Earflap Hats

Fall comes to Oregon and hat offerings for Saturday Market change. After much searching, I found an earflap hat pattern using the Knifty Knitter by Rowena back in 2005. It has been extensively revised and these photos show the results.

The handsome model is Mark, about to leave for Tonga with the Peace Corps minus any warm hats from his Auntie Nan.

Thanks to Carmen, this pattern is very simple to do, with gratifying results. I am happy to share it with anyone interested. Let me know if you want a copy.

On some I used bulky Heirloom yarn with standard 4 ply. All yarn is easy care acrylic. Our winters are mild here and these hats offer adequate warmth for the Pacific Northwest. I am going to make one for myself in wool for those rare snowy East winds we get.

Commissioned Hats

Tim's 5 year old boy wanted a red hat with racing cars. The cars more resemble VW Bugs but he was thrilled anyway. The black beads represent a road. I used the red KK loom and doubled the acrylic yarn.








These two commissioned "critter hats" were made for a Market customer's nephew. The green one is a Cyclops. It had two eyes and I tried to cut the second one to look like a "wink". Failure, even using a small straight length of icord for the closed, winking eye, giving birth to the Cyclops Critter.



























The last commission was for Stacie. She wanted something in yellow after she saw the toddler "corn" hat. This creation made her happy.

Commissioned hats are fun to do because you know where they are going before you start. Don't accept too many details for the finished project. Tight reins can kill creativity.