Santa hats galore!

I haven't been knitting too much lately except to make a few santa hats for little kids I know. I wanted to make the very cute santa hat from Handknit Holidays, but for some reason my bobbles just didn't happen like the picture. I don't think my yarn was bulky enough and I'm not sure I was doing all the bobble stitches correctly. In any case, I just chose to modify Kim's Hats from the old standby, LMKG. I did a garter stitch brim in white (cheapy yarn from *gasp* Wal-mart--the gasp is for oh so many reasons. 1) the fact that it's cheap acrylic yarn will make some sneer and 2) the fact that I shop at Wal-mart at all, I hate what the company stands for, but *sigh* it is all too convenient to shop there sometimes). And then finished the body out with some red Homespun yarn. I just added three or so knit rows between each decrease and then decreased all the way until I had one stitch left. Topped it off with a cute little white pompom. I think it really turned out adorable. I have a couple friends who will have newborns at Christmas time so I made super small sizes for them and then matching toddler sizes for their big brothers.



After I finished making one of the NEWBORN hats Big E found it and smashed it on her head somehow (I have no idea how she got it on there or how long it took her to do so). And came prancing out of my bedroom, proud as a peacock that she had it on her head. Then she noticed the cat drinking from the sink. And the happy little santa helper decided to go torment the cat a bit. I think this is about one of the funniest pictures I've seen in awhile, and it could be a funny greeting card with oh so many possible captions. I'll gladly accept any ideas you may have for captions! :-)