My friend, Tra’Cee, wanted a me to knit her a hat.
Me: What kind?
T: Surprise me.
Fancy Tiger hosted a Holiday Pop Up shop for a few local vendors. I picked up this skein of DK weight Merino dyed by Heather of The Lemonade Shop (link to her Etsy shop). I saw a sample knit of the Sleep Season Slouch Hat in the store and thought it’d be great for Tra’Cee. And the pattern is a free download.
For Christmas, we opted to drive to Ohio rather than fly. The cost for 4 plane tickets were just too much – that’s what I get for waiting to even look for plane tickets – so we packed the car and headed east. Which meant LOTS OF KNITTING TIME. I knitted up Tra’Cee’s hat all the way through Kansas and part of Missouri.
The pattern is pretty simple and a great one for beginning knitters.
I had a bit of yarn leftover and was able to squeak out a skull cap. Which I’m going to keep. Modeled below by my little guy.
Ravelry project pages linked here and here.

That is such fun yarn! Love how it knitted up, and the matching-hats pic of you and your son is so stinkin’ adorable. 😀
Thanks! I love this photo too!