Sometimes it's great to be a fly on the wall. My teenager likes to use Facebook to keep in touch with his friends. Since he has played select/elite travel hockey for the last 5 seasons, and changed schools this year, his friends are truly scattered far and wide. So, he loves Facebook for keeping up with everyone. Being the good nosy mother I am, I pop onto his page from time to time just to keep an eye on things. One day I stumbled upon a conversation he was having with a hockey buddy. It went something like this...
Friend: Dude, remember those sick hats your mom made for us a couple years ago?
My kid: yeah
Friend: Do you think she would consider making me another one?
My kid: Probably. I'll ask.
I ask you..... What do you do when a 15 year old boy asks if you will knit him a hat? You make him a hat!!!
After a little back and forth, we decided on a new hat in his high school colors with an E on the back, because that is the other logo his school uses and he didn't know what his jersey number would be.
I mailed it off to him the end of last week. High School try-outs began today around the state, so I hope this is a little good luck hat for him. Good luck MAC! And to Chandler and all of his friends too. (There were a few nerves on display this morning when I dropped him at school with his gear.)
This is a personal pattern. My friend Kelly started it and I modified it a bit to make a little more sense to me. I really should write it up, if for no other reason than to avoid the ripping and re-knitting I did tweaking it!
Love the pattern! Lucky boys!!
ReplyDeleteGreat hat! My nephew is now 21 but last year he asked for a hat for Xmas that was like a hat that a Pokemon character wore in the video game (or something like that). I searched online and created two hats for him, one as a sample for the one I thought he really wanted. He wore that first one constantly. So far this year, he hasn't asked so hopefully he still has them.
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