Happy Halloween! (In Which I'm a Doll)

I showed you the Cabbage Patch Doll hair hats, so I thought I'd show you the whole package I put together for Halloween:

I found the baby doll dress and blouse with big white collar at Goodwill last weekend. The white tights and red Mary Janes were already in my closet. Not bad, right?

A couple others dressed up at work:

 and we had a fun time of it.

The one who suggested wearing costumes came without one, and she's the one hiding behind the mask of the boss's face.

I think I've gotten my use out of the Cabbage Patch Doll hat now.

Just for Fun

I told you it was coming...

My sister and I finished enough Cabbage Patch Doll hats that we could all have one. (One sister is missing; her hat has bangs but no pigtails.)

The one sister who didn't hear about it on Facebook (and whom we didn't tell) took to the idea right away. She plans to wear hers to the elementary school where her husband is the principal. You know, in case the teachers take him too seriously!

The four of us pictured here wore the hats when we went to the haunted house. They were a huge hit. I didn't collect names, but there were certainly actors breaking character to whisper to us, I love your hats.

Do We Know What We're Getting Ourselves Into?

About two months ago, I saw a link on Vogue Knitting's Facebook page to this article about a Cabbage Patch Doll hat. It's a hat that looks like CPD hair. (It's worth a click to the link; the kid is stinking cute.) I shared it on Facebook and wondered in writing where the nearest chubby-cheeked baby was.

I was reminded that my two great-nieces would be perfect candidates and before I knew it, my sister and I had committed to making hats for them. My sister got hers done well before me. Seeing her pics on Facebook put me in the frame of mind to finish mine.

It didn't take long. It starts at the top with a tight circle

and increases out until you have the right diameter. Then you work even until it's long enough. Then add a few rows of loopy stitches in the front and you are done.

Oh, wait. Not quite done because you have to add the pony-tails!

I decided to tie mine twice.

In two evenings I had a pretty cute hat! By the time I was done, my sister had already delivered hers:

She looks pretty stinking adorable, doesn't she!!

Of course, when I finished mine, I couldn't resist trying it on. Since I don't mind looking silly, I'll show you:

Little did I know that this was prescient on my part...

When my niece posted pictures of her daughter on Facebook, it started an extended comment conversation between me and three of my sisters. By the end of it, my sister and I had agreed to make hats for all of us to wear when they come to visit this fall and we head to the Haunted House for an evening.

The really funny part is that the fifth sister has no idea. (The price to be paid for not having internet at home.) But she will find out soon enough...like when we hand her a hat-wig and tell her to wear it!!

Rest assured, pictures will be taken and shared....