Happy Halloween - I crocheted!

Happy Halloween!

This year, I got it into my head the the boys (now almost 2) NEEDED to dress up as little minions for Halloween.  You should see them when they run around - they bob up and down just like real minions - they even TALK like them.  :)

For some reason, I'm kind of opposed to buying premade costumes.  Growing up, we always made them ourselves, the best we could.  I guess I just feel like homemade is more authentic.  Maybe I'll change my mind next year...

Anyway, I set about trying to find yellow hats and yellow shirts - I tell you, it is IMPOSSIBLE!  Sure, I found yellow shirts, and maybe even a few hats - for adults.  My kids are still in size 18 months.  Sigh.

SO.  I did some more digging and found THIS tutorial from Chucksforchancho.  It was AWESOME!  So detailed - Monica was so generous to share this tutorial with us.  The only problem was this - I didn't know how to crochet!!  I think I've done it before - 12 of 13 years ago my Mom taught me a few basics, but it never stuck.  SO.  I borrowed a crochet hook from Mom and proceeded to do lots of reading and youtube watching.  And I learned how to crochet.  THIS website (Maybe Matilda) was a LIFESAVER.  Excellent tutorials and lots of extra links for videos and stuff.

And look, it worked!  I spent about one evening learning how to crochet, then two more evenings (I won't tell you how many hours...) making these hats and I still can't believe how well they turned out!  They are far from perfect, but way better than I expected them to be!

I ended up making them different sizes - the first one seemed a tad small, so I made the second one one size up.  They both still fit pretty well, luckily.  And I tried adding a mouth, but just couldn't get it to look right, so I left it off.

I'm not much of an overall person, but I found these two online, barely worn for only $3.  SCORE!

And, to top it all off - I even ended up dying a couple of onesies because of the atrocious lack of yellow clothing available for 18 month olds.  Go me!

Group hug!