A Year in Hats

I started making hats at the end of December. Then in January, this happened:

I had a crazy thought this morning, before the caffeine hit my bloodstream: Wouldn't it be awesome to make a hat a day? Then I realized how insane that would be; 365 hats?! Even if I gave a bunch away, what it the hell would I do with them all? OK, hat a week, then, my idiot brain says. No -- 52 hats is still unmanageable. Fine, how about one a month? Fine. Fine. OK! (Ahem... everyone has conversations with themselves, right..?)

This post is the chronicle of hats, with new and improved photos (for most of them) and links to the posts and/or tutorials where applicable.

The Prequel (Dec. '12)

• Hats (toques)
• Because I Can (mini top hat)

Month One (Jan. '13)

• January's Hat: Snow (pillbox)
• Not Even Cold Enough (beret) -- I get more complements on this one...
• "Frostsaber" pillbox -- this is still unfinished
• You've Got Mail! (toque and beret) 
• horned monster hat (modified toque)
• Making Simple Things More Difficult (pieced beret and cloche)

Month Two (Feb. '13)

• Cat berets (2, identical)
• recycled t-shirt beret
• satin and lace beret
• February's Hats: Valentines (fascinators)

Month Three (Mar. '13)

• (Not So) Quickie Beret (reversible)
• March's Hat: Flowers (beret)
• refinished old berets 
• Recycled Sweater Beret (painful lesson learned: some hats look like dog toys to a dog)
• Ombre Sweater Hat (beret, sort of)
• DC pieced beret 
• Wonder Woman berets (2)
• oval "fur" pillbox (not satisfied with this one, and will be reworking it)
• craft felt mini top hat (using a very modified version of this pattern)
• recycled knit shirt berets (4)
• felted wool sweater beret (unfinished)
• dragon hat (pattern from Fleece Fun) -- sadly, I don't seem to have a photo of this, and I gave it away

Month Four (Apr. '13)

• April's Hat: More Flowers! (Folkwear pattern #269)

[cue crickets chirping]

Month Nine (Sept. '13)

• Geeky Creations (fascinator top hat)

Month Ten (Oct. '13) 

• Pumpkin Beret

Thirteen months later, the number of hats made ended up being... 34! (I'm not counting the modifications I made to the berets already had. Those were made for me by my mother years ago, and really all I did was add a band to them.) I'm disappointed with myself that I was unable to do a "theme" hat every month, but so many things conspired against me, including my own inability to focus on anything for too long. Still, 34 hats over 13 months is pretty impressive...