I don’t have much to say, except that I am blessed to be able to work with such beautiful babies. And that this beautiful baby is now part of my friend family. He scared us out of our wits by trying to – and eventually – visiting us 2 months early, but he has grown like crazy and we love seeing his double chin and chunky thighs develop. Quite a change from that little 3 lb baby that arrived in January. He’s doing great and we are all so lucky to have him here! And now I get to use him as a model at the studio and we are going to have so much fun! He doesn’t know what he’s in for, but he loves his Aunt Kathi. And I love him, too. What a doll.
Spring coming? No….really? {punkinhead hand knit baby hats}
Yay, babies! Always love it when I get new babies into the studio to photograph. Of course, we always think they’ll sleep when they’re supposed to, and they don’t. And of course, as soon as we take the diaper off, we almost always have a problem (I do a lot of laundry). But, I still love holding these little creatures.
I was so fortunate to have the cutest little girls come in recently. This is the Autumn hat – reworked, as I wrote about before. I love, love, love it now.
The two hats below are organic cotton, perfect lighter weight for spring and summer. The pink/purple is actually the ‘Chip’ pattern, done in spring colors, I am so desperate to see some pink, lilac, colors of spring!
Because as I look out my window this sunny March day , I see the same snow we got in January, when a snowstorm shut down our city. Which was just a few days after we had an ice storm that knocked out power for days. Over Christmas. And it has been cold, for months. Really cold. School’s closed cold. The Great Lakes are almost completely covered in ice cold. Insane heating bills cold.
So no, we didn’t think spring would ever come. But yesterday we actually had some melting with a temp in the 40s. And the sun was out. Bonus! Who would ever be excited to see yucky, brown grass? We would. And are.
Someday spring will come. And we’ll be able to open our windows. See our grass. Visit with neighbors that we haven’t seen in months. And after that maybe we’ll even get to plant our gardens and get out our hammocks. Really. It could happen.
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Tis the Season for Baby Showers! Hand Knitted baby hats – organic cotton
Ahhh….the longest winter ever finally seems to be over! The snow 2 weeks ago is becoming a distant memory, and we are finally able to enjoy spring. Really enjoy a Real Spring – with mid 70’s and sun and breeze. I was afraid we would go from being too cold to too hot, which has happened so many times before.
But, it’s been gorgeous out – time to plant our vegetables, split our perennials, and relish in the sunshine that has eluded us all winter.
It’s also time for baby showers! People have babies all year round, but why does it seem like there are so many more showers in the summer months? Perhaps because it’s so nice to have them outside, travel is easy, people are on vacation. I don’t know – but it’s so exciting to see those growing bellies knowing that soon a little one will be joining our crazy, mixed up world. Full of hope and promise and new life.
Life has been incredibly busy for me – the end of the school year always is, so I’m reposting a few of my favorite hats. All are available at my store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/punkinhead1 or use the Store link at the right. Most hats available are for newborns to 3 months, but custom sizing is always available. The Chip and Ruby shown are from 100% organic cotton. The Bobby, shown, is from a super soft acrylic – and is actually modeled by the baby whose mother received it as a gift at her shower!
And as always, any questions, just ask. I’m here. Busy, but here!
My brain is going to melt.
You’ve ever been to a conference and learned so many new things that your brain actually hurts from all of the information? That’s me. It’s only been 3 days, but it’s been a very long 3 days. 3 days of talking about work, thinking about work, getting new ideas for work, for 12 hours a day. I. Am. Burnt. Out.
But, learning is growth, right? New ideas are exciting. And change is good. It is all worth the long drive and long days. We are seeing so many cool things, and getting so much feedback, and getting such inspiration, it’s been really, truly, awesome.
Who needs full brain power, anyway?
BTW, no time for knitting, so more stuff will have to wait….Here is a repeat of one of my favorites, the Ruby, on the left. And below, an image from another photographer, featuring the Bobby. Love to see my hats ‘in action’.
