Boy's Hat and Scarf Set

I've finished up Boy's hat and scarf for Christmas.  The hat took a bit longer than I expected, but I love the way it turned out.  (Many thanks to my extremely patient pumpkin model who did not squirm, fidget, or complain even once!)

I found this pattern in Crocheted Gifts by Kim Werker.  I absolutely love this book and have made several things from it.  This hat is made with 100% cotton worsted weight yarn from Universal Yarn Inc. in brown.  Aside from using a worsted weight instead of a sport weight, I followed the pattern to a tee.  Check this out:

I love it!!!!  It looks like it might be tricky, but it's really very simple.  Clever.  Boxy.  Hat Squared - that's it's name.  It's really sized for a man's head, but I figured that way, Boy will just grow into it and be able to wear it as long as it lasts.  He has a rather large head anyway for a 6 year old.

I did not really follow a pattern for the scarf. 

It's really just a series of small shells [sc ch 2 sc] - 7 in a row - with a hdc at the end.  I used all 100% cotton worsted weight yarn for this as well - brown and beige from Universal Yarn Inc. and envy heather (green) from Simply Cotton (which, by the way, uses organic cotton).  I started out doing stripes whenever the spirit moved me, and then ended up with this as a finished product.  The scarf is about 4 feet long and somewhere around 5 inches wide - perfect for a small boy.

So, I've finished Sweetpea's and Boy's.  I've finished with Munch's hat and started her scarf last night.  I really need to stop crocheting at a reasonable hour and get my rear to bed.  I don't do well with not enough sleep, so although I am enjoying working on these gifts for my kids, I really need to sleep so that during the day i can enjoy them as well.

What are you working on for Christmas?!