Little Peanut Hat

I've held off from posting this project for a while, because I wanted to make sure it was first seen by the people it was intended for, and not some random blog visitor (of course, you are all precious in my eyes...did not mean to disregard you that way).  It was a special gift for a very special someone.

I love knitting baby hats- not because they're smaller, and therefore a quicker knit...they certainly aren't!  (Do you know how hard it can be to figure out the proper gauge to make a hat small enough to fit an itty bitty head?  It ain't easy.)  Rather, it's the simple fact that this little piece of warmth is going to keep a little person nice and cozy at their first moments in the great wide world.  After visiting my friends Joe and Kristine, and holding their beautiful new addition to their lives, with his tiny yawns and his tiny hands curling over his dad's finger, I was more than thrilled to offer a small, handmade gift that will hopefully be of use during his brief newborn stage of life.

Congratulations, Joe and Kristine!



materials:
100% baby alpaca grande, Plymouth Yarn
100% pure new wool, Tahki Yarns Montana

xo  j

To-Do List: Duck Booties

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Adorable?  Yes.  Impossible?  I hope not, because I cannot get over how crazy-cute these duck-style booties are.  They are $40.00 on Etsy, but I'm going to make them instead, because a).  that is not $40.00 worth of yarn and labor, and b).  I'd much rather make a million of them and give them away to just about every woman who has a bun in the oven.

xo

j

Baby Hats on the Fly

These little guys were whipped up in a jiffy before our client had to leave town this past weekend. Suffice to say, we did a pretty stellar job creating two identical hats (for twins!) with matching patterns and colors, while knitting in two different locations and unable to see what the other was doing.  

To create a soft, cozy feel for our hats, we used Stitch Nation by Debbie Stoller brand yarn in Bamboo Ewe (55% bamboo viscose, 45% wool) in Beach Glass and Mermaid.

xo

j

a hello and a hat

Welcome to sheep.dog!  We are so thrilled to be a part of a community of creators.  The idea for this blog began as a means of us being able to keep track of our creations, one stitch at a time.  However, it has quickly evolved into a slew of exciting plans that will begin to spread their wings over the next few months.  Please keep an eye out for more details as we develop our craft and build our own Etsy shop!

N (my partner in crime!) gave me the pattern for this hat.  Little did I realize that the pattern was for needles three sizes wider than mine, and a completely different type of yarn.  I had a leftover skein of wool yarn (Tahki yarns brand, Montana, 100% pure new wool) from a scarf I had knit my boyfriend for Christmas, and its softness inspired me to use it for a baby hat as a gift to my cousin and her soon-to-be baby boy.  I wanted it to look like a snowy mountain atop his itty-bitty head.  The wool itself is a natural brown/grey, and it needed a slight pop of color, so I borrowed N's light cream yarn (brand unknown) to give it the snow effect.  The pom-pom on the top is my favorite.  My intention was to make it more dense, but it came out looking like a snowflake, and it was the icing on the cake!  After three attempts at attaching those teeny little ear flaps to the base of the hat in an orderly fashion, things finally came together and voila!  I only wish I had a little baby boy to put it on myself.  Maybe Oregon (my doggy) would like one?

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