Even the littlest thugs need hats.

Oh, motherhood. You are so sneaky. You bring me this screaming me-me who wears me out physically and emotionally, but I can't bear to part with him because he's so damn cute. And then all of a sudden BAM, he is darling, adorable, and so very sweet. He's everything in the world that you didn't know you wanted by now you suddenly need - NEED. As in, I miss him when he's sleeping. As in, I could watch him watch me for hours. As in, kid, you are a heartbreaker.

4 1/2 months, playing with CarterAlso, you are a thug. The very cutest thug in the world, but still, a thug.

Hat knit out of Berroco Vintage Chunky, my new favorite yarn. That is one tired little elf(As for the hat: cast on 64 on an appropriate needle, k2p2 until the cows come home, then decrease four times per row every other row until you have a nice little point. I tried to make a pom-pon, but that was a hot mess. The hat fit his very small 16" head, but will expand up to 18" or 19".)

If you were going to make a mitten based on a kind of boring girl obsessed with a vampire...

...this is the mitten you would make.

These are the Bella mittens, based on the long mittens Bella wears in the first Twilight movie. If you're not into breathing heavily around Edward, you can also wrangle your dog with them:

Someone has the snow crazies.

Now, don't go around thinking that I'm finishing things left and right around here. These mittens were done at the end of November, and I was just too lazy to gift them in a timely manner. So while I was putting off a trip to the post office, I made this hat:

This is the Star Crossed hat, another free pattern I found on Ravelry. It is a slouchy hat, and I actually looked pretty good in it. But alas, these knits were not for me. I finally got off my butt last week and sent them to Kate, who has a very, very early morning commute on the el. Just thinking about her commute makes me want to hide under the covers. But I think these will keep her toasty warm, even if she's just teaching pilates, not running away from vampires.

Both the hat and mittens were made out of Malabrigo in the Paris Night colorway. The hat was worsted weight; the mittens, chunky. You will also notice that even though they are the same colorway, they're nowhere near each other in actual color. That was kind of a fun surprise.

I have less than half a skein of the worsted yet and I'm not quite sure what to do with it. I was hoping to make myself a hat, but I'm about 10 oz. too short, and my enormous head would not do well with a small hat. So back to the drawing board. It needs to be something worn close to the skin - Malabrigo truly is delightfully soft.