the blue blog archives: icing on the cake

I mean, seriously, does it get any better than this? I've got a beautiful baby girl. She's just about to turn one. And I get to make this adorable hat for her to wear.

It's the birthday cake hat from - yes, you guessed it, what else - Itty-Bitty Hats. I've been waiting to make this for wee one for, well, a year! For the cake, I used leftover Lana Grossa Merino 2000 that I bought in Germany to make the cottontail on the cottontail hat. And the yummy pink icing is Knitpicks Shine Sport. Making the icing was so much fun! I thought the crochet loops would be tedious to do but they were just so gosh darn cute, I was smiling the whole time doing it. I was so tickled by them, I had to show hubby the hat after each round of icing was complete: "Look now. It's so cute!" "Yup."

Then came the candle. Again, I imagined this would be fiddly or annoying, but no. It took no time to make and it came out perfectly. That Susan Anderson is a genius!

When the boys woke up the morning after I finished the hat and saw it on the counter, S said quizzically, "uh, is that, uh, a birthday cake hat?" "Yes, yes it is!" "Is it for the baby?" "Yes!" "But she has to wait two more months to wear it." "Nope, her birthday is actually only three weeks away." "Oh, wow!"

posted by alison at 8:55 am | in baby news , itty bitty hats

Comments

Oh Alison that is super adorable. I think Susan should give you commission for how many of those books you've sold with your unintentional marketing :) (You're beautiful knits are why I bought it in the first place!)

Congratulations!

Posted by: Jenny at February 12, 2008 9:06 AM

Holy schmoly! That lil punkin is almost a year old already?! Where does the time go?

The hat, she is adorable. Almost as adorable as the one-year old who will be wearing it.

Posted by: Sarah R at February 12, 2008 9:27 AM

That is too too cute! Hope she has a wonderful birthday!!

Posted by: Kristeen at February 12, 2008 9:56 AM

That really is the cutest thing ever. I can't believe she's almost one already!

Posted by: Carole at February 12, 2008 10:04 AM

Wow, I can't believe your wee one is turning 1 already! And she'll have the most adorable hat to wear to celebrate the occasion!

Posted by: C at February 12, 2008 10:09 AM

Wonderful and adorable!

Posted by: Iko at February 12, 2008 10:26 AM

How adorable! And how great the wee one has older brothers who get it.

Posted by: Ina at February 12, 2008 10:28 AM

Absolutely adorable! Please take pictures of her in it!

Posted by: Carolyn at February 12, 2008 11:28 AM

Oh yes, pictures of wee one in her hat coming soon! :)

Posted by: ALISON at February 12, 2008 11:31 AM

That is so adorable! I love the candle!

Posted by: Lindsey at February 12, 2008 11:59 AM

I can't wait for the picture of her wearing it!

Posted by: Sarah-Hope at February 12, 2008 12:05 PM

That is so cute! What a great birthday hat.

Posted by: Suzanne V. (Yarnhog) at February 12, 2008 12:15 PM

I'm waiting for the birthday pictures with Wee One wearing that darling hat. I may print that one and frame it! Gramdmas are allowed to do things like that without it seeming weird!

Posted by: Katherine at February 12, 2008 12:27 PM

That is adorable =) I can't believe it's been a year already. That's a crazy amount of time to sail by so quickly...

Posted by: carrie at February 12, 2008 12:44 PM

Oh, that is just too, too cute! I'm with S - it's hard to believe Wee One is almost a year old.

Posted by: Donna at February 12, 2008 1:33 PM

So cute!

Add me to the list of people who bought that book after seeing some of your adorable hats.

Now I want to make that hat for my nephew to wear. He was born the exact same day as your wee one. We could save it and have all the babies wear it on their first birthday. :) It would fit right in with the mandatory "baby in a stocking" pictures from their first Christmases.

Posted by: BzzLaraBzz at February 12, 2008 2:07 PM

Almost happy birthday to Wee One! I started reading here just about the time she was born. I love the hat. Can't wait to see her wearing it.:O) I might have to buy that book to make one for #7 grandson's birthday in July. Blue candle of course.

Posted by: samm at February 12, 2008 4:12 PM

ohhhhh I luv that hat well done. Happy first birthday to you all...
luv Abby

Posted by: Abby at February 12, 2008 4:21 PM

BEAUTIFUL Alison! Great job, and congrats!!

Posted by: Linz at February 12, 2008 6:55 PM

You're...

Dude, the concept is great and adorable, but all I can think is that you're putting a giant knitted phallus on your baby's head.

Seriously?

Posted by: Walter Kovacs at February 12, 2008 7:57 PM

Absolutely beautiful! It's so cute :) Knitter Husbands around the world must get so tired of hearing, "Look! It's a __ it's so cute!" (In my case it's strawberries and cupcakes.) lol.

Posted by: eshy at February 12, 2008 10:15 PM

That is seriously adorable!

My flatmate's cousin is having a baby and my flatmate is looking for things to make - I think this would be perfect!

Posted by: Kristin at February 13, 2008 6:13 AM

She'll be the best dressed one-year-old girl in town. Happy birtday and congratulations on such a lovely FO.

Posted by: Jennifer at February 13, 2008 6:51 AM

That hat rocks!

Posted by: Emmie at February 13, 2008 3:22 PM

Oh Alison, that is so cute and your little sweetheart will fill that hat right up with her cuteness. Too fun! Thanks for the nice words, I feel the same way about you!

Posted by: susan b anderson at February 14, 2008 1:29 PM

That hat is incredibly...wait for it...SWEET! Think I can make one for my cat?

Posted by: Laurie at February 14, 2008 6:05 PM

That is so cute that its hurting me.

Posted by: claudia at February 15, 2008 8:35 PM

I can't believe the wee one is...well...almost ONE!

That hat must be ADORABLE on her, lol...

Posted by: Eklectika at February 15, 2008 8:54 PM