Friday, January 21, 2011

elf! and baby elf!

I don't have a better picture of these hats, but it's still fair to say that they were my most successful Christmas knitting, both for the reaction they inspired and because I actually finished them on time. It's the Pointy Elf Hat, from More Last Minute Knitted Gifts, a pattern that I can't recommend enough. I used Blue Sky Cotton held doubled and added the stripe, but otherwise knit as instructed for the toddler and baby sizes. I wish I had film to share with you of my nephew's reaction but it went something like this:

T: "Elf! And baby elf! On parade!" [marching, while urging his sister to crawl along behind him]

He then proceeded to wear the hat for the rest of the evening, despite the fact that he seems to usually be too hot and want to wear less clothing. My niece, who couldn't express herself quite so verbally, seemed equally delighted upon seeing herself in a mirror with a pointy thing on the top of her head and burst into laughter each time she was held up to a mirror. Considering that each hat took me about 2 hours, I thought that the pattern's time-spent-knitting-to-amusement-of-recipient-children ratio was pretty good.

4 comments:

Elizabeth said...

SO CUTE. Maybe once I finish christmas knitting I'll throw together a hat for my coworkers baby (who already grew out of the other one I made. Crazy!)

Valerie said...

um, that time spent to reaction ratio is perhaps the best EVER!! i love it! (it being both the hat and the reaction)

kzwick said...

those hats are cute. I wish i could wear them, but if I did people might think I actually was an elf...

I guess that's why they're for adorable nieces and nephews.

HEB said...

Zwick, I would totally make you one if you would wear it. Orange?