An Emergency Hat

Last week I started my maternity leave, as my doctor and I agreed that commuting 50 miles round trip a day wasn't in my best health interest. So I had the week to putter around the house and run errands alone, as Ziggy has decided he's not going to come out any time soon. Friday, for no apparent reason, I woke up gripped with a need to make him a newborn hat. I just had this feeling he was coming and I needed the very first hat he wears to be one I made him. So I whipped up this little number in a couple hours Friday afternoon.

You can see it's being modeled by my ball winder. I'm hoping to be able to show you it on a cuter model soon. In the meantime, for a little dose of cuteness to end this post, here's a shot of Fishy in his new bed. It sits on our desk between the two monitors and he loves it.