the blue blog archives: sparkle, sparkle, little girl

Presenting princess wee one. She loves this hat, happily letting me put it on her for photos and wearing it through the rest of the Dora show she was watching.

Let me tell you, there are quite a few beads on that Tilli Tomas Flurries yarn! I used all but a couple of yards of two skeins and pushed every one of those beads to the front of the work, so the hat would be as sparkly as possible. For the crown section of the hat, I used this free online pattern and the body of the hat was Ann Budd's basic hat pattern from Knitter's Handy Book of Patterns. It couldn't have been easier to knit and it really does look like beautiful snow crystals covering her head. She's a snow princess!

posted by alison at 9:18 am | in baby, it's cold outside

Comments

I think this hat is just adorable. You did an excellent job. Thanx for the crown pattern.

Posted by: WPGGAL at January 12, 2009 9:58 AM

Fabulous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Leslie at January 12, 2009 10:14 AM

Ok, that's just TOO cute. Great hat!

Posted by: Heather L at January 12, 2009 10:20 AM

So pretty! Your little princess would sparkle even without the lovely Tilli Tomas yarn.

Posted by: Katherine at January 12, 2009 10:49 AM

That's a cute hat! I like the way the points work. I have made a similar hat knitting each point separately, but that looks like it would be simpler.

Posted by: Mary de B at January 12, 2009 11:15 AM

Adorable hat. Wee one is a real cutie!

Posted by: Eileen at January 12, 2009 1:21 PM

Just perfect for your little princess! Wait until the other moms at school see this hat on her!

Posted by: Johanna at January 12, 2009 1:56 PM

Hard to tell which is cuter - the hat or the model!!!!

Posted by: Donna at January 12, 2009 2:36 PM

That's wonderful - what snow princess wouldn't want that hat?!

Posted by: Stacy at January 12, 2009 3:28 PM

As a mother of a princess daughter too, I have to say it is wonderfull when you can live your inner princess through someone not to old for all that sparkle ;) Wonderful hat!

Posted by: Sibylle at January 12, 2009 3:41 PM

Oooh, that yarn does have good bead coverage. While I can thread beads on, it might be worth it to pick up a skein just to eliminate that tedious bit of work.

Gorgeous hat!

Posted by: Seanna Lea at January 12, 2009 4:11 PM

Oooo...I love it!

Posted by: Suzanne V. (Yarnhog) at January 12, 2009 4:25 PM

nice hat, but those cheeks!!! So cute!

Posted by: dava at January 12, 2009 5:40 PM

That yarn is sooo pretty. I will have to try to find some. The crown/hat was a perfect idea!

Posted by: Jane at January 12, 2009 7:04 PM

She is the most beautiful girly girl!

Posted by: Rosie at January 12, 2009 7:31 PM

super cute! really like it! congrats

Posted by: patricia fontes at January 12, 2009 10:47 PM

Love the hat and the photos!

Posted by: mary anne at January 12, 2009 11:05 PM

The hat is super-duper pretty, and such a good use for that yarn. I think you'd better buy up enough to make the hat in successively bigger sizes, because I bet the princess is going to want to wear this throughout her childhood!

Posted by: Mary K. in Rockport at January 13, 2009 8:27 AM

Very cute! But wee one seems to have something stuck to her face. Will you have it surgically removed, or will it fall off naturally? ;)

Posted by: Holly at January 13, 2009 9:49 AM

Such a cute hat. She looks like a snow princess.

Posted by: CathyR at January 14, 2009 5:28 PM

very sweet

Posted by: Orli at January 15, 2009 5:08 AM

That pretty little girl is lucky. What a nice hat!

Posted by: Anneliese at January 22, 2009 11:58 AM

Too funny, Holly! All my kids have been very fond of their thumbs. Apparently, I make very yummy thumbies! The first two have given them up, so there's hope that we can go the natural route with wee one too.

Posted by: ALISON at January 22, 2009 12:48 PM