Spring Giveaway and New Stylecraft Special DK Shades

Over on the Planet Yarn Facebook page and Instagram account there is a giveaway going on.  The winner will get their choice of Yarn Pack from the Planet Yarn shop.  Not bad eh?

To enter the giveaway you'll need a Facebook and/or Instagram account.  Have a look at the information about it on the site and see if you fancy entering. 

Looking forward to spreading the love of yarny goodness when the winner is picked on 20th March.

Hurray for Spring and lovely colours of yarn!

Stylecraft have been busy choosing three new colours of yarn to add to the 82 their Special dk family already boasts.

Here's their big reveal photo:

They will be available in Planet Yarn as soon as they arrive, which will hopefully be 3rd April or soon after.

I'm intrigued by the mushroom colour, apparently it's neither beige nor lavender...hmm.  We shall see!

Baby hat with ears? Sorted!

It's been a while but I really did intend on posting this ears pattern quite soon after the original pattern was written up.  However, seven months later here it is!

Start with the baby basics newborn hat pattern and make two of the following:

US terms
dk yarn, 4mm hook
you are crocheting in the round, just like the method for making the hat.

Row 1: make a magic circle, ch 2 then dc 12 into the magic circle loop and sl st into first dc (not the ch2) (()
Row 2: ch 2 then 2dc into each dc in row  and sl st into the first dc (18)
Rows 3 & 4: dc around and sl st to join (18) and fasten off.

To place your ears on your hat squish the hat so it's lying flat (as in the photo above) and stitch your ears in place.  Make sure you catch the stitches on both sides of your ear and sew firmly to the hat stitches. 

Ta dah! 

As my mum would say, when I put hats with ears on my boys, your baby now has two sets of ears!  All the better to hear you with!

One day I will make one to fit my own head, why should babies have all the ear hat fun!