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Wee one helped me finish her wee hallowig this morning, so it was ready for modeling right after lunch.

Cast on 60 stitches, work rib as given in pattern for 4 inches. Cast on 20 stitches for bangs as instructed and work 2 inches before beginning decreases. Decreases were worked as written with markers placed at (counting from center of bangs) 13 sts, 14 sts, 26 sts, and 14 sts. This made a small hat that fits her 6 mo. head just fine, although the length in the back, combined with baby's general no-neck-edness, does tend to push the hat up off her head a bit when she looks up. But I don't think this design produces a perfectly snug hat anyway. So when adjusting the size for your baby/child, remember to keep stitch count as a multiple of 4, place your front markers two stitches before and two stitches after the added bang stitches (and the back markers in the same positions over the back half of wig), and add length based on baby's ability to hold up her neck!

posted by alison at 12:51 pm | in funky hat mom , halloween 2007

Comments

hee hee:) Too cute!

Posted by: Jeanie at September 20, 2007 12:53 PM

Oh my god! I think that's the cutest thing I have ever seen in my life!

Posted by: Marlena at September 20, 2007 1:03 PM

She is so adorable in that wig! It totally looks like she's loving it!

Posted by: Dorothy at September 20, 2007 1:06 PM

This is too cute!!! My cheeks hurt from smiling. And the wee one likes it, she really likes it.

Posted by: Judith in NYC at September 20, 2007 1:18 PM

Brilliant!!!!

Posted by: Carol at September 20, 2007 1:28 PM

OH. MY. GOD.

Posted by: Bertha at September 20, 2007 1:34 PM

That is the cutest thing I've ever seen!!

Posted by: Tammy at September 20, 2007 1:34 PM

So Cute! Wee One has the most beautiful eyes I've ever seen!

Posted by: Katherine at September 20, 2007 1:37 PM

this is awesome.
i was going to make my hairdresser's baby a pink hat but a pink wig would be even better.
would your size be appropriate for a newborn?

Posted by: sari at September 20, 2007 1:55 PM

so cute! I'm tempted to make one of these for my niece who is starting to lose her hair (she's 6 weeks old). :)

Posted by: jess at September 20, 2007 2:00 PM

this is just too adorable! thanks for the directions to adjust the patterns for wee ones. just love the pics---she's such a happy girl!!

Posted by: Eileen at September 20, 2007 2:13 PM

So cute, she's adorable!! And she's really working the camera, she's bound for supermodel status :) I don't have any kids but it makes me want to go and make one right now for future kiddos!

Posted by: Amie at September 20, 2007 2:14 PM

Make sure to put that somewhere for when she is 16. Gotta have something to show her prom date!!!!!

Posted by: Rachel at September 20, 2007 2:18 PM

Adorable!

Posted by: Jennifer at September 20, 2007 2:26 PM

How cute is that?! Love it!

Posted by: pennie at September 20, 2007 2:33 PM

Ha ha. The cuteness, I believe. The fact that you could get the kid to keep it on her head, I can not.

Posted by: elizaboothy at September 20, 2007 2:34 PM

I love it!! I think my little munchkin needs one of these, pronto!

On a totally separate note, you dont happen to play boardgames, do you? I came across your name in my boardgaming life and it was like a clashing of my two hobbies...

Posted by: Megan at September 20, 2007 2:40 PM

Awwww - that is the cutest use of the Hallowig that I have seen. What a cutie pie. Enjoy!

Posted by: Jennifer at September 20, 2007 2:59 PM

That is so adorable! I'm going to make myself one :)

Posted by: wrchili at September 20, 2007 3:24 PM

That is so cute I can't STAND it! I am going to have to talk to my daughter about getting me some grandkids so I can make that cute wig!

Posted by: Lesa at September 20, 2007 3:33 PM

Not only is it cute, but it will keep her wee little noggin warm too!

Posted by: Heather at September 20, 2007 3:38 PM

I must make one for my little monster!!! I must I must!!

Posted by: halidays at September 20, 2007 4:14 PM

look. at. those. cheeks.

too cute for words.

Posted by: Nik at September 20, 2007 4:25 PM

awe I can't believe she is 6 months already!

Posted by: pixie at September 20, 2007 4:29 PM

OMG that is sooooo cute! She is adorable in it!

Posted by: Sarah at September 20, 2007 4:49 PM

This is awesome! Like the cutest thing I've seen all day, love it!

Posted by: Amber Lee at September 20, 2007 4:59 PM

Hahahaha! That is so cute!

Posted by: C at September 20, 2007 5:01 PM

Ohhhh so cute!!!

Greez
Cleo

Posted by: Cleo at September 20, 2007 5:11 PM

Incredible!

