Merry Christmas one and all! I hope Santa Claus was good to you and that you didn’t get a lump of coal I’ll start today’s entry by sending you all over to Span’s Stitchin blog for a look at the hand-dyed Fetchings I made for my Crafteroo secret santa recipient.

Boxing day was spent with my side of the family this year and I came prepared! My sister has been telling me that my niece doesn’t have a hat that fits her now her candy cane hat is too small, so it’s Auntie Vonnie’s job to make a new one. “No problem!” said I, and off I went to work.

I really like the kids’ hats that have a little elvin nubbin at the crown but haven’t found a (free) pattern yet that matched what I liked so I improvised this hat. I promise I’ll sit down and devise the pattern if anyone particularly wants it. I will also update with pictures of the hat being worn since neither of my babies will entertain being models today!

The astute amongst you may have recognised the yarn. It is, in fact, the remaining 50g or so hand-dyed yarn that I used to create Janice’s Fetching. Nothing wasted in this household! And indeed, there was just enough left over to make matching mittens with an i-cord attached. You never seem to see those anymore: kids’ mittens with a cord to go through the coat so you never lose a mitten again. Very cute, really.

I did write up the pattern for these and they’ll be published on the site at some point today. As a tip, you’ll want to go and learn the Magic Cast On showcased in Knitty.

And, a reminder! Today is the last day to enter the competition to win a Namaste needle shell. I’ll close the competition at 8pm GMT so get in there while you can!

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