I made these two earflap hats Sunday. I have to admit though that I finished up the trim on the blue hat on Monday morning.
Then, I needed a break from my marathon hat making session. I got out the bag of Nana Squares I had been making and started putting them together. I had 112 solid squares, and I used 110 of them to make this. I made strips of 10 squares then joined those strips together. It's a fairly good size so far, but I will need to make more Nana squares so I can add them to it. I want the finished product to be a lot bigger than this. Once I get all the squares made and joined, then I will add a funky border to it. I thought that the whole process of joining the squares would be a tedious nightmare, but it wasn't. I used a flat joining method and once I had the 11 strips done, I wove in any ends that I could before I joined the strips together. Then, I took care of the leftover yarn ends as I was joining the strips. My one "issue" with this blanket was trying to put the squares together in some sort of color sequence. I finally gave up on that and did the "blind" method of picking them out. I stuck them all in a bag and pulled out a square every time I needed to add one. Then, I laid all the strips out on the floor and put them together in the best sequence I could find. Nothing to it! LOL
I made these two earflap hats Sunday. I have to admit though that I finished up the trim on the blue hat on Monday morning. 
Then, I needed a break from my marathon hat making session. I got out the bag of Nana Squares I had been making and started putting them together. I had 112 solid squares, and I used 110 of them to make this. I made strips of 10 squares then joined those strips together. It's a fairly good size so far, but I will need to make more Nana squares so I can add them to it. I want the finished product to be a lot bigger than this. Once I get all the squares made and joined, then I will add a funky border to it. I thought that the whole process of joining the squares would be a tedious nightmare, but it wasn't. I used a flat joining method and once I had the 11 strips done, I wove in any ends that I could before I joined the strips together. Then, I took care of the leftover yarn ends as I was joining the strips. My one "issue" with this blanket was trying to put the squares together in some sort of color sequence. I finally gave up on that and did the "blind" method of picking them out. I stuck them all in a bag and pulled out a square every time I needed to add one. Then, I laid all the strips out on the floor and put them together in the best sequence I could find. Nothing to it! LOL
The quilt looks wonderful and the hats have a vibrant colour to them!
ReplyDeletethank you so much! i'm really trying to do projects with more color in them. I tend to opt for more somber colors and i'm trying to refocus my choices. :)
ReplyDeleteshelly, YOU are awesome, and so are your projects
ReplyDeletewhat pattern do you use for the newborn earflap hat?? I would love to make some of these for my charity. thanks
ReplyDeleteDanette, I have two patterns that I use for the newborn hats.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/maias-hat
http://myfairkatie.blogspot.com/ (baby earflap hat)
debra...i think you're pretty awesome too! :) shelly
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