Christmas Hats for Cousins!

So I had a little bit of yarn leftover from my Christmas slippers, but not enough to make anything substantial, so I was thinking I'd make a couple baby hats for my cousin Carey's new twins.  Since I was already sending two Mickey Mouse hats to Carey's sister for her boys, I thought this was the perfect opportunity to whip up these and send them along too.

I used this pattern for the hats.  I had a little trouble with the size initially.  If you read my Mickey Mouse hat post, you'll notice I get very frustrated that I can't make the kiddies try these on while I'm working on them.  So I worked the pattern exactly as posted, but I only did 5 increase rows, which is between the newborn pattern and the 9-12 month size.  The twins will be almost 3 months old by Christmas.

However, I decided this produced a hat that was too big.  These are twins, after all, so they're pretty small.  I tore the hat out and made the newborn size with a hook one size bigger than suggested (I used a K, they suggested a J).  I think they still turned out a little big, but better too big than too small!

These hats were PERFECT for using up the yarn.  I had just enough.  I made a basic bow for Maddie's hat by making a rectangle of sc, then wrapping yarn around the middle of it.  The pom pom for Max's hat was supposed to be green, but I didn't have quite enough, so I made it red and green.  I also separated the bulky yarn into its individual strands so the pom pom was puffier.

I loved the way these turned out.  So cute, and so easy.  As with the Mickey Mouse hats, I have no idea whether these fit the twins.  I hope I get pictures soon.