Hello Everyone!!!
This evening I made a premie hat from a burnt sierra alpaca wool. As I have no baby to pose for me I have once again turned to my very good natured and patient kitties.
I will be announcing the contest rules for the free hat contest on tuesday with a selection of hats I will offer as a choice for the winner of the contest. There will be a mens hat, a womens hat and a childs hat to choose from for the winner. Be on the lookout for information in 2 days for how you can win a warm hat for yourself or someone else this winter.

Day 2 Hat 2.

Today I worked on a mens hat with ear flaps. It is not done yet as you can see. I still have to add a complementary band to the hat to tie in the contrasting yarns, which I will have to do later in the weekend. You can get the idea from the picture of the type of hat I was trying to produce. I will post a picture with the band on it later in the weekend.

3rd Annual 20 Hats in 20 days.... Day 1 Hat 1

Its day one of the hat project and today I have chosen a new type of hat to make. I got the idea from a book that I saw when I was on vacation a few years ago. The book talked about re-purposing old sweaters into purses and hats and that sort of thing, this is not re-purposed but it is cut and sewn unlike my other hats I have made up until this point. It was knit first into a fabric and then felted and I cut out two circles that were 11 inches . I took a 6 inch circle out of the middle on one of my pieces and I sewed them together to make a beret. It came out looking more like a 1920's flapper hat..... I used tweed for the brown piece and I used white fishermans wool for the band. Please leave comments. I would like to know what you think, and I am interested to know what you would like me to make. It has been suggested that I make a hat that has a peacock color to it... what about a peacock design??? I am thinking this through right now.... Also I will have a hat contest again this year so keep your eyes out for details.

Hat contest winner

Hello Everyone!!!! This is the hat contest winner Shannon, in her baby alpaca fiber hat!!! This picture makes me so happy that I think I will have to do another contest soon!!! Right now I am busy working on Christmas presents and orders. You will see me post a few things from time to time, but part of the things I am making I cannot post for obvious reasons.... the people I am giving the present to would see it ahead of time. I think elements of surprise are still important at Christmas, at any time.... later today I will post 2 hats I have been working on. check back soon!

Hat number 20... Turquoise hat

Hello Everyone!!!!! Here is hat number 20. I did a different pattern for this one. I used a knit for one section and pearl for the other section. I think if I extend the hat and make the band smaller I could do a beret type hat....

This project has been so much fun. I hope you have enjoyed it as much as I have. Thanks for following my project and for giving me suggestions for things I can do to improve the hats as well as ideas for things you want to see on my blog. I m going to post these hats to my etsy store tomorrow so check it out in a few days. www.vtwoolgatherer.etsy.com .

I will continue to do projects on my blog... so look for more posts to come.

If you want to order something for a family member for Christmas contact me, I can still take orders.

Hat number 19 Childrens stripe hat

Hello Everyone!!! This is the hat for today!!!! I felt like it was time to knit some more childrens hats, and so you will see some more of those on my blog even after the hat project......Check back tomorrow for hat number 20!!!!

Hat number 18... Blue Todler hat with buttons!!

Hello Everyone!!!! One of my blog followers asked me to make a todler hat for today, so I have done this. I thought I would make another hat from the blue yarn that everyone liked so much!!!! This one would fit a small todler maybe 1-2 years old. Tomorrow there will be a childrens hat posted that is tanish ( is this a word???) brown and cream colored. Can you believe I have already knitted 18 hats so far!!!