Purple Fleece-Lined Knitted Hat Giveaway Winner

By Vicky Nardone

Happy Saturday everyone!  I just wanted to announce that the winner of the purple fleece-lined knitted hat is Deb from Mountain Musings!  Deb I will be e-mailing you to find out what address you want the hat mailed to.

Fleece-lined Knitted Hat Giveaway and Pattern

By Vicky Nardone

I can't wait for Spring to come!!  Here in Buffalo we've still got snow on the ground.  For that reason I've decided to do my first giveaway with a hat I just knitted with one of my favorite knitting patterns.  I actually got this pattern for free at Michaels in the yarn aisle.  I'm also going to share the pattern (from Loops & Threads) with you.  I've lined this hat with fleece as well for some added warmth in the cold weather.  It's super soft, cozy and warm.

Piper's Knitted Sweater

By Vicky Nardone

As you may have ready in previous posts, we recently adopted a dog from the Buffalo Animal Shelter and named her Piper.  She's been recovering from spay surgery and a cold so we've been putting her in sweaters to make sure she stays warm enough.  She's also super think because she was neglected by her previous owners and left outside a lot.

Knitted Doggie Sweaters

By Vicky Nardone

As people who are close to me know, I love to knit and I especially love to knit things for other people...or dogs as the case may be.  Our Jack Russell/Beagle mix Maggie hates wearing any type of clothing so I thought when I made the above sweater for her about 2 years ago or so, it was never going to get worn.  However when we got Piper, the sweater got a second chance.  She doesn't seem to have any problems with it whatsoever and it looks so cute on her.  I got the free pattern for it here.  She got sick on Tuesday and it's really helping her to keep warm and hopefully fight off the infection.

Dr. Who Hat

By Vicky Nardone

My husband Matt and I love the BBC show Dr. Who.  If you've never seen it, the show is about this "alien" time traveler who travels the universe in a Tardis (a bright blue British police call box) helping to save the world.  The show has been on since 1963 and has been gaining popularity since it came back in 2005.  Check it out - I highly recommend it if you haven't seen it.  They have most of the episodes on Netflix.

Anyway, I was looking for a new knit or crochet project and I decided I had to make Matt a tardis hat for the winter.  It's been really cold in Buffalo for the last week or so and he definitely needed something to keep his head warm.  I had made him a knitted hat a couple years ago and he complained that after wearing it for a while the yarn started to get scratchy so as a solution I added a fleece lining to the hat.  I saw this idea on pinterest and I loved it!  Not only does it help keep his head warmer and prevent the hat from being scratchy but it also hides the inside of the hat  so you don't have to worry about making the inside look neat when you're finishing the hat.