Baby Boy Blue Owl Hat, and another....

Hello Friends,

I have been MIA for too many days. The last month of travel has been great, but exhausting. I am now back in Florida and will be here for many weeks before having to fly anywhere else (no planned travel at least). My recent trip as you know was to Buffalo for Thanksgiving. I never made it to the Alpaca Farm -- I will have to go next year, but I did manage to do some crocheting and even practiced my knitting while I was there.

First, I had another baby to see, this one named Declan. He needed an owl hat so I crocheted a blue one for him. The first hat I made was too small, sized for a new born. I whipped up another one perfect for 4 month old Declan.

Declan and his mommy love owls, he even has an owl themed room. So a perfect little owl hat was just what he needed for the cold winter in Buffalo.

He was able to put it on Thanksgiving night after a long day of visiting with family and eating lots of turkey (jk - babies can't eat turkey!). Isn't his bib just adorable?

The closed-eye owl hat is just so cute. I think since Declan loves owls so much he is going to need another one with open eyes to get him through the long winter. Babies grow so fast and this hat just fit him.

Since just about every post has one lately, this one is no different. You guessed it, another infinity scarf. This one was made on the airplane to Buffalo. A perfect amount of time to make this lovely scarf. I wore it in the airport during our layover in Baltimore and I caught several people checking it out.

I started at the airport and finished on my flight from Fort Myers to Baltimore, so I think it took me a little over 2 hours. 2 Skeins of Lion Brand Amazing Yarn in Olive Medley. I have a tan pea coat that I wear while I am in Buffalo and this scarf was PERFECT for it.

I told my mom if she knows someone who would like those colors she can take it, but I left it there because it goes so well with my coat. So it will be there waiting for me next Thanksgiving or if I travel to Buffalo in the next few months and the weather is still cold.

I will be catching up on blog reading this weekend, I can't wait to see what you are up to.
Have a fabulous day!!
xoxo Susan

McKenna's Fushia Owl Hat and another Infinity Scarf

Hello Friends,

I've been staying warm in Buffalo the last few days. The weather was nice and crisp but today was quite colder. I need a thicker scarf when it is this chilly! I found some photos of McKenna in her fushia owl hat and realized I did not show them to you yet. She will be in Buffalo, NY for Christmas so she needed the hat that fits her right so I wanted to make it while she was visiting me so I could make sure it fit her well.

She liked it for a little bit but I think she was getting a little too hot with it on in Florida.

The hat fit her perfectly, she looked like a cute little owl!

I also finished another infinity scarf with Lion Brand Amazing Yarn in Ruby. The colors look darker in person, but they are nice and rich.

Infinity Scarf, Lion Brand Amazing Yarn Ruby

Infinity Scarf, color - Ruby with Lion Brand Amazing Yarn

I just started one in Rainforest - the greenest of the Amazing yarns. Right now all of the yarn is looking green but I know there is some variation under the top layers, hopefully it will turn out looking just as nice as the other colors have. I hope you will have some time to crochet as you prepare for Thanksgiving!

xoxo Susan

Some Professional Photos of My Owl Hats

Hello Friends,

Thanks for stopping by! I've been trying to work on some WIPs so I can bring them up north for Thanksgiving next week. In the mean time, I have been making some more baby/kid hats because I have some orders to fill and bring to Buffalo as well. My friend Anna had a beautiful baby boy, so I will be bringing a green or blue owl hat for him too! No baby that I know will be un-covered :)

I have a family friend who is a professional photographer and was kind enough to use some of my hats in her photographs. Her name is Jill and she owns Jillian Marie Imagery, you can check out her website here: www.jillianmarieimagery.com
She just sent me a fresh batch of photos with some of my hats in them and I thought I would share them with all of you.

I took a break from making hats for a few weeks but now I am ready to go back at it, which is a good thing since the temperatures are sure to drop! I hope you had a great start to your week today.
xoxo Susan

Grannys and Owls

Hello Friends,

As always, thank you for stopping by :) I would also like to thank everyone for your advise on the Japanese flower scarf for my mom. One row it will be, unfortunately I stitched two flowers in the second row already so I have to find my woven ends and relocated them. I have gotten much better at weaving in the ends so my job will be a little tricky. An update on that will be coming soon.

I decided to join Angie's Giant Granny Challenge over at Le Monde de Sucrette. My granny is starting a little bit later than the rest, so I am trying to make it grow as much as I can this weekend.

I started the granny with scraps that I had and now I wish I would have started the center with a warmer color, but I think the dusty light blue will be alright. I want to make this a bright colorful giant granny :)

No real news to share for this weekend. We finally have some good rain falling over the last few days. The pond in the backyard is slowly started to fill up to somewhat normal levels. The best part about the rain in Florida is the sun that shines bright after. Hopefully I can snap a shot of a rainbow to share.

Since I still can't stop, I made a few more owls hats too...

For a little baby

I really love the closed eye owls. There is something about the eyelashes and the sleeping look that is so cute! Instead of the little streamers for the ears I tried little points (these were a little tricky for me).

The blue one was made by holding two pieces of yarn together so this hat is much thicker than the others.

Well I hope your weekend is going well. I am trying to get in as much reading and crochet time as I can. Have a fabulous Sunday tomorrow!
xoxo Susan