A variety of hats knitted last winter

I had done a variety of hats last winter for the family, as well as a pair of fingerless gloves for myself. The first one was a watch cap that I did for my husband, I knitted it with a extra thick yarn, and so it came out much larger than the pattern I used, however, that was my intent. It made it very warm and comfortable for my husband. I used this pattern on Ravelry called the Marsan Watchcap, but with a larger yarn and larger needles, the pattern called for a 7 and I used an US 8. Marsan Cap pattern

I also did the "Boyfriend Hat" but knitted it smaller so it would fit my 3 year old son. It actually fits me as well, because of how it stretches, it either has a more close together rib on his head or a farther apart rib on an adult's head, as well as it just covers the top of my ears, to where it encompasses his entire ears when he is wearing it. I found this pattern on Stephanie Likes to Knit's blog here.

So, of course then my 5 year old daughter wanted me to knit her a hat too, with some nice italian wool yarn we had just picked up at a little niche knitting shop up in the mountains, so I went with this cute little cable hat. The pattern is here. After all that knitting, I realized that I hadn't knitted myself a hat yet! I also was dropping off my daughter at Kindergarten every morning and hanging out in the playground before school and finding it quite cold, so I made myself a pair of fingerless gloves as well, so I could still drive and pick up things but keep the chill down. I went with this Chicabean hat and some fingerless gloves with a twist, both fun little cables and twists. The Chicabean pattern is here and the fingerless glove pattern is here.