Category Archives: Knit

Monkey Hat

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I was commissioned to make a monkey hat for someone, and couldn’t find any good knit patterns, so I made one up! Although the prototype I made ended up being too small for the recipient, so Sam got to keep it. Too bad, right?

I’m pretty happy with it!

Sam wasn’t going to give me any smiles during this photo shoot, though.

So I tried tickling under his chin… no luck. That almost always works!

Almost a smile???

Buuuut, now it’s gone. And it’s been replaced with a glare.

So, I am thinking about writing up the pattern for this hat… eventually. It’s a pretty fun one! When Sam wore it out and about last week he got lots of compliments on his funny little hat! But before I write it all out, I just want to gauge interest in it… is there anyone out there who would actually make it, or should I even bother with it?

Red Stocking

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I made a red stocking for Owen Aberle.

It’s a bright and cheery Christmas red color.

and a braided cable! I love braided cables!

this was my first stocking, but now that I’ve made one I know that it’s not all that hard, and I’ll certainly be making some more this coming year!

I want to make them for all 3 of us, (and for future children) but I am torn between wanting to make all matching ones with names on top, or having everyone had a different color but all the same style, or all different styles and all the same color. Any input?

Headband, with a better flower.

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So, this was the headband I made for the Giveaway winner, but I figured out how to make a better flower for the headbands!

My crochet skills are totally lacking, so I am happy to have (finally) figured it out!

Now I am thinking that I need to open up the wrapped ones that I am giving away as Christmas presents and make new flowers for them…

Little Red Dress

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I made a little red dress for one of my friends newest arrival, Poppy.

It has a button up in the back. I modeled the yoke after the Shalom Sweater (and funnily enough, I made the dress out of the yarn I unraveled from the sleeves of my Shalom sweater!) And I tried it on Sam to make sure it would fit a baby. Man, Sam would be a cute little girl! But I didn’t take any pictures, I don’t want to be that mom. You know, dressing your son in drag might be frowned upon…

And I also got some of these cool tags at Michaels to add to my knitted creations that I give away. You know, just incase they forget who made it.


I am hoping to get a cool sewing machine one of these days where I can embroider my name on them all professional-like, but until then, a Sharpie will do just fine.

Ok- off to finish my Christmas orders. I am nearly done with them! Whew!

Baby Boy Blue Sweater

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Another custom order! This time for a little blue sweater, 12-18 month size.

I really like it, and will probably be making Sam a few, now that I’ve got the pattern down, I hadn’t ever done the button over the shoulder before, but I really like it!

It’s knit up in scrumptious Cascade Superwash. I love working with that stuff.

Washable wool, is there anything better? I think not.

Norwegian Sweet Baby Hat

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Another Norwegian Sweet Baby hat, this one for a custom order.

The front:

The side view:

The button flap:

We’re back to using the coffee canister to model hats, because this one (18 month size) is huge on my own baby model.

We got our Christmas tree all set up this weekend, and Sam had a lot of fun helping out.

I’ll put up pictures of the finished tree later this week, but now I am going to go snuggle my baby and try to get into the Christmas spirit! (And try to finish up some Christmas presents!)

Another Headband

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This one is also for a Christmas present- I’m just on a roll knitting these headbands. They’re a lot of fun and a pretty quick knit.

Excuse the undone hair and no makeuped face. Ah, the life of a new mom! You are all so jealous, I know it!

And today (insert very excited squeal here) we are going to get our Christmas tree! I am probably the only person in the house who really cares about it, but I am very excited none-the-less, I really want to start decorating the house, but without the tree it seemed kind of silly, but once we get that tree in here it’s game time! Have a great weekend, everyone! Go bake some Christmas cookies!

Giveaway Winner

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Congrats to Melissa for winning the Headband giveaway! How exciting! Thanks to all of those who entered, and if you didn’t win and just can’t live without a headband, well, come talk to me and we’ll work something out.

(Photo from PhoenixFire Designs)
P.S. I am totally going to make some knitting inspired ornaments for my tree this year!

Brown Cabled Hoodie

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So, Sam finally fits into some more of the sweaters I’ve knit for him! He can now fit into this brown cabled hoodie I made the summer before last (before I was even pregnant!)

The sleeves are a little bit long, but hey, that’s alright, he doesn’t seem to mind.

Got some mismatched buttons on there, too. I have become too cheap to buy matching buttons for my own kid. Yeah, so I’ll spend $15 bucks on the yarn to make a sweater, but I wont spend the $3 on matching buttons. Whatevs. What’ya think?

Vandal Helmet

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So, here is the Vandal Helmet Pattern, as promised!

You Will Need:

Worsted weight yarn, gold or yellow and silver or gray
US Size 5 needles
Yarn needle

Vandal Helmet/Viking Winged Hat
Size approx. 3-6 months *Note- if you want to make it bigger, then just increase the amount of stitches by 8, 16, or 24, etc*
Cast on 64 stitches in the gold or yellow color, join in the round being careful not to twist the stitches.
Row 1: *K1,P1* Rep to end
Row 2: *P1,K1* Rep to end
Row 3: Knit all the way around
Row 4: Knit all the way around
Row 5: *Knit 7, on the 8th stitch make a bobble* Rep to end (bobble instructions at the end of pattern!)
Row 6: Knit all the way around
Row 7: Knit all the way around
Row 8: *K1, P1* Rep to end
Row 9:  *P1, K1* Rep to end,

Switch to your gray or silver yarn!

Row 10: Knit all the way around, while evenly decreasing 4 stitches during this row. You should have 60 stitches now.
Row 11-28: Knit all the way around
Row 29: *Knit 8, K2T* Rep to end
Row 30: Knit all the way around
Row 31: *Knit 7, K2t* Rep to end
Row 32: Knit all the way around
Row 33: *Knit 6, K2t* Rep to end
Row34: Knit all the way around
Row35: *Knit 5, K2t* Rep to end
Row 36: Knit all the way around
Row 37: *Knit 4, K2T* Rep to end
Row 38: Knit all the way around
Row 39: *Knit 3, K2T* Rep to end
Row 40:  Knit all the way around
Row 41: *Knit 2, K2t* Rep to end
Row 42: Knit all the way around
Row 43: *Knit 1, K2T
Row 44: Knit all the way around
Row 45: *K2T all the way around. Cut yarn, leaving long tail. Thread the tail through remaining stitches, tighten to close.

Wings: (Make two!)
Row 1: In gold or yellow yarn cast on 16 stitches, leave a long tail to sew these on to the hat, then *K2, P2* Rep to end
Row 2 – 8 : K2, P2* Rep to end
Row 9: Bind off first 2 stitches on every other row and finish the row, keeping with the ribbed pattern
Repeat that until you have two stitches left, bind off.
Attach them to the hat, right on the line where you switched from the yellow/gold yarn to the silver/gray yarn.

Making a bobble: (If you have trouble with my instructions on bobbles, there are plenty of Youtube videos which show (in great detail) how to make a bobble. It sounds difficult, but it’s really quite easy!
Knit into front and back, then front and back again of 1 stitch- then you should be working with 4 stitches.
Turn your work and p4.
Turn it back over k4.
Turn your work again and p4.
Turn it back (last time!) , k2tog, k2tog, pass 1st st over 2nd, and you’re back to just 1 stitch.

And there you have it! Please let me know if you notice any discrepancies in the pattern- I wrote it up after making the hat, so it’s quite possible that I skipped a step or wrote something down wrong, so please feel free to leave me any feedback regarding this pattern!