Knitted Hat Project

I'm about to embark on a huge knitting project. After being inspired by a knitter on Flickr, I'm going to be making 100 hats to give away. I just need to figure out all the details. With any luck, I'll design 100 hats and write a book about the adventure which means I need a publisher and a yarn sponsor and other important things. But I thought I'd get the ball rolling with this Hub.

I'm thinking of making the hats for people living in San Luis Obispo county. That's in Central CA. It's my favorite place to live and is an artsy community that will appreciate what I'm trying to put together here (I hope).

So if you are reading this and you live there, please flag me down or something.

Here are some photos of hat designs I am currently working on.

1. Have an address with a San Luis Obispo County Zip Code.

2. Email me a photo of yourself looking straight into the lens like in the photo in the first or 2nd spot on this article (2nd one is a better pose). Send to queenofdreams@gmail.com and put FREE HAT in the subject line.

3. People will be chosen based on how well I think I can match a hat to their features and eye and hair coloring. I'm looking for 'real' people, not super models. I can't make any guarantees over who I will pick, but you have a better chance if you apply sooner rather than later.

4. Tell me three of your interests.

5. Be eternally patient. I'm knitting all the hats by hand by myself.

6. Let me know if you prefer wool or acrylic yarn.

7. After you get your hat, email me a photo of yourself wearing it, in the same pose as before. Hopefully at some point there will be a book, but that's just a wish right now.

8. One per person. Minors must have parental or guardian consent in writing.

9. At this point I plan to make 100 hats. Each one will be different. Fun!

10. Bookmark this Hub so you can see where you are in the hat line.