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The itty bitty football hat (from Itty-Bitty Hats of course) now has a friend: it's an itty bitty football! I sort of tweaked my golden snitch ball pattern from Charmed Knits, spacing out the increases and decreases a bit more and voila, a football. And I stuck a little bell inside with the stuffing so it's like a baby rattle. (This was all Seanna Lea's idea by the way, left in the comments when I first posted about the hat. Brilliant, thanks!! Oh, and as you can see, I went with no pompom on the hat - thank you everyone for your opinions.) Now hat and football are on their way to new baby boy.

But before they go, and just because you gotta see how cute this helmet-style cap looks on a baby, wee one will model the football hat for you.

posted by alison at 10:07 am | in baby things

Comments

Hmm, I see big boy hats for the twins in the future. :)Totally cute.

Posted by: CHristy at April 10, 2008 10:20 AM

Heh..I love her expression. Sort of "Ok, Mom...are we done now?" When did she get to be 13?

Posted by: Sarah R at April 10, 2008 10:33 AM

Very cute set. The bell in the football is a great idea.

Posted by: Krissy at April 10, 2008 10:42 AM

Adorable! (Both hat and baby)... Now I know what to knit for my nephew's (soon-to-be-born) baby boy.

Posted by: Denise at April 10, 2008 11:23 AM

OMG! I don't think I've ever seen anything more adorable

Posted by: Chrissy at April 10, 2008 11:33 AM

Why not for a girl? She looks adorable, and could be the next football / rugby star!

Posted by: Cupcake at April 10, 2008 11:33 AM

LOL look at her face... she's like, Jeez mom get this BOY Hat offa me!!! :-D This totally makes me want to go cast on one of those hats right now... (and i could.. i have the book!)

Posted by: Lauren at April 10, 2008 12:03 PM

If she were a boy, whatever. It's adorable anyway! And little girls who play football grow up to be strong assertive teens and women, and it is AWESOME.

Posted by: ames at April 10, 2008 12:22 PM

So cute! I love the rattle, too.

Posted by: Suzanne V. (Yarnhog) at April 10, 2008 1:07 PM

What's wrong with football helmet hats for girls?

Posted by: Reg, The at April 10, 2008 1:58 PM

Adorable & Wee One is such a cute model! And, by the way, I think little girls do play football in some locales. My younger daughter (who was in the 10th percentile for height & 5th percentile for weight - so TINY) would come home from kindergarten repeatedly with her white winter jacket all scuffed up & dirty. I was washing it every week. So I finally asked her what on earth she could possibly be doing to get her coat so dirty & she confessed that, before school started (they were bused) in the am, she was playing tackle football on the asphalt playground with the boys - ranging from 1st to 6th grade. For years she wanted to play football when she grew up & didn't understand why she couldn't.

Posted by: Donna at April 10, 2008 2:21 PM

I love the little football. The little pointed ends and the stitching really make a huge difference.

Posted by: Seanna Lea at April 10, 2008 4:06 PM

Awww, she looks like you in this picture!

Posted by: Carrie at April 10, 2008 10:03 PM

So sweet!!!! :)

Posted by: Chelsea at April 11, 2008 1:11 AM

She does look 13 there, Sarah.

Another vote for cute, cute and cute.

Posted by: Anita at April 11, 2008 4:10 AM

Don't discount a (very cute) football hat for a girl! We have a girl's touch football league out here, and it is incredibly fun.

Posted by: Jess at April 11, 2008 7:47 AM

The yarn looks fabulous - so soft.

Posted by: Mary K. in Rockport at April 11, 2008 9:21 AM

That is the look my son gives me when I make him try on pink ponchos. Your children are absolutely precious. Love the hat and all the inspirations.

Posted by: Robin at April 11, 2008 2:38 PM

Look at that face. That hat is cute.

Posted by: Nik at April 11, 2008 10:18 PM

I'm totally making one for my little girl when I have one someday. She'll need the proper gear when she watches the Pats with Mommy. Nothing wrong with a football hat for a girl!

Posted by: Chrissy at April 12, 2008 6:48 PM

Oh, she ROCKS that football hat! No one would think she is a boy. I LOVE football. I'd put a girl in that anyday!

Posted by: HEJ at April 13, 2008 12:50 AM

Funny, when you put a boy's hat on her, all of a sudden she looks *just* like her brothers. Very well done!

Posted by: Daphne at April 13, 2008 11:21 AM