Hatitude

Knitted Long Tailed Hat

2011-12-12T23:06:00.000-08:00

It's a rainy day and what better way to spend it than knitting a new hat. It has a liripipe on it and I started it on the train last week.It's multicolored, but mostly green and earth tones. I'm making it on double pointed needles. My hands were aching so I only working on it about an hour.

Pillbox Butterfly Hat

2011-11-07T22:23:00.000-08:00

I made this pillbox hat a few years ago, and mostly it's sat in a box at the top of my hall closet. But I was making some burlesque costumes for photo shoots and realized my hat was perfect for the one I wore on Halloween. I made it from scratch while I was on a trip. I made the frame out of buckram.

The Paris pin I found recently in a box of jewelry I bought in the '80's. It was the perfect touch I think.

Chicken Hat

2010-07-19T17:42:00.000-07:00

I'm almost done with my chicken hat. If I can figure out how to make it, I'll make more for my Carpe Bacon site. http://www.carpebacon.weebly.com

Crocheted Top Hat Project

2010-07-10T13:17:00.000-07:00

Last night I started crocheting a freeform hat, not yet sure what shape of hat I was aiming at. I started with a 2 color spiral in bright pink and olive green. Then I went to bed and let my brain work on it. When I got up this morning I made the spiral bigger and realized it would be the perfect flat top for a top hat. I can use the sides to show off the freeform medallions, and then make a brim. How fun!

Professor Sprout Hat

2010-06-25T23:29:00.000-07:00

I'm so happy that I sold my witchy hat on Etsy a few days ago. The new owner has already recieved it. She is going to be Professor Sprout at some sort of Harry Potter party. How about that?

I decided to sell the hat because it was too small for me. But now I'll make another bigger one!

Purple and Black Slouch Cap

2010-01-24T12:54:00.001-08:00

I'm whipping up a cute little purple variegated slouch hat right now. The border (band) will be black. I'm crocheting it during TV commercials. I wish I'd had it yesterday when I was sitting in the bleachers freezing my buns off at an SCA event. Just that morning I had taken my hat out of my purse thinking I wouldn't need it on a nice sunny day. But then a breeze came up and the grass was wet from yesterday's rain and brrrr it got chilly.

Plarn Equals Plastic Yarn

2010-01-13T08:33:00.000-08:00

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It began raining at 4 AM last night, so I was happy to have a hat to wear when I went to move my truck for the streetsweepers this morning. I want to make an official rain hat out of Plarn. I've been meaning to write a tutorial on that for a while now. Anything to keep those plastic bags out of the landfills. And plarn is free material in my world. Even with switching to tote bags when I shop I still wind up with a lot of plastic bags. And there are still baggers that put everything into plastic first, and then when I say,"Can you put it in the tote bags?", they put plastic bag, groceries and all into the tote bag.

I try to take my totes into every store, like the pet store or the gem fair. Anywhere they might otherwise give me plastic. But a lot of people still feel weird using tote bags anywhere but the grocery store.
I just keep a tote bag in my purse so I have it on hand when I need it.

Back and Forth Hat

2010-01-08T22:09:00.000-08:00

I'm crocheting a slouch hat with bright rainbow yarn surrounded by black. It's not a spiral hat but rather one row is done in half double crochet, then the work is turned, and you go back the way you came. That's why I'm calling it a back and forth hat. It reminds me of stained glass and tie dye.

Star Hat

2009-12-29T23:55:00.000-08:00

A soft hat in a star design that I made some time ago. I should make some to sell perhaps. This hat has a mind of it's own. But people seem to like it. I get a lot of compliments when I wear it. It's quirky like me.

Peggy's Hat

2009-12-17T11:08:00.000-08:00

Here is a cool little hat I crocheted for my neighbor Peggy. It has a little ribbon drawstring in case she needs to adjust the size. Remember if you see a hat I've made that you like, I can always make a similar one for you and list it in my etsy shop at http://www.pigglewiggins.etsy.com/.

Hat For a Friend

2009-12-13T23:23:00.000-08:00

Last night and today I've been crocheting a hat for my friend Peggy. She lives across from me with a teenage son and two big dogs. Everyone is trying to save on heating costs so a hat really can help you keep the heater turned down more than up. I hope she likes it. I don't know her taste all that well. But I know I wear a hat indoors in my own home whenever I get too cold.

