hats for a sack
I’ve been having some fun knitting hats for my Sackboy. Since he’s small, his hats are tiny and that means quick, instantly gratifying knits.
I’ve already posted the snow hat with pom pom, but the striped beanie and the earflap ones I knit this past week. The black and grey striped beanie I made so that it resembles a unisex beanie I bought several years ago (before I learned to knit). The orange earflap one just *needed* to be done. Sackie’s cuteness just demands an earflap hat! I added in the bit of colorwork to break up all that orangeness.
All the hats were pretty much improvised. I looked at some patterns to get the technique for the earflap one (I’ve never done earflaps or had to pick up stiches before), but otherwise it was just estimating cast-on and how many rows to knit to get the right scale for Sackie.
I’ll be putting the needles down for a while (except for olives!). As long as there aren’t any more surprise delays, Little Big Planet should be arriving this week and I intend to get playing next weekend. After that, Mirror’s Edge is soon approaching. No, I won’t be knitting Faith!
October 27th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
He’s just too cute for words. :-)
October 27th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
Thanks Denise :)
He’s got that whole wobbly, baby cuteness thing going on.
October 28th, 2008 at 10:59 am
Hello! We love your knitted sackboy and we’d like to write about it within the online magazine Bettie. May we use a photo of him from your blog to accompany the piece? Email us at editors@bettiemag.com and let us know. Thank you.
Best,
The Bettie Editors
October 28th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
How about sharing the pompom hat pattern with us? Can we have this cute pompom hat pattern? Sackboy is a darling!
October 29th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
Hi debbie1085.
I’m glad you like Sackie. I probably won’t be writing out the patterns for the hats any time soon (I’m pretty busy right now). But I do encourage you to try making up your own, or to modify an existing one. Since it’s a small project, it’s great for experimenting with. :)
October 30th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
Adorable!!!
October 31st, 2008 at 11:35 pm
darling would you be so kind as to email me i can’t find a link to email you and i have to ask you a question about little sack boy
we just got our own version of the game and i’m in love!!! and i have a little idea just for me myself and i
but please email me
simply_hibiscus@yahoo.com
November 1st, 2008 at 2:47 pm
That little guy is soooo adorable I went and bought the video game based on your posts alone. :) Now I just need to learn how to knit so I can figure out how to make my own.
November 4th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
sackboy in the orange hat is one of the cutest things i’ve seen in a LONG time. so cute!
November 8th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Thanks Woolies,
He’s taken on a personality all his own. :)
November 8th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Thank you Kassy. :)
If you can sew you can make one too. Their are Sackpeople in the game that are made out of denim and cotton and burlap. All sorts of fabric in lots of colors and patterns!
November 8th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Hi Haley.
Thanks! I can’t decide which hat looks best on him. It’s kind of a tie between the red one and orange one. :)
November 9th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
He is very cute! You have a great blog, too!
November 10th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
Thanks wavecloud!
I fade in and out with blogging (been doing it in some form or another since 1995). Hopefully I’ll be able to stick with it this time. ;)
January 15th, 2009 at 2:42 am
Love sackboy and his hats! The knitting needles are definately coming out when I get home ….. but I might end up fighting my DS for the end result!
March 1st, 2009 at 8:52 pm
Your sackboy is the cutest one I’ve ever seen. Do you have any sackboys (with cute orange hat) for sale? I don’t knit, or I would make him myself.
June 18th, 2009 at 6:37 am
Em-En,
Can you please send me how to make this little sack-boy? Can you please send the instructions if possible to kiwi846@gmail.com