Baby Owl hat and booties

I was looking through a magazine and found a pattern for a hat but their pattern took a little imagination to make it what I wanted it to be.  So after some head scratching I made the owl hat.  The booties they had to match equally stank.  I found a pattern online that was closer to what I wanted but way too large for an infant size (to match the hat) so after some more scratching and figuring I made the booties! 

I considered doing a white crochet line around the top edge of the booties but with the eyes being the same color it seemed they would just look weird.  This is a little owl set (on a glass of root beer) with ear flaps.  16 inches for the hat and 4 inch long shoes.

These would be great for a prop photo, halloween outfit or just for a newborn cutie gift!

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Strawberry hats for the girls

For whatever reason I was thinking of my nieces the other day and decided that since it is close to the birthday for one, I would make them each a hat. I started with the oldest and pulled out that Lion Brand red yarn. I couldn't tell you what color red but it wasn't all that expensive, just difficult to see when trying to crochet with it.

 It does appear less red and more pink in this photo but it's more of a Cherry red.  The fringe is Red Heart multi color Candy Print (med 4).  I made a yellow flower and white and stitched them together.  Then made a strawberry from the Candy Print and stitched it on as well.  The back is covered with a flat crocheted piece so that if she likes she can glue a clip on it and use it in her hair or leave the ribbon on it and keep it tied to the hat.
The pic looks as if there are holes but after washing those are not there.

Underneath and top of the strawberry

So here is both hats.  Yes I had to use a ball and a glass of water because try as I might I couldn't get the boys to wear the girl hats and stand together all girlie.

This is the hat for my younger niece.  I used the Candy Print on the entire hat but used regular Red Heart Cherry Red on the strawberry and Lily Sugar'n Cream Dark Pine on both stems.

Once again, I do LOVE the Sugar'n Cream yarns because they're cotton and their thickness but sometimes they are too thick if I'm doing smaller projects.  It was hard and I worried it was too thick but it worked out nicely. :)