Owl Hats for Charity (and my own kids)

A few weeks ago, my husband found gobs of yarn at our local Salvation Army for $5. Being the fantastic husband that he is, he picked it all up for me. It's enough to fill the top of my guest bed, which is a full-size bed -- and it's stacked several skeins high at that! I've since been using it like crazy. :)

One of my goals is to do a lot of charity knitting with it, so this was my first charity project. There was a lot of yellow, brown and orange. Fortunately for me, I found an adorable free pattern called Crochet Owl Hats.

I've never been a fan of lots of "sewing up" after I knit or crochet anything, so I wasn't so sure about these hats. But after I made one, I realized that it's really quite simple, and I'm not as bad at it as I had feared.

I made a few more, but three of them were immediately claimed by my kids and their friend who was visiting for the day ...