Two New Hats, Orange and Blue

2009-12-09T00:07:00.000-08:00

I just finished knitting two hats. The blue one is going to a very special lady back east. The orange one will probably go into my Etsy shop. The orange one I did to bring a little color into a glum day. It reminds me of a creamsicle. It's extra thick with two strands of yarn on the crown. The ribbing is a single strand to make it nice and stretchy.

I've already started working on another hat in a spiral design. I hope I'm in the mood to knit tomorrow so I can finish it.

The Other Two Hats

2009-10-16T00:16:00.000-07:00

The gray one is Patron Classic wool and is crocheted. The striped one is acrylic yarn in pink and yellow and is knitted.
Today I found a purple hat I'm knitting as well and did a bit on that. It has to be transferred to smaller double pointed needles because this long circular needle isn't cooperating.

If you find you are fighting with your knitting see if you can change something. Sometimes its the needle size, sometimes you need a different kind of yarn, and sometimes you just need an afternoon nap.

Trio of Hats

2009-10-15T15:43:00.000-07:00

Last night I finished 3 hats. Here are photos of the camo hat. I haven't taken photos of the other two as it was dark last night (doh). But I'll go do it today when I have time. The rain has stopped and the lighting is decent.

Two of the hats are knitted. The other one is crocheted (the gray one). I love the rolled brim of the camo hat and started another one straight away. I'm trying to get as many hats as I can finished for a craft event in 2 weeks, but I don't want to injure my hands in the process. So when they start hurting I lay everything aside for a few hours.

Chemo Caps Always Free

2009-10-12T17:15:00.000-07:00

If you need one for you or a loved one, email me at Pigglewiggins (at) gmail.com. and let me know your favorite color. Also, do you prefer solids or stripes or anything goes. Make sure you tell me if it's for a child, teen, or adult so I get the size right. And I'll need a complete address to send it to.

And if any of you are in the Anaheim area I also accept donations of yarn and knitting and crocheting supplies, as long as they are from a smoke free environment. That way I can keep the caps coming, and you can get your closet cleaned out of all the yarn Aunt Martha left you. And if you could never figure out that new fangled knitting loom, I'll be happy to have those available too. That way I can put the local teens to work making hats as well.

My mother passed away from lung cancer so this is the least I can do in her memory.

Camo Tam

2009-09-14T01:21:00.000-07:00

I love this camo yarn my boyfriend just got me. Ater I finish this tam to sell at an archery event, I want to make a slouch cap out of the same yarn to wear camping this winter. This yarn also comes in solid colors and is 100% wool by Patons.

Repost From My Crochet Blog RE: Slouch Hats

2009-09-14T01:20:00.000-07:00

Right now I'm getting ready to make some slouch hats. Once I visualized in my mind that the shape is the same as a snood, only with a solid fabric instead of a netted one, I realized how easy it will be to make some. It's pretty much the same thing as a bag cap we wore at the Renaissance Faires. Some of the slouch cap patterns I googled up yesterday aren't really baggy at all and look just like beanies. I think they missed the point.

One pattern I read said that these 'slouch hats' would only be in style a few months so make them super big out of wool, so when the trend passes you can shrink them down and felt them to be a normal hat. Evidentally she doesn't know her hat history because this classic style has been around for centuries. When Pete Seeger wore one to the Obama Inaguration, I seriously doubt he was trying to be trendy. Ah well, that's fashionistas for you.

Silly Hat Knitting

2009-07-05T13:40:00.001-07:00

Awhile back I knit this silly spiral hat. I never wear it much because where am I going to wear it, especially in S. California.

But now that I'm doing Silly Sunday Self Portraits I'll get to wear all my goofy hats. Yay hats!

Crocheting More Tams

2009-06-24T18:43:00.000-07:00

My friend and fellow archer liked the hat I crocheted him so much that he wants some more. I'll probably make 5 and that way he'll have a selection to choose from. The rest will go in my Etsy shop. People keep telling me to make colors that men will wear, so that's what I'm doing. Grays, browns, tans, forest greens, dark blues. I hear you and I shall comply.

