Flying High!

 

All together now... AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!



 

I easily finished the aviator hat from The Sequin Turtle. It is TOO cute!! I couldn't help myself after I finished the airplane from AVPatternShop. I started the hat Sunday evening and had it finished before I went to bed three hours later. All I had to do was go get buttons. You know...it's hard finding the right button for projects but I think I nailed it with this one.

 

 

For the hat I used the same Red Heart Soft in navy I used on the airplane plus good ol' Lion Brand Homespun in cream. I think it looks just like the fleece lined hat. Then I found the wooden buttons at Hobby Lobby.

 

The pattern is fabulous! Easy to follow and turns out great. I might have made the earflaps a little longer. I even toyed around with the idea of making them long enough to button under the chin or flip on top of the hat. But I like how the do they're on thing.

 

 

Now I want to make more of these cute little things!

 

Who else is having a baby?!?!

 

 

 

Off We Go Into The Wild Blue Yonder

I made a stuffie! I think it turned out great.

A coworker is having a baby boy in August. She's decorating his room navy and dark red and in airplanes. So I decided to make him a stuffed airplane and an aviator hat.

I got the airplane pattern from AVPatternShop on etsy and the aviator hat from The Sequin Turtle. 

For the airplane, I think the original pattern used a DK weight (the pattern didn't specify) because they had 7 stitches per inch and the finished size was about 4.5 inches long. I used Red Heart Soft in navy, Loops & Threads Impeccable in claret and Vanna's Choice in beige. My finished airplane is 8 inches long. Much better for a baby.

The pattern is super easy. It does lack a little in the directions but it's easy to figure out. It said it was crocheted in a continuous spiralling rows but I found it easy just to slip stitch at the end of my rows and chain two at the beginning of the next row.

I haven't started the hat yet...that's next weekend's project.

Too cute!