Until then, don’t forget the shop is at : http://www.etsy.com/shop/punkinhead1
Twin hats – hand knitted newborn – organic cotton
Well, as my previous post mentioned, there are always a million thought going through my head. And not all come to fruition, I’m afraid. But here is one I’ve actually remembered to do! While thinking of the hats available, and if there was something I could make for twins, like I did for the triplets, I realized this. I already have a twin set done. It’s as I told my coworker today – I love it when I have a really great idea, go to implement it, and realized I’d already had that idea. It means I’m doubly smart, not twice as forgetful. 🙂
The Triplets! Hand knitted baby hats for 3 sweet babies! Organic cotton.
I’m 45. I admit it. Halfway to 90. Like most people my age, I have a teenager. And my husband and I just celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary. And though on the surface, it sounds quite ‘normal’, the path here was not as cut and dried as it looks. Ron is my 2nd husband. We have a 20 year age difference. And it wasn’t that easy to conceive our beautiful daughter.
But, this crooked path I took to marriage and parenthood is not nearly as surprising as my good friend T’s. She married ‘late’ and had a difficult time having a successful pregnancy. Then, a miracle happened and we were all thrilled when she got pregnant with…. twins! Yes, I said twins. Then, as God loves to give our lives little surprises, one of the embryos split – and now you guessed it – triplets. Triplets! Three (3!) babies that are just over a month old! Thank God they were born healthy, and they are growing and gaining weight. Yay!
So, what is my point, you ask? T is my age. 45. Yes, she and her husband are new parents in their mid 40’s. To triplets! As you can imagine, they are beyond thrilled to suddenly have the big family they always wanted. And I’m thrilled, too. Not that I would want to start over now, mind you, and with 3, no less! But, I am so happy that they finally can experience the joys of parenthood. I love asking her about her ‘kids’ and being able to call her a mom. She deserves this joy after all those years of heartbreak.
I’m shipping these three hats off to the triplets tomorrow. I don’t know if the babies will ever wear them (it doesn’t get as cold there as it does here), but I wanted her to have them. Hopefully they’ll grow so fast, that shortly they won’t fit for long!
Organic cotton hand knitted newborn hats – boy – perfect for twins!
As mentioned in the previous post, I have made a couple of versions of the Chip. I have 3 available – 1 in winter white, and 2 in this cool blue/green. All organic cotton. Both the blue/green hats were made from the same skein, so the colors match, but there is a slight variation in how the pattern knitted up. I really do love these, and love this yarn! I should make one for myself sometime…when I’m ‘done’ with all my other projects. See the joke there? No knitter is ever really done with all of their projects. 🙂
Organic cotton hand knitted newborn baby hats – what’s in stock now!
After some recent sales, I thought it best that I update what’s available in the store! Thank you to everyone who has purchased a hat and kept this project of mine going.
Here is what is currently available in my organic cotton knits. For boys there are the winter white and blue/green options. (The Chip is available in both colors.) For girls we have the Ruby in winter white or pink.
All hats are available at http://www.etsy.com/punkinhead1, or you can click on the link to the right. You can always email me with questions at : punkinheadhats@hotmail.com. To quote Bartles & James, thank you for your support!
Organic cotton white/pink newborn baby girl hat with flower
As I said, I’ve been loving this organic cotton yarn. It has such a nice feel to it. I decided to make a couple of variations of the “Ruby”, with all knitted flowers. Flowers can be removed, or customized, just contact me with questions!
All hats available at http://www.etsy.com/shop/punkinhead1
Twin hats now available! Hand knitted organic cotton.
Well, thanks to a road trip to take the kid to camp, I was able to make 2 “Chip”s. They’re from the same skein, of course, so they match perfectly and would be great for twin boys. 🙂
I also was able (sans kid) to find time to finish a larger version of the JT (below). This is the super softest yarn ever, and is a really lovely color, though technically, I guess you could call this color ‘brown’.
I’m excited to be able to find time to knit again! The kid is gone all week. Let’s see what I can accomplish!