With the completion of my cowl and scarf, they were delivered. At first, she was complaining (and my heart sank);
"the cowl seemed a bit big for his little neck" (I tried it on my 2-year-old, thinking to myself)
"the scarf rolls too much" (I blocked it and it looked nice, even so, it's going to wrap around the neck, also thinking to myself).
She took them, paid me and I was thinking so much for my first impression, she's a goner, then a few days after I received a WhatsApp message.
"Can you make the little hats with the ear flaps"
"yes, I can" (even though I have never even tried, but how hard can it be?)
"I want one for my grandson"
"Sure"
"you know what, and one for my granddaughter as she would want one"
Thinking to myself (doing that quite often these days). Do I have the material as I know that the skein of the stripe was finished?.
I messaged her back;
"I have more of the yarn for the boy's matching hat, but the scarf used the one skein I had"
"Can you find anything to match the colours"
"Oh, sure I can"
I started my research as I had the concept but didn't really know how to execute it. I watched two YouTube videos, one starting from the top down with it all worked in one and then seamed, the other made 2 ear flaps and then attach while doing the hat (oh, by the way, they were both knitted). This is where it got tricky (if I had only crocheted the cowl and scarf, this would have been easy peasy, lemon squeezy).
Did I tell you I wanted to make the hat and scarf with the same stitch pattern I used for the cowl and scarf? It's a set, isn't it? After watching the videos I came to the conclusion that making the 2 ear flaps and then the hat would be easiest. I started the little boy's hat. It took me a few short hours to have a finished product. Grinning from ear to ear, a ran to my neighbour's house to show her my lovely creation (psst, this was after 8 pm. I felt so accomplished.
Now the most difficult one. sighs..... why, why, why didn't you crochet a scarf... No, you just had to knit with your beginner self.
After doing a bit of thinking, calculating, and more thinking the idea was clear as mud... Sorry meant day.
And after a bit of a challenge, my hat was completed... Now the hard bit. Will my client like/love them...
They were delivered and she did (well I think she does as she hasn't made any complaints to date).
I used the same pattern as the scarf, I just had to modify it to work in the round.
Perfect Fit
It's not her size
