More knit hats to United Memorial Hospital!

Although I don't have pictures of the hats I have recently donated to the local hospital, I did want to blog about them!

I donated them on November 4th. I try to knit up between 10-20 before I donate them. If you want to help support my efforts, I accept baby/fingering weight soft yarn donations!

Lisa's Knitted Birthday Presents

Here is Lisa's Prayer Shawl. The pattern is from the book: Knitting into the Mystery by Susan S Izard.

Yarn Used: Carnival and Rainbow Ribbon

















Lisa's Prayer Purse. I don't recall where this pattern came from.

Yarn: Rainbow Ribbon


















This is Veronica (Me) modeling Lisa's Prayer Shawl and holding her Prayer Purse.



Oh, and did I say I had both these items blessed and prayed over by her Pastor just for her?



Lisa, I hope you had an incredibly Happy Birthday.

A Skull for Ross

I made this pirate cap for Ross, he's part of my extended family.

Here he is modeling the front view....


Here is the back view.

Awesome right?!

Same pattern as the hat below. As far as the letters go, I just winged it.

A Pirate's Cap......Skull~n~Bones

Here are two versions of the hat:

The stripped one is my first attempt, embroidering the pattern over the stitches in a "v" pattern.

The black one is my second attempt,

embroidering the pattern over the stitches in

an "x" pattern.

I like the way the second one turned out best!

...and I have orders stacking up for the second one too!

Jerry and Cody looking special in their hats....though Cody traded his away to Jerry's brother and now wants one like Jerry's. lol

Yarn: HAT: Caron Simply Soft, Black 9727; and

SKULL~N~BONES: Bernat Super Value Porcelain 8893.

Pattern Source:

HAT: Charmed Knits; Harry Potter House Hats (no stripes) http://media.wiley.com/product_ancillary/14/04700673/DOWNLOAD/0470067314.pdf

S&B: is adapted from one of the skullies here: http://www.helloyarn.com/wecallthempirates.pdf

Happy Knitting!

The Grandpa Lap Blanket

Here is the lap blanket that I have designed for my Grandpa Jack.
















At my folks' request, I made this because grandpa gets cold when dining out. The restuarants keep the AC going strong inside when it's really warm outside and sometimes it's just too cold.


Pattern Source: http://www.knittingonthenet.com/patterns/clothbrocade.htm

Pattern Alterations: I cast on 130 stitches, and went with a seed stitch border/divider lines. The pattern is King Charles Brocade. I did three sets for the corners and the middle panel contains 5 reps of the brocade. :D

The blanket matches the fingerless gloves that I made for him at the beginning of this year. (See earlier post)

Blanket Dimensions: 25in X 36in

Yarn: Caron Simply Soft-Sage

Footballs with a Teddy Bear Blanket

This is the blanket I created for Beckett Krieter. I hope he loves it....when he shows up that is! :D

I know mommy (Lisa) likes the Chicago Bears, so this is a tribute to that! Appropriately, I was watching the Bears Game while I was doing all those finishing touches to finish the blanket!

The hat is the same yarn as the blanket although it's difficult to tell by the picture. It also has a blue teddy bear bead on it. :D

Congratulation Lisa!

Pattern sources:

Blanket: football pattern- http://bunnystampingmt.blogspot.com/2007/11/football-dishcloth.html and the teddy bear pattern is from the Reversible Teddy Bear Blanket pattern listed in one of my previous posts.

Hat: Creative Knitting Magazine, March 2007 Issue (preemie beanie-only with larger needles to create a newborn size.) :D

Yarn: Caron Simply Soft- Light Blue

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**UPDATE! **

1/6/09

Welcome Beckett!

You look so S-W-E-E-T!

Reversible Teddy Bear Blanket and Hospital Hat

Here is the baby blanket and hat for Stephanie and Robert Christensen's little bundle of joy! Baby Christensen is expected in November 2008!

To celebrate this event, I have made a reversible teddy bear baby blanket and hospital hat for for the little darling!
















To match the blanket, I sewed a teddy bear bead on the beanie.















Congratulations!

Pattern Source:

The reversible blanket (also listed below) is posted here: Reversible Teddy Bear Blanket Pattern

The hat pattern is from: March 2007 Creative Knitting

Yarn: Caron Simply Soft-Mint Green