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february 21, 2010
like monkey, like daughter
The crocheted monkey earflap hat (pattern here) was way cute even before it got the ears and the flower, but it is crazy cute with them! The Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran was a great choice for the yarn, with a lot of body and squoosh, giving the hat a nice shape in the crochet, and rich colors that look perfect with wee's hot pink jacket. She loves the hat!
The many moods of monkey: thoughtful monkey (was it don't jump on the bed or jump on the bed?); hiding monkey (hidden monkey, crouching wee one); and everyone's favorite, silly monkey! As I was taking pictures of wee in the finished hat, an image flashed in my head of a similar picture taken of me around when I was in kindergarten wearing a brown monkey costume for a school festival. I searched through the photo albums and found myself as a little monkey girl.
Aww, it's like the circle of life. Only with monkey costumes. posted by alison at 3:20 pm | in
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Comments
Awww look at wee Alison! You can see your daughter shares a lot of your features too... same face shape and nose? Really cute hat though and glad she likes it too :) Posted by: Lauren at February 21, 2010 4:23 PMCute hat! Posted by: Louise at February 21, 2010 8:09 PMDo you still have the monkey costume for her to use someday? That would be awesome! Posted by: sandee at February 21, 2010 8:20 PMOK, Wee One in that hat is too cute for words. What a doll! The picture of you is funny because your kids look just like you! Didn't hubby get to throw any DNA in there? Cute! Posted by: Laurie at February 22, 2010 1:31 AMWee one is a born actress... Posted by: Meg at February 22, 2010 3:21 AMYour kids really DO look just like you!! What a great set of photos! Posted by: Minneapolismama at February 22, 2010 10:50 AMThat is a great set of photos. My crochet skills are rusty, so I'm always looking for interesting hats to re-expand my skills! Would you recommend for a lower intermediate crocheter? Posted by: Seanna Lea at February 22, 2010 10:58 AMSure, Seanna Lea, it wasn't difficult. It's almost completely done with half-double crochet stitches in the round. The earflaps are single crochet and their shaping is simple. My crochet skills are minimal: I know all the stitches, but can't really "read" my work, counting stitches or gauge is beyond me. I lost stitches in the round section of the hat and I'm not 100% sure I did the ears exactly right, but as you can see it still looks cute! So I bet you'd do a great job! Posted by: ALISON at February 22, 2010 11:03 AMI love the ears!Really cute. Posted by: SockPixie at February 22, 2010 3:27 PMWow! Could you two look any more alike? That means that when she grows up she is going to be as beautiful as her Mother! Posted by: Katherine at February 22, 2010 3:55 PMOMG! your daughter looks just like you. She is really cute! P.S.: I really dig the monkey hat on her. Heck, I'd like one for myself and I'm 48. :) Posted by: Teresa at February 22, 2010 5:52 PMAdorable hat & how cute that Wee looks so much like you - esp in the monkey hats! Posted by: Donna at February 22, 2010 6:44 PMHow sweet!!! Posted by: karin maag-tanchak at February 23, 2010 10:40 AMsweet!!! and yeah, like mother like daughter :-) Posted by: Orli at February 24, 2010 4:40 AMFantastic photos! You guys look like twins :) Posted by: Jane at February 25, 2010 11:32 AMLOVE, LOVE, LOVE THE HAT! Posted by: gayle at March 5, 2010 11:59 AM |
