ninja falcon

This all black beauty is part of a costume.  It goes with a winged turtleneck shirt (also black) loving made for a young boy to use in his super creative play time.  Fly away!!  (stealthily, like a ninja, of course!)

autumn leaves

It's that time of year again.  Autumn.  I just love the colors in nature at this time of the year.  So, I made a very thick and warm hat to be worn out on these chilly mornings and evenings using the colors of this season.  The yarn is so soft, too.  Mine!!

CHUNKY TWEED

I used four different yarns to make this hat--brown, off white, light blue and a mixed color yarn.  Each yarn was very thin so I combined them to make one medium weight yarn.  Everything came together beautifully to make this soft, warm hat.  I rolled the hat to the backside (reversed the knit) so that the hat has a simple knit stitch appearance.  I'm happy with it.

TWEEDY STRIPE

This is what you get when you use up a bunch of short yarns that are left over from other projects.  I didn't realize how much of a wide stripe effect this pattern would create.  I like it.

BLUEBERRY

The colors of the yarns woven into this hat remind me of blueberries.  Three different yarns make up this color palette.  This also gives the hat some nice thickness to warm those ears this winter.

CHECKERBOARD

I think the name fits this hat rather well.  I like this design.  I used a golden yellow yarn for the chevron pattern and a combination of dark brown and blue yarns for the main body of this hat.  It's double thick and very warm.  Soft, too!!

DOUBLE MINTY

Two shades of green yarn give this hat its' cool color.  There are four layers of yarn knit into this hat so it will make a nice warm covering for any head on an even cooler day this winter.

CLASSIC BROWN

I used very earthy colors in this hat.  There are two shades of brown yarns mixed with an off white yarn and they come together in a very natural neutral way.  Some of the yarns are thicker than others and that adds to the warmth of the hat.  It has a soft feel which I think the ears will appreciate.

GRAY DAY

This hat is super thick and will be a very warm hat to wear this winter.  It is knit from a charcoal gray yarn that is very soft and thick enough to use one layer of yarn at a time.  Someone's ears are going to be toasty when cold weather approaches.

ROSY

I had enough of this pretty rose colored yarn to make a hat and scarf set.  I mixed the rosy colored yarn with cranberry colored yarn to get a tweedy knit for the hat.  I made the scarf out of solid rose colored yarn.  Both yarns are very soft to touch.  How lovely!

FIRE IT UP

Feel the warmth coming from this fiery red knit hat!!  Four layers of yarn give this hat the thickness it needs to keep the ears warm on a cold day.  Add in a big dose of bright color to keep the wearer in a happy mood on that very same cold day and you have a real winner!  Nice combo!

VERY BROWN

Wow, this hat looks very dark.  I mixed solid brown yarn with darker variegated yarn and this is how it turned out.  Very dark.  It is also very warm.  Great hat for cool weather.

PERFECTLY PINKY-ISH

This hat turned out to be a very soft knit hat.  I combined a lovely light pink yarn with a fluffy multicolored cranberry/grey/rose yarn in order to achieve this combination.  It's very pretty.

TWEED RAINBOW

O.K., here we go.  I used variegated multicolored yarn mixed with an off white yarn in order to come up with this tweedy looking hat.  It has four layers of warmth knitted into it and it is so soft.  What an explosion of  rainbow colors just waiting to be worn on a crisp Autumn day (or night).

pwup-pwup

My youngest son used to call the color purple pwup-pwup when he was a very little boy.  Awwwww.  This purple hat is knit from very thick yarn so only two layers of knit makes this hat a very heavy (and, hopefully, warm) hat.  Someones little noggin is going to be warm and cozy this winter.

BABY BLUES

Knitting warm hats during the hot summer seems somewhat odd, but that is how I catch up on my stockpile of hats that I give away each Fall/Winter.  This hat is knit from a very light pastel blue yarn mixed with an off white yarn.  The two tones give it dimension and, quite frankly, just look pretty together.  (breaks up the monotony, really)

LEMON DROP

This a very pale yellow knit hat with a thick band to protect the ears from the cold wind.  It's a little bit of pastel Spring color just meant to cheer up a dark winter day.

ROSY STRIPES

Now this is a really soft knit hat.  I made this hat using mohair yarn.  I hadn't worked with mohair yarn before and because it is a thinner yarn, I added a soft burgundy colored yarn to it to give it more thickness.  The outcome of the double knit treatment is a very thick, soft hat that will provide lots of warmth for the chilly weather ahead.

BURGUNDY SWIRLS

I really like the colors in this hat.  I combined a variegated yarn with a solid burgundy colored yarn and came up with this.  The burgundy yarn contrasted with the white, blue and brown sections of the variegated yarn and blended right in with the wine ciolored section.  I think this combination is strengthened by the two yarns mixed together.  The extra yarns also added to the thickness and the overall warmth of this winter hat.

A PILE OF SCARVES

I have been making scarves to go with the hats that I have been knitting recently.  Each hat will have a warm scarf rolled up and stuffed inside the hat.  Here are four of my latest creations.