Posted by: Brynne at September 20, 2007 5:12 PM

OK, that qualifies for Cute Overload.
I completely see why you laughed so hard while working on it! I can also envision a whole line of these - perhaps a comb-over version for a boy? (With button, of course, we can't expect it to stay without some tacking down....)
PROSH!

Posted by: PlazaJen at September 20, 2007 5:33 PM

Yours turned out much better than mine. I posted pictures of both my kids wearing it in today's blog. But how can you go wrong with a very cute wee One?

Posted by: Lynette at September 20, 2007 5:39 PM

*loool* love the girl with her hair :) Sorry that my baby is a boy. You must have been smiling all the time while knitting and taking pics. :)

Posted by: Sibylle at September 20, 2007 5:41 PM

What a cutie! The hat reminds me a little of He-man's hairdo :)

Posted by: Fiber Hounds at September 20, 2007 6:15 PM

I have to tell you, I have been having a lousy day and these pictures just made me smile. Thank you for cheering me up with this adorable cutie! Enjoy her.

Posted by: Deb at September 20, 2007 6:52 PM

wee one is an adorable blondie! such a good sport too!

Posted by: debbie at September 20, 2007 6:54 PM

Ditto that cuteness message - thanks for posting the details - my own precious grandbaby girl will be getting hers soon!

Posted by: Melissa at September 20, 2007 7:08 PM

Okay, she looks totally natural in it. She looks like she has always had it. So frickin' cute!

Posted by: Chelsea at September 20, 2007 7:29 PM

awww, now that's CUTE

Posted by: Leigh at September 20, 2007 8:08 PM

so cute!

Posted by: jen at September 20, 2007 8:37 PM

OMG, that is cute!

Posted by: Octopus Knits at September 20, 2007 9:10 PM

She is just the most scrumptious wee one ever!
My eldest used to work the camera like that - now he's 7 and just pulls stupid faces at me when I try to take his photo.
Maybe you could solve the no-neck problem by blocking it with a Sandra Dee-style flip at the back? Just a thought.

Posted by: Kate at September 20, 2007 10:02 PM

She's just too cute!! Great job Alison!

Posted by: Zonda at September 20, 2007 10:16 PM

Too cute!

Posted by: knitopia at September 20, 2007 10:31 PM

Oh, How cute is that. You have a ham on your hands,she must get it from her brothers.

Posted by: MICHELLE at September 21, 2007 12:22 AM

Sooooo cute! I think maybe Mom needs a matching one.

Posted by: Ina at September 21, 2007 8:49 AM

She is too cute!! The wig is cute also! For some reason looking at it I could see it done in dark brown/black - instant Dora the Explorer: )

Posted by: Karen at September 21, 2007 9:35 AM

That's so darn cute!!!!!

Posted by: Sarah at September 21, 2007 10:16 AM

These photo have to be the cuties thing I have seen in some time! She is beautiful!

Posted by: Debora at September 21, 2007 10:50 AM

Awwww!

Posted by: Kelley at September 21, 2007 11:00 AM

Fantastic!!!!!
I don't think I ever thanked you this time for putting together another sockapalooooza. Another great exchange for me. I'm wearing the socks from my pal as I type.

Posted by: Siri at September 21, 2007 12:16 PM

So adorable you could eat her up!

Posted by: Laurie at September 21, 2007 5:04 PM

So. Dang. Cute. I love it!

Posted by: Cambria at September 21, 2007 11:23 PM

This might be the cutest/funniest thing I've ever seen! Wee-One looks ADORABLE!!!

Posted by: Mary Heather at September 22, 2007 8:20 PM

This looks really funny :))))
Maybe I knit one in green or blue for my wee one !!!! Crazy !!
B.W. Eva

Posted by: Eva at September 23, 2007 8:18 AM

Now that, is creativity at it's best!

Posted by: Summer at September 24, 2007 4:00 PM

I love this stuff! It's so fun. Mac&Me have baby Carmen Miranda & Medusa hats. Too cute!

http://www.macandme.net/patterns/default.html

zz.

Posted by: Zelda Zunk at September 25, 2007 9:27 PM

That is hysterical! I've always wanted to make one but haven't gotten around to it yet.

Posted by: Angla at September 26, 2007 8:32 AM

OMG!!!! Cutest knitted thing I've seen all week. If I had an award (hey! now there's an idea) you'd totally have run away with it this week.

Posted by: Mea at September 26, 2007 2:03 PM

WOOO NELLIE! too cute!

Posted by: Denise at September 27, 2007 8:50 AM

I am not sure if you saw this already (or if you have a subscription....)
http://www.craftzine.com/blog/archive/2007/09/baby_hallowig.html
Good job :D

Posted by: Tasha at September 28, 2007 7:41 AM