Sew Darn Crafty - Red, White or Blue

 Here is my first entry for Sew Darn Crafty's blog hop. I have made several of these chunky knit hats and they are perfect for keeping little heads super warm when its chilly out there. Size mentioned will fit a 1yr old.

 Size needle - 7mm
 Wool - Anything chunky or three strands of dk knitted together.

 Pattern;
 Cast on 34 stitchs
 Knit every row for 7 rows. This creates your ribbed rim.
 Starting with a purl row, work in stocking stitch (K a row, P a row) untill the piece is about 5 inchs.
Next row (RS) K1 *K2tog, K1* repeat till last stitch K1
Purl all stitchs
K1 *K1, K2tog, K1* repeat till last stitch K1
Purl all stitchs
K1, *K2tog* untill last stitch K1 (10 stitchs on needle)
Cut yarn with long tail, thread tail through remaining stitchs.
Use remaining tail to join seam.

Free Pom pon jumper pattern and reveal

2x 200gm balls of Rico Pom-pon in Spearmint. Fits age 2-3

 Here it is, my experimental Pom-pon jumper for DD. Sadly I finished sewing to late this evening to try it on her, but no way am I waking a sleeping toddler lol. All in all I am pretty happy with the result although my sewing skills leave a lot to be desired.
 It's made of 4 separate pieces.
2x 28 pom-pon by 24 rows.
2x 28 pom-pon by 32 rows.

 By sewing the smaller panels and the larger panels together in the way pictured below and folding the piece in half, you will make a very simple modular jumper.

I overlapped the smaller pieces onto the larger by 10 pom-pons. This gave me a nice even square neck with plenty of room for a toddler to pop their head in and out. The edges are really easy to sew up evenly and neatly as each row is nice a chunky, and the sewing stitches are hiding between the pom-pons.

 I realise this pattern is badly written up but I will review it tomorrow once I have had some much needed sleep. If you don't understand something just pop me a comment and I will get back to you ASAP.

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