Happy Weekend everyone!
I'm pretty excited about this weeks' post, I'm not gonna lie. But first I have a confession: sometimes I am totally at a loss for what hat to make for Henry. Sometimes it takes a great deal of time and effort just to come up with something. This was one of those weeks. I sat around, trying to come up with something cute and funny to entertain you all, but I just wasn't feeling it.
I decided early in the week that I wanted to knit a hat this week, there's been a great deal of crocheting going on, I needed a change. I looked through my epic yarn stash and saw a full ball of aqua coloured yarn that I had used for the crest of the
dragon hat. There aren't a lot of things that colour in nature, so I came up with the idea of a monster hat of some kind. Something cute and funny to fill the week so we can move on. Instead of searching for a pattern, I figured I would wing it and make one up, so I googled "knit monsters."
That's when I came upon the most amazing
etsy shop ever!
Rebecca Danger creates the most awesome knit monster patterns I've ever seen. You can see her monsters (and purchase her patterns) on her blog, or at her
etsy store. She also provides adorable names and background stories for each of her patterns. All of the sudden, I was having creative overload and an idea was born: I'm going to do a small "Monster Series" of hats for those weeks when I'm just not sure what to do. Although it is tempting to do them all in a row, the first one turned out so well.
Not only did Henry get an awesome hat this week, but he made a new friend too! I can't wait for the follow up hats and creations to come.
Henry meets his new pal "Iris the Gourmet Monster:"
Look Ma! We're twins! (and I can hold my foot!)
Oh Iris, you're so funny!
Check out that coy little smile:
Umm, I appear to be all tangled up in monster
So awesome, right? I think I am experiencing cute overload at the moment. Stay tuned for more monster themed hats (and maybe some new friends).
Peace!
