Guess who's leading the Olympic medal count?

I've been watching a lot of Olympics with the boys during vacation week. They loved the snowboard cross and the moguls best so far but have also enjoyed biathlon and curling. The Germans are very good at biathlon and while we were watching Neuner win the gold yesterday, we caught a glimpse of a sea of German fans all wearing super cool German flag hats. (I couldn't find any pictures but they're standard ski hats with flag stripes like in these German luge helmets.) The boys said they liked them and I pounced. Two German olympic hats, coming up!!

It was hard to find just the right yellow, but the Berroco folks came through for me with the perfect golden yellow in their Pure Merino, which also comes in a great true red and super jet black. (Awesome thing about this hat: both of the boys' favorite colors are in the German flag!!) I'm making up the pattern as I go. I want a basic fleece ski hat look, so I went with a hemmed edging and made the hem really deep to keep the boys' ears warm. I'll probably work the decreases like in my Harry Potter House Hats beanie or the snowflake hats I've been making recently. My goal is to have both done in a couple of days so the boys can wear them while they root on the team! (Side note: hubby just ran downstairs to say, "we're ahead!" I don't think he means the Americans.)

Hey, did you like my little hat switcheroo there? I promised progress on wee's new hat and then the boys jump in with hats of their own. Wee's hat is still missing its finishing touches, but here's a sneak preview of the almost monkey hat.