Here they are!
Pattern: Knitted Long Stocking Cap by Nathalie Goldbot
Yarn: Plymouth Galway Worsted (bought from kpixie, whose service is SO fast and SO good), with a little good ol’ KnitPicks Wool of the Andes thrown in for color selection (the navy).
Needles: Crystal Palace #9 circulars and Fiddlesticks #9 DPNs
The girly hat I knit pretty true to the pattern, except for the stripes (obviously). The stripes are done to form their names. So A=1 row, B=2, etc… With the other two hats, I ended up counting the number of rows dictated by the names and then adjusting the decrease rows accordingly. I also stretched out the decrease rows instead of doing the first bunch of decreases all grouped together to make for a more even shape. I did a pom pon on the girly one, and then the suggested tassel and braid tassel combination on the others.
All three hats took me about 4 months to complete, with looooooong spells of rest between. They’re pretty easy, mindless knits, which is good since I think my niece will outgrow hers in about a year. They boys, however, may need to grow into theirs. Whoops. I did swatch. Really.
wow — this is such a project! and they look great!