I'm not kididng.
You know I love to see photos of people wearing things I made, but you have no idea how absolutely thrilled I am to have one of my little hats be in this perfect portrait taken by Dallas-area's own Expressions by Wendy. Plus, how sweet of Wendy to send me a copy of it for use in my shop and blog and all!
Seriously, this is your last chance too look away before you will be compelled to either squeal with delight or say, "Awwwwwww!" for about 45 minutes. Yes, it's that cute.
I mean it.
Told you!
Texas people, hurry, oh hurry and call Expressions by Wendy to get photos taken! Hey, why limit this to people who are already in Texas? Everybody pack your kids in the car and head to my Mom's home state! You know you want to end up with beautiful photos like this.
This morning, DalkullanJewelry has put my pink pom poms baby hat in a new Treasury West! After you give it some click-y and comment-y love, you'll most likely want to stop by her shop, too - but don't look at these lifesaver earrings, because they are completely darling and I want them for myself! Take a look at these, instead - no, wait, I want them, too!
Kiddies, if you've seen my shop today, you know I've expanded from the two-pom-pommed hats to a
three-peaked, three-pom-pom hat. It's very exiting... and now I've come up with a three-peaked, one-big-pom-pom hat that I guess one might call a Hat With A Concept. See if you can figure out what I was going for before you scroll down and read the rest of this entry. Here it is:
It symbolizes green earth, blue sky, and a white (cream), fluffy cloud. Make sense? So, here's my issue... what to call the hat when I list it. Should I call it "Green Earth Blue Sky Fluffy Cloud knit baby hat," or the "Junior Environmentalist knit baby hat," or what?
Please post a comment if you like one of the names I came up with, and if you've got a better idea, I'd love to hear it, so feel free to post suggestions. If I use your idea and you have an Etsy shop, I would of course put a link to your shop in the item description, as a way of crediting you for super-genius. Also, if I use your idea as the title for this hat, Etsy shop or not, I will give you free shipping on any item in my shop.
When I first started knitting, I was completely mystified why it appears that almost everyone who knits makes things for babies. It seemed that babies would have no concept of how much love and effort went into anything, and on top of that, why would I want to knit something someone might spit up on?! Well, the answer first came when I saw the family portrait pictures of the baby booties I made for Merino's cousin, and then there were the hats for a coworker's kids and the delightful brown boots. Here is the latest explanation of why people knit things for babies: because little stuff is so g.d. cute! Here is a picture I took of a baby-and-bear hats set I made for fellow Sneaker Snoopy - I mean HappyHoundCreative. I hope she likes this hat I made for little Emma... 'cause the only thing cuter than a baby hat is a baby hat actually ON a baby! What I cannot explain is why I would write a little poem to go with the hats; I know Emma is highly advanced, but I'm not sure she can read just yet:
Dear little Emma, I made this for you;
I hope you like your new hat!
There’s also a hat for your teddy, too -
Or monkey, or puppy, or cat!
The buyer of my Candy Cane Stripe Baby Hat opted for the red pom poms, and wooo, how cute! 
It makes me very happy to imagine a darling baby wearing one of my hats!
Hey, my orange-and-black hat is in this fantastic Treasury by fellow Sneak Attacker, Larue!
Now, after you go browse that Treasury, clicking and commenting, you need to head right on over to Larue's shops. First, there is LarueFashions, and then there's Sterling Dreams. Disclaimer: if you happen to be reading this and you are a female relative of mine, I have probably bought a Christmas present for you from Larue already, so until after Christmas, what you should do is shop for others in there. Or, do what I do, and intend to shop for others and then keep all of Larue's beautiful jewelry for yourself!
For those of you who can make your own darn jewelry (lucky!), you'll want to proceed immediately to Larue's Surplus Supply Shop... and then there's her new shop where you'll be able to find vintage goodies, too!
Tonight I listed a cute red elf-y baby hat on Etsy. I also made a companion hat, which is for a stuffed animal. I am thinking about calling it the There's Nothing Worse Than A Hat That Smashes Your Ears Down Hat. I'm waiting until morning to list is to try and spread the listings out a little, to improve visibility, etc., but wanted to give you, my darling readers, a sneak preview. Whatd'ya think?
Three out of four pics of the Halloween hat made it into the item listing (and no, the main pic is not the one at left). Thank you, everyone who voted!
Oh, the other thing that happened as a result of this listing is that I finally decided on a permanent name for the glass head that serves as my excellent hat model: Heidi! (The foam skull's name is Yorick, obviously.)
I dunno. While I'm on the questions, how big is a typical baby's head? I went to a baby shower today, and I did not provide a hat for the baby! I know, darling readers, this shocking revelation must have knocked the wind right out of you. I started a hat, and it seemed small enough, but then I decided the yarn was more textured than I'd want a baby to have to wear. I just couldn't wrap my mind around the whole baby-head-hat-June concept, plus there have been no babies handy when I have a measuring tape in hand. So now I am going to wait until after I meet the baby to make the hat - is that weird? Oh, well.
