Tuesday 25 June 2013

Pixies


Last week I finished these very sweet baby pixie hats. It was a free pattern I found on Ravelry and although I was tempted to splash out on some Noro kochoran at just under £15 a pop to knit these two hats up with, one of my knit and natter friends suggested I used any Aran weighted wool and because this was going at a reduced price from Fran's shop I bought a couple of 50g balls. She sells them on ebay too if you are interested.


Anyway, here they are back and front without the pom poms I was planning to put on the ends. I did attempt to make a couple of pom poms for the red one but they just fell apart!! I guess I should buy myself one of those pom pom makers if I want success in the future. You will notice that I left a few of the tightly attached threads at the ends to create a bit of an effect. The green one just got knots which is good enough I think.


I do love this tweedy yarn and the subtle strands of other colours dotted throughout it. I think these colours will be good for a sweet baby boy or girl, uni-sex colours I hope.

These sweet little Pixie hats are for two of my colleagues who are expecting their babies in the Autumn. New life, new joy!

See you soon
xox
Penny

ps. I am here on bloglovin if you want to see any new posts, I haven't really got my head around this yet,but I managed to register myself and that's it so far :o)I will of course endeavour to find your lovely blogs to keep up with my reading x







12 comments:

  1. They are so cute! I'm sure your colleagues will be over the moon with them x

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  2. I think they are just perfect without the pom poms and are absolutely adorable. I like the yarn too...especially that cheerful red. Good job!

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  3. These hats are totally adorable and very suitable for either sex. The flecked yarn is really nice. I'm sure they'll be gratefully received and perfect for autumn babies. I love knitting and crocheting things for newborns, it's so exciting somehow. x

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  4. Oh they're delightful Penny! I have a pompom maker but I still can't make pompoms!!

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  5. The hats are adorable! I don't know how to knit but I wish I did; I would make a few of these myself.

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  6. Adorable pixie hats ... I want one ~ Sarah x

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  7. They are adorable little hats ... so perfect for autumn babies ... and here is a link which will let you move all the blogs you currently read over to the Bloglovin reader ... http://blog.bloglovin.com/2013/03/moving-from-google-reader-to-bloglovin/ ... hope this helps :) ... Bee xx

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  8. Ah Penny... the cuteness of those little hats! Divine. Hazel x

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  9. What adorable hats - I can't wait to have a go xxx

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  10. So sweet, you can just imagine little peanut shaped heads in them! :) x

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  11. Hi lovely, these are great, I reckon your colleagues will be thrilled, the aran tweed was a stroke of genius! I just moved everything over to Bloglovin too ... bbut I still tend to read blogs from my blogger homepage, which I guess is still Google ... I just can't get used to having to open extra windows on my browser (so lazy!)
    Em xx

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  12. They are so cute and I love the cheerful colours. I have a pom pom maker and had to watch a youtube tutorial to understand how the heck to work the thing. It's great fun when you know how :)

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