Red Loom Hat

2008-09-20T09:58:00.001-07:00

2008-09-08T11:56:00.001-07:00

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2008-08-31T22:36:00.001-07:00

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2008-08-31T22:34:00.001-07:00

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2008-08-28T13:41:00.001-07:00

The week sure went by quick. I had a lot more planned but didn't have the energy to do it. My hands are still sore from woodcarving, and so I've had to lay off the knitting and crocheting. I'm looking forward to the weekend. My daughter may visit. We'll see.

2008-08-27T10:09:00.001-07:00

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2008-08-27T09:54:00.001-07:00

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Moss and Sage knitted hat

2008-02-07T12:02:00.000-08:00

Made on four needles.

The day got away from me.

2008-02-05T18:34:00.000-08:00

I was really jonesing to start a new hat today. I even went to Joanne's Superstore and picked up some black tulle for the hat band. But by the time I got done with the dentist, shopping, banking, and lunch, I just didn't have the energy. My cold is almost gone but I still don't have the energy I did before I got sick. Patience I suppose.
And I totally forgot today was Fat Tuesday. It would have been so totally cool to make a Mardi Gras hat. Oh well, maybe next year.

Teapot hat

2008-01-24T15:21:00.000-08:00

Freestyle crochet. Made without a pattern. I'll never make another one just like this.

Crochet Beret

2007-12-22T17:16:00.000-08:00

My latest creation.

More of my hats on Flickr

2007-10-24T12:12:00.001-07:00

http://flickr.com/photos/almostfamous/sets/72157602114897146/

Go see my hat o'the day Photo Set.

Spiral Crochet Hat

2007-10-24T12:06:00.000-07:00

A new design for a hat.

Envelope Hat

2007-10-05T14:59:00.000-07:00

These hats are so much fun to make. I should do another one soon.

HEXAGON HAT

2007-09-25T11:56:00.000-07:00

I had an idea for a new hat. I'm going to take one of my knitted hexagons and use it for the top. Then I need to make the side of the hat in a pillbox shape.

Crochet witchy hat

2007-09-25T11:55:00.001-07:00

I made this hat a while back but got inspired to add a yellow border to it recently.

Ruffly Bucket Hat

2006-05-11T18:29:00.000-07:00

Crocheted with Red Heart multicolor yarn (color 0305 Aspen Print).

2005-12-19T17:12:00.000-08:00

The crocheted hat my daughter picked out of my collection for her graduation present.

the Hat Matters

2005-11-13T18:55:00.000-08:00

When I worked for the Hat Matters, I got this felt hat. The owner then stretched it and steamed it on a hat block so it would fit me right. Then I decorated it with feathers and jewels.

Me in my pirate hat.

2005-11-13T18:53:00.000-08:00

Crocheted hat modeled by my daughter. She liked it so much I gave it to her.

2005-11-13T18:49:00.000-08:00

Understated hat that will go with anything. Black, brown, and tan.

2005-11-13T18:48:00.001-08:00

Black and white hat I knit today.

2005-11-13T18:48:00.000-08:00

Pointy little knit hat...front.

2005-11-13T18:47:00.000-08:00

Pointy little knit hat...sideview.

2005-11-13T18:23:00.000-08:00

Seafoam hat.

2005-11-13T18:22:00.000-08:00

Moss green knit hat.

2005-11-13T18:20:00.000-08:00

Purple fun fur knit hat.

The other side

2005-11-13T18:18:00.000-08:00

Another envelope hat I designed.

2005-11-13T18:16:00.000-08:00

Bunnies and snake on a knitted envelope hat.

2005-11-13T18:13:00.000-08:00

Crochet hat made with raffia.

2005-11-13T18:11:00.000-08:00

Forest Lass tam in shades of green.

2005-11-13T18:10:00.000-08:00

Witch Hat from the dollar store.

2005-11-13T18:06:00.000-08:00

A crocheted orange and gray hat.

Welcome to Hatitude

2005-11-13T10:11:00.000-08:00

I make hats for fun and profit and to go with costumes I wear hither and yon. Making hats is a great way to use up odd bits and pieces of expensive trim and ribbon left over from other projects. You can knit, crochet, macrame, sew or weave them. Or you can buy a ready made hat form and go from there.