I have a confession to make… and to be quite honest, it's embarrassing! I haven't went yarn shopping since January! Between my husband changing jobs a few times, appliances breaking down one after another, and my blog income being affected by the non-crochet season… I just haven't had the extra cash. I know, I know… EVERY season is crochet season! But my online traffic will argue with that. The good news is, my husband is back to working good hours for decent pay and my site is finally picking back up. It wont be long at all and I will be posting photos of yummy yarn on my Facebook wall.
During this down time, I have re organized my dwindling yarn stash multiple times.. and to my surprise, I still have a decent amount! Including a huge skein of orange WW Bernat cotton yarn. With Autumn sneaking up right around the corner, of course I will be thinking of pumpkins when I look at it!
I asked some of my blogger friends to link me their pumpkin patterns so I can put this orange yarn to good use. While everyone shared beautiful patterns, one of them stood out to me the most. The Victoria's Pumpkin Hat.
The Victoria's Pumpkin Hat is designed by Snappy Tots. She shares with you how to turn just about any hat pattern into a pumpkin hat. Using her step by step guide to making the stem and curly vine, you can then use her Victoria's Sun hat pattern to create the beautiful and unique stitch design.
I have never thought about putting my stitches together the way she does in this design. It is so pretty! The sun hat pattern does cost $4.49. You all know I love free, but discovering this stitch technique is well worth those few bucks, not to mention the inspiration I now have for other designs using a similar technique. I had that “ah ha!” moment when I realized how she created the beautiful texture.
So, hop on over to Snappy Tots and check out how she transforms just about any crochet hat pattern into a pumpkin!
Julie Bigelow says
I just bought the Victoria’s Sun Hat pattern (8-27-14) and paid only $1.80 for it! The receipt said “promotion: wedding week” and deducted $2.69! Thought I’d share this info so maybe others may benefit from this savings.