A lot had been used up making a
prototype hat (the Milk Maids bonnet) and what little was left (which
was likely, but not positively, enough) was used for some swatches..
and even if I undid the swatches, the yarn was cut...
So off I went to the local box store
(AC Moore) and quickly found the right yarn (Well actually it Bernat,
but..) and while looking for some drab colors of sock yarn (I am
easing my S-I-L into hand knit socks.. once he is addicted, I know
brighter colors will be fine, but for now, grey, or navy, or forest
greens are preferred) I found one I liked—but they only had 2
skeins (Kroy, color way eclipse—a self striping yarn of greys,
blues, and white) but... they also had this--Meadow Colors.
Do I already have some skeins of this
yarn? I don't think so, or if I do, its a duller version of the color
way. Do I need more sock yarn? Hell NO! What with knitting
sweaters and hats and stuff for the babies, and hats I have designed,
socks have gone by the wayside.
I have completed 2 pairs of sock
this year! That is, in 2014. If you go back 12 months, the number
increases to 3. 2013 wasn't much better, but 2012—a dozen! And
some years before that, more than a dozen in a 12 month period.
So I am not knitting socks like a
fiend, but I am still buying sock yarn as if I were.
But enough of my foibles. The Hats. 
Here they are. Off, they are simple
triangles, and simple candy corn. Refold, and you get a somewhat
squarish shape of a baby bonnet. On HEAD, (who is really a woman’s
small size head, they become cute little caps, that cover the ears.
On the girls, they will be less stretched, and the top of the hat
will stick up a bit more. But even on HEAD, they look like candy
corns.
Of course, I now have a huge amount of
acrylic yarn.. The white might find its self paired up with some
solid red and green, and an Christmas ombre (red white and green) to
become Christmas stocking for the girls.
My DD and S-I-L live in a small (2
bedroom) apartment, and DD has laid down strict orders for the
holidays. 1 (per child, or 2 in total) toy as gifts, per household.
So Grandfather (and wife) and Grandma (and husband) , and the other
Grandpa, (and wife) and I, each can only give 1 toy (or 1 set of
toys). This is still a lot of toys, (4 toys for each girl—not
counting what ever their parents buy!).
We are not limited to only 1 gift. I
can make hats, or mittens, or Christmas stockings, or buy earrings,
(the girls have pierced ears) or clothing or put money in their
savings account. The limit is just on toys.
Hats are definitely on the list, and
maybe Christmas stockings, too, and earrings, and of course, a set of
toys!
