September Hat-A-Thon

 September was a nice month of relaxing knitting. I made a commitment of knitting 4 hats to donate. I knew with the garden coming in, I wouldn't have a ton of time. I ended up surpassing the goal - and was very happy to add more than I planned to the donation box.

I love Claire Slade's Mharvan enough to want to do another. This time it's in the colorway Periwinkle from Caron Simply Soft because the place I donate to only takes acrylic. This is a paid pattern. Finished September 1, 2025.

My next finish was the Easy Beanie found on the Hooked On Homemade website. This crocheted beanie is free and was easy to make. The yarn brand was taken from my deep stash and is unknown. Finished September 6, 2025.

My third and fourth finishes were baby hats. These sweet hats were made from the Turban Newborn Hat pattern. This is a free pattern and can be found on the Cream of the Crop website. I used an unknown acrylic fingering from my stash. The top hat was made using a 3.5mm hook and the bottom hat was made using a 3.75mm hook. Finished September 23, 2025.

My next finish was a preview knit for Claire Slade called Ozzy. This hat is done in mosaic stitch (they always look so impressive to me) and uses a DK weight yarn. I went into my DEEP stash and found this WonderArt SoftTouch yarn in both 16 Chocolate Brown and 17 Sand colorways. I had fun making this. Finished September 25, 2025.

Number 6 was another fun knit found free on the Knitting With Schnapps website. This hat was designed by Robin Celli and is called Chevron Chic. Robin heads the Delaware Head Huggers. This is a great group that helps those with cancer. I used the leftover periwinkle and unknown blue for this hat. Finished September 26, 2025.

The last hat I completed for the Hat-A-Long was a crochet test for MomaBearDesigns13 for the Colorful Swirls Granny Hat. This was an easy to make hat and is unfortunately no longer available on Ravelry. I used another deep dive yarn from my stash. This was Kmart Sayelle in 492 Mauve Ombre. Finished September 27, 2025.

I stumbled across some Easter Egg Dyes that I had tucked in a box that I had forgotten about. These dyes were from a sale one year after Easter. Well, I thought I'd try them out. I wanted a purple skein of yarn - any color would do, so I took a tablet of blue and then red and dissolved them. What a gorgeous these tablets made. I was so excited to dye my yarn - but the color wasn't anything like what I had started with. The colors broke and I thought I'd add another blue tablet to overdye it with. Well, that tablet wasn't blue but green. It became a totally different color yarn than I had planned. A nice soft colorway that I'll be using for a different pair of socks than I had planned. I love playing with food colors - you never know for sure what you'll end up with! Unfortunately I could not get the color correct with my phone. It's more of a teal, blue and purple colorway.