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Celebrating The First 100 Hats!

Can you believe I've made 100 hats already?!

I began my goal to make 10,000 hats in my lifetime back on January 1, 2012. Less than six months later, I've finished the first 100!

All week long we'll be celebrating this milestone thanks to a few amazing folks who are offering up some amazing giveaways!

But right now, I wanted to share photos of the first 100 hats ...

HOORAY!

I can't wait to celebrate the next 100!

(note: There aren't exactly 100 photos here. Don't worry, all 100 hats are pictured - I just didn't take an individual photo of every hat seperately at the beginning! I am making note of this and will be using Instagram for this from now on!)

hats on people // Elisa of Ophelia's Webb

When I got in touch with Elisa of Ophelia's Webb about being part of my Hats On People project, she loved the idea with one twist - she lives in Bali, and wondered if I could make her a headband!

But of course!

After going through a few headband ideas, we settled on a simple and gorgeous one in a sage green. Judging by the photo above, I'd say Elisa loves it!

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I'm making 10,000 hats for 10,000 people. This is hat 086.

May Charity Challenge // The Final Tally

Well folks, I'm calling it. A bout of strep has been running rampant through out house of late and the next few weeks are going to be super full as we get ready for my youngest brother's high school graduation. While I'll surely be making hats, I don't know that striped crochet beanies will be on the agenda (I need something that calls for just one ball of yarn, I think!) so I'm wrapping up this month's challenge a bit early.

All in all, I think May's challenge turned out well. Sixteen hats in total will be taken with as we travel to Chicago and hand-delivered for the Chicago Food Pantry - I can't wait!

I've already got June's challenge picked out, and it's one I'm super excited for! I'm actually planning to knit from the same pattern for both June and July - but you'll hear more about that on the first!

For now, I'd love to know how your charity knitting for the month has been going!

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I'm making 10,000 hats for 10,000 people. These are hats 082 through 085.

a few baby hats for Katie

patterns: bear hat is my own pattern, frog hat via Sweet Kiwi Crochet (ravelry link)
yarn: stash I Heart This Yarn
hook: size US I / 5.5 mm

My friend Katie is having a little boy! And in just a few short weeks! After her shower (where I didn't give her anything handmade ... bad crafter!) I squeezed a few ideas for hats out of her, and the other day I brought them over to her house.

I can't wait to meet her little man, and thanks to her tremendous photography skills I also can't wait to see tons of shots of the little man in his hats!

Side note: she also received an orange and blue striped Bears hat for the guy, but I totally forgot to snap a photo! Katie, can you snap me one so I can add it here, and my 10,000 hats tally will have the right number of photos to it?!

Kthanks!

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I'm making 10,000 hats for 10,000 people. These are hats 074, 075 and 076.

earflap hats // week one

Week one of the hat challenge for May went pretty well, if I do say so myself! I managed to crochet up nine hats (all pictured above) for the Chicago Food Pantry!

Eight of these hats are made to fit children between 1 and 4 years old, with one hat fitting a child 4 years and older. I also managed to use up three balls of white yarn and a few balls of colored yarn!

Working through hats like this really drive home just how much yarn I actually have - while I see all the hats I made and am super excited at how many I'll get done this month, I also know how little a dent these made in my stash ... you wouldn't even know any yarn was used!

I'm hopeful I'll make at least some dent in my stash this month as I make more and more hats ... this week I'm going to focus on the largest size (4 years plus) to use up a bit more yarn and make hats that will fit a wider variety of kiddos. I'm also going to mix it up color-wise, using grey and black yarn for the neutral stripes as well as white!

How did your charity crafting go this past week? I'd love to hear about it in the comments!

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I'm making 10,000 hats for 10,000 people. These are hats 061 through 069.