one for my first son (the father of this new grandbaby). It isn't written down anywhere. I actually watched another woman crocheting in the waiting room before a doctor's appointment and learned how to do it. AND I have this wonderful yarn to do it with! 

This is Knit Picks yarn called Baby. I absolutely love it! Unfortunately, it is being discontinued which is why I can afford it in the first place because it is only $1.29. I ordered 9 skeins the first time and then when saw how much I loved it ordered 10 more. So it will do a few baby things to say the least. 

No pictures of the new blanket yet but it will be finished soon and I will have it on here. 

Happy hooking!

Stocking Up!

But maybe not in the way you would think of me stocking up... I'm stocking up on my knitted and crocheted good to sell because even though nothing is selling now, they seem to sell real good at Christmas....and yes, Christmas is a long time away but these things take time to make. Last year I sold 15 of one particular hat! I'd like to be really stocked up on that hat this year and in several sizes. So now while it is slow, I am going to take the time to make these extras.
 It's boring. Making the same hat, over and over again in different sizes and colors but I think I will feel much better when it is done. I won't do them all at once. I'll do four or five and then make something new or work on another item that sells good (or I hope will sell good).

No more dragons for my grandson...

Or bibs for the new baby coming in Sept...

Or flowers for a very sick friend....

I must focus on...hats....