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Another project down. I'm super-duper proud of this one, because I used a skill that...well...I don't have.


This is the kitty hat I own. It's made by Emily (www.emilystrange.com) and Zach loves it. He wears it all the time. Hell, when he went to Florida last November (without me), he wore it there every day. It's in his pictures on the rides at Disney World.

I decided to make a mouse hat for him.


I completely hand-sewed the entire freaking thing. The mouse hat is a little pointy on top, which I might fix later. I only did four segments instead of six which contributes to the pointiness, but I had to make it as easy on myself as possible since I don't have a sewing machine. The brim is double-thick and the whole thing is made out of Polartec 200 fleece. The ears are pink, if you can't tell, and black on the back. I folded them in a little bit to give them interest and I quite like it. All in all, I worked off the kitty hat as a model and the construction of the mouse hat is almost identical. I am feeling like a mega-stud.


Kitty and Mousie side by side.

So, I'm feeling like a big stallion today. Next up, I'm working on a combo platter of Derek's present (a cover for the backseat of his VW bus -- painted with the logo, of course) which I'll intersperse with Zach's big present (a woodburned Scrabble table). I'm a Christmas gift making machine, yo!