toboggan hat

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As a kid I remember the thrill of riding a toboggan down a snowy, slippery hill. The frigid wind would whip right through me. Oh, the warmth of the hat that was pulled way down over my little head.

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Fun, fun memories of when I was younger. And now with our middle child -- altho, can you call a 14 yr. girl a child?! -- asks for a warm hat, I wonder when she puts this hat on to slide down a snowy hill, will she too will look upon these moments as fun, fun memories?

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So, I run through the crochet patterns that are filed in my head & I immediately picture the Toboggan Hat found here:

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Crochet That Fits -- Mary Jane Hall

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I dig out scraps of yarn from my stash and pull a vibrant blue that matches her winter coat exactly. And she loves this skein of multi-colored cotton yarn I still have and waaaaaay on the bottom of my gray yarns I find this tiny bit of bulky gray & white yarn for the border. The pattern calls for only one color yarn, but she was very specific about wanting stripes.

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So we improvise with multi-weighted/multi-colored yarns.

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Perfect.

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And her smile said it all.
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And when your kid smiles at something you have done -- well that's the making of a very good day.

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