Santa Hats on Parade!

Last year when Brooke Higgins designed Sheldon's career costumes, she also made him a cute little Santa hat. When Melissa was working on the design for Grumpy, the lump of coal, we realized that if she knit the hat out of Palette instead of Shine, it would be Grumpy sized instead of Sheldon sized. Well, that got us thinking... What if you knit the same pattern out of Andean Treasure? Or Gloss Lace? Or Suri Dream? So we all started knitting Santa Hats out of different yarns. It turned into a bit of a race.

Melissa threw down the gauntlet and knit her hat out of Palette for Grumpy in only 52 minutes.

Stacey tried to beat her, but clocked in at 1 hour using Swish Worsted.

I knit my City Tweed HW hat in a respectable 1 hour and 16 minutes.

We thought Alison had Melissa beat, she knit her Andean Treasure hat in 41 minutes.

But then Kerin put us all to shame by knitting her hat in Risata in only 31 minutes.

Kerin's hat is hanging out with Amy and Katie's hats. Amy tested out the pattern in Gloss Lace for and used them to top off some of her snowpeople. Katie made hers a Hanukkah hat by using Lullaby Stroll Hand Painted and Bare for the trim and pom pom.

Marci, our bulky yarn connoisseur, used Wool of the Andes Bulky and Suri Dream for her Santa hats.

And Kate gave CotLin a try.

The pattern is available for free here, if you want to join in on the fun. How quick can you knit a Santa hat?

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Comment by Susan the Blue Lake Knitter on October 16, 2009 at 11:51am: Angela,
I thought you would like that! --S

Comment by Angela on October 16, 2009 at 11:15am: Too cute! Sheldon looks so festive now.

Comment by Susan the Blue Lake Knitter on October 16, 2009 at 9:01am

And

Comment by MartyAZ on October 16, 2009 at 6:02am: You keep thinking of more things I just gotta knit! My Queue and stash are all ready full!! Rats. Now I gotta live to 110 to get them all done! I will credit KP for a long life!

Comment by cherylbwaters on October 15, 2009 at 6:08pm: Those are so cute!

Comment by Susan the Blue Lake Knitter on October 15, 2009 at 12:33pm: Angela,
I have some white eyelash yarn... I think that would make the hat really cute! A fuzzy brim and maybe mix the eyelash with some white for the pom pom... now to take the time to knit it. ha ha Maybe after my fetching mittens. --S

Comment by Angela on October 15, 2009 at 11:38am: Thanks for catching that Susan!

I think a WOTA sized hat would fit Sheldon.

Comment by NoKnitSherlock on October 15, 2009 at 9:15am: hi guys!
I just noticed the pattern has a small boo boo - Should be CO w/CC not MC... Thought you'd want to know.
I'm going to whip one up for my lumpy & a couple for my monsters too! Such a cute pattern.
~Susan xxx

Comment by Eileen Wormser on October 14, 2009 at 6:17pm: I think I'm gonna have to make one or two of these... so very cute!!! ANd I agree, How do I get a job like that??!!!

Comment by Susan the Blue Lake Knitter on October 14, 2009 at 5:51pm: So, so cute! Yes, you ladies have way too fun jobs. My job was NEVER that much fun. So, if I wanted to knit a Santa hat for my Sheldon what size would you suggest I make it. I have some left over WotA from my last Hemi, would that work?--S