Welcome To Earth David

I’ve been working hard since my last post trying to get as many new caps finished as I could. I have two new hand knit beanies finished in my 2X2 ribbed pattern…. I really need to come up with a name for these caps since it sounds a little retarded describing them as 2X2 ribbed pattern beanies. I got to work on designing a new shell stitch pattern beanie for women and I have seven of those completed now. Oh yeah, if anyone remembers awhile back, I was creating a mesh stitch beanie for men that I was having trouble getting the sizing right on… well I have pretty much gotten that pattern squared away and will soon start producing beanies in that style as well. You can see me modeling one of my mesh beanies below. Let me show off my latest beanies.

First up is this blue camo stripes beanie. It’s pretty much the same pattern printed yarn as the green stripes beanie I did awhile back only it’s done in blue.

Next up is this beanie in white, blue and purple shades. It is called Sea Spray Stripes. I think the colors in this one would be more suited for women although some guys might like it as well.

Here is a bunch of women’s shell stitch beanies I’ve been making along with two of my men’s mesh style beanies.

And finally I wanted to model one of my mesh beanies for men so here I am wearing a blue camo stripes mesh beanie that I made with yarn I had left over from the knitted beanie I made. I altered the pattern a bit in that on the brim I only did one round of single crochet stitches. I think I like the cap much better that way.

Well that is all I have to show for now. I still haven’t thought up a name for my beanie shop yet, however I am thinking about opening a temporary shop on etsy so that I can start selling my hats before winter is over. I’m just not feeling very creative at coming up with a name right now even though I have had a few ideas… but none I cared to stick with. Well I’m going out to take a walk and enjoy the autumn scenery. Later!

Here are some more women’s hats I’ve finished recently. The colors are warm brown, carrot, light blue, some stripey blue, bikini mix, and light raspberry. I actually have two or more hats of these same colors made but I didn’t put them all in the picture. The last time I counted I have made about 30 of these so far. Some people call these tams, some people call these berets. Whatever you call them I think these are cool and they are fun to make. I am really getting a lot of yarn used up making these hats, but I still have a long way to go before I’ll be ready to move on to something else. I didn’t realize just how much yarn I had in storage until I started getting serious about opening up a new shop online and trying to make a lot of stuff to increase my inventory of items to sell. I am trying to make these hats as fast as I can. I have come up with a couple of ideas for some other hats I want to make as well as some small handbags I want to make as well. I still haven’t come up with a name for the shop yet but I am working on that. I just can’t seem to come up with a really cool name that stands out from the crowd…. but I will. I’m starting to get a feeling though that this winter is going to be over before I get ready to start selling this stuff but if that is the case then maybe at least I’ll have time to get into making some more of my hemp jewelry for the upcoming next summer. We’ll just have to see how things are gonna happen. I don’t want to rush into this thing the same way I have in the past to find myself not quite yet organized and ready enough to run the business the way I planned.

That would be me of course, making one of the hats I’ll be selling when I get my business going. The fall season is here and as most of you out there who keep up with my blog know that the four things I love the most in life are getting outdoors, my crafts, movies, and listening to my music. Going to the lake in the fall season is my most absolute favorite thing in the world. I love the cool air, the leaves changing colors, the beautiful sky over the water and just sitting there with some yarn and a crochet hook or my knitting needles making a hat. That is just what I did yesterday. I am going back out there today, despite how high the gas is right now. Screw it right. Life is too short to stay cooped up in the house all the time right. Later!!

A day or so ago I showed you a 2X2 Rib Stitch skull cap I made with some pink camouflage yarn. Today I want to show off this pink camo tam. This is one of the ladies tam hats that I have been making over the past couple of weeks. I’ve been meaning to get a picture of one of them online to show how they look when worn so here it is. I hope you like it. These hats will be selling for around $10.00 when I open up my shop. I think one of these hats would be a great accessory for any woman of any age.

It is time for another show and tell. I just finished this 2X2 rib stitch knit beanie skull cap done in a pink camouflage print yarn. I actually started this cap near the end of this past winter but when summer came along I forgot all about it because I was too busy getting outdoors going to the lake and doing other fun summer activities. I am going to be making some more of these caps as soon as I get finished working on all of the tams that I am making right now. I have promised myself that I won’t buy any more yarn until I have used up all of the yarn that I currently have which is a lot…. so I have a lot of hats to make before I can buy some more yarn…. and I really want to buy some more yarn because I have found some really cool new colors that I am anxious to try out.