New Hat...Off to Finland...

Kai Models a New hat style which was the brilliant idea of a sweet customer in Finland. She ordered a Whimsy hat in a "girly, but not too girly" stripe and requested ear flaps and ties. She left the color/design up to me and this is what I came up with.
All I have to say is thank goodness for my customers and their great taste. This is my absolute favorite hat of all time....and it never would have come to be without the magical process of working with a customer to come up with the perfect product for them.

Christmas Gifts Revealed...

Here are the Capes and hats I made the boys for the holidays this year....

The flashlights from Santa complete the ensemble.

I hadn't really intended them as a 'set'...

so funny.


More gift photo's coming soon.

Hat Happy...

(Me in my Pixie hat)

(Our Friend Hanna in her Acorn hat)

(Our Lucia in her Pixie Hat with her sweet baby Hanna in her Acorn hat)

(Me , Kai (He dresses himself!..I had nothing to do with that) and Luke in our hats)



So...
I've been hat Crazy over here. The Whimsy hats are a constant,
but now I've taught myself to Crochet
and the hat production has picked up a bit

I'm really focused on (obsessed with) pointy topped hats...
I just love that Elfin, Woodland Nymph, Forest Fairy look.

If you glance up at that top photo of me you'll notice I have some pixie in me.

As you might imagine when we're all out and about in our hats we get quite a bit of attention.
Lucky for me my boys love to wear their hats...never been hat yanker offers.
I don't know what I'd do..

Whimsy...

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For the holidays this year I created a new listing in the shop just for custom Whimsy hats.
I get a bunch of custom requests every year from folks with great color ideas...so I hope this will help streamline that process.
It will allow anyone to purchase the 'custom hat' listing and then tell me exactly what colors and sizes they want when they checkout.
No need to buy one of the existing listings and then wonder if I will know to make it custom...

If anyone is interested, because of their popularity, the wait for hats right now is 7-10 days. I'd like to have my last Christmas order in no later than 12/14... just to be sure it will arrive in time.

So if you're considering an order...don't delay!
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Our sweet friend Hanna models a Whimsy hat...

Whew...

My fingers have been busy...

The Shopgirlz hat order is all finished.

It's probably going to remain pretty heavy on photo's and light on words here until after Thanksgiving...

Adrift in Yarn...

I'm buried in yarn.

I have a couple of hat orders which, together, total 7 Whimsy hats. So, I'll need to knit a hat a day between now and next Monday.

This is great news for the Plumm Shop.

But...

Did I mention I'm hosting two Thanksgiving feasts this year? The first is this Sunday.

I'm going to have to teach the boys to knit.

A new Whimsy hat. for Jacob...

How cute can one baby be?!

My sweet little nephew Jacob needed a new winter hat...a custom Whimsy was the obvious answer. This was my first go with this many colors of yarn...and I was a touch apprehensive. Would I be able to keep all of the yarn tangle free and tidy? But, in the end, it was easy peasy. Everywhere I went I carried this project in my big knitting bag which I had loaded with the various skeins of yarn ( in a very particular order of course). I just started on another for our good friend Cole...

The Sweetpea...

So, I am incorporating a new hat silhouette into the shop inventory for winter this year. It has the classic look and feel of a hand knit cap, but with a fun twist. A sweet pointed top that finishes it off like a little dollop of whipped cream. My hats were my top sellers last winter so I have been a knitting machine recently as I gear up to keep the shop stocked for the chilly months.

A few Christmas Gifts...

that I brought into the world this week.

On it's way...

Another Whimsy hat is on it's way today...


I'm sure she'll be loved.

Some hats...

Are on their way to the shoppe...


****also, please keep the Kim family in your thoughts. I do not have the pleasure of knowing them personally, but do know of them and their shoppes. I wish only the best for them and hold them in my thoughts.****

What I am working on....

First, A new Staci bag...



The newest Staci purse has a Swanky dark denim on one side) and a fantastic bold print fabric on the reverse. It is reverseable so you can choose your look every day! I am really loving it. I have been fine tuning this pattern for a while and I think I am pretty satisfied. Yay. I also used a magnetic snap closure for the first time. Very easy and looks very sharp.

Also....A hat idea. (and some insanely cute pics of Kai)

More on the way...

finished...

one of the custom Whimsy hats is all done! one more girly hat to go and then a sweet little yellow and blue boy hat for a friend's nephew. I'll post progress photos.

Kai models the pink hat beautifully, albeit a bit unwillingly.

What I'm working on now...

I am working on a custom order for the Whimsy hat, girly style....

A Hat....

I will add this little gem to the plumm shop also...





I just adore this hat....it it thick and soft and causes me to look forward to those cold rainy days just a little bit. It's perfect for our current gloomy weather.