Today a family of bears came to live at my house! Actually, it started with a tiger. I was selling at the Boardwalk on Friday night and a guy asked me if I could make him a tiger hat. I just rolled my eyes and shook my head, taking him for the usual riff-raff that I often encounter there. But, later that night, I saw two or three hats with ears and/or faces and that got me thinking. More exciting news is that I just got two huge bags of beautiful vintage yarn thanks to my friend Erica who tipped me off to the great yarn selection at a thrift store in Scott's Valley. Recycled yarn and these vintage colors are amazing!
So, I had just gotten some great orange yarn and decided that I would give a tiger hat a try, especially because that is my mom's name, Tyger. The ears turned out to be pretty difficult for me, especially making them stand up. But, I got to use another beautiful vintage yarn that is a perfect tiger's eye- greenish brownish.
After that, I wanted to try round ears because they would be much easier. I wanted to try making a small kid’s hat first, but because I’m still learning where to position the facial features, it came out bigger. I made one bear and then two more.
Anne! I L-O-V-E LOVE your new blog! So good. I can already tell it will be a success!
ReplyDeleteOnce upon a time there were three bears wandering through the Pokanip Woods when they saw Goldie Dreadlocks there and followed her to her sweet little home near the ocean and then they asked if they could stay for a while, and of course she said yes and it worked out so well because they inspired her to create darling hats to comemorate their visit. (Sometimes a tiger goes to visit, too.)
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