I know you are probably wondering how I can put those two things together but it’s really quite simple. Angel Nina was never a fan of having her picture taken, but with Millie I am trying to get her used to it as much as possible so I decided to have a photo shoot for this year’s Christmas card. Of course I never do anything simply so I decided to make a santa hat and scarf for Millie to wear for her picture.
After a short search on the internet I found a santa hat pattern I thought I could tackle. Of course I don’t remember where I found the pattern, but there are at least a hundred free ones out there.
I had already picked up some red and green yarn with some sparkle to it so I was able to get started. This pattern also called for Fun Fur yarn to use for the rim and pom-pom so there was a bit of a challenge there. For the scarf I just improvised and used a row of single crochet and then four rows of double crochet in the green and white and then added some fringe in the white.
After I finished the hat I measured Millie for a chin strap and added that by hand with black elastic. It fit her quite well and with her black fur you couldn’t see the elastic at all.
I have to say that working with the fun fur yarn was quite a challenge. I had to pull it out a couple of times after loosing track of where I was, but I love how it came out.
The next challenge of course was to get Millie to be willing to wear it and then pose for a picture. She came to us knowing the command to sit, but we haven’t gotten to “stay” in our classes yet so that was my biggest challenge. She has been willing to put on her bandana so I was hoping that hat wearing wouldn’t bother her too much and I was right. She also didn’t have too much problem with the scarf except wanting to use it as a tug toy at first. After a couple of sessions with plenty of treats she didn’t even try to shake the hat off.
You could tell that she wasn’t that crazy about wearing the hat and our final picture ended up being one where she was just wearing the scarf. In the end I think I like her without the hat better because then you can see her cute ears. Now just to prove that she did wear the hat and scarf I will give you a sneak peek at one of our out-takes. You will have to wait until Christmas day to see the final picture or be one of the lucky ones that signed up for the card exchange that Jazzi arranged.
Does that face say “Are we done yet?” or what?
We do NOT do hats….or any head gear. Millie, we know how you feel. You NEED a treat….several!
XXXOOO Daisy, Bella & Roxy
You’re a REALLY good sport, Millie!
Woofs,
Tommy
Oh Millie, I love you!!
Your Pal,
Miss Fendi HoneyBuzz
We hope you got lots of treats for that, Millie! You look adorable!
Love ya lots,
Mitch and Molly
MOL MOL MOL Millie you are quite the stylish young lady today…I’m green with envy over your beautiful Christmas scarf and hat. I look forward to seeing the one chosen for your card. You are gorgeous neekked or wearing hats so we know it will be pretty!!
Hugs your BFFF Madi
Oh Millie, how we can relate to this post! Furst we just gotta say that your Mom did an amazing job on the hat and scarf!! We think her talents are amazing. (remember, my Mommy can’t even sew a button on.) We agree, you are way too cute to be hidden by a hat, so we can’t wait to see the final picture.
Why don’t you have your Daddy wear the hat? We think he would wear it well! Maybe with a few extra treats he would be a willing subject… I bet it would look fabulous on him too. We hate to see that beautiful hat go to waste.
It was good to see you on here again Millie. We miss our new furend. (Well, Muffin maybe not so much. I think she’ll always be a woosie when it comes to big dogs.)
Big licks to one and all!
Hugs,
Lily Belle
LOVE the hat- Millie is such a beauty!
Oh Millie you are just to cute. You’ll get use to all this photo taking and things being put on your head….NOT.
Blessings,
Gosoe
Oh Millie!!! You are adorable! And you’re lucky to have such a talented human at your disposal. I had to order a knitted hat.
Kuster says he’s very impressed with your modeling skills! You’re way ahead of him!
Bunny
Millie, you look adorable’z..BOL I want one 🙂 xx00xx
Mollie and Alfie
Oh, that hat is SO CUTE!!! You did an awesome job!
And I LOVE the outtake! 😉
KZK
Oh how adorable Millie!
Love your Christmas hat and scarf.
I think you have read her expression exactly Cindy 🙂
Lynne x
Yea, dat face just screams dat hers wanted to go nekkid. But, her is lucky to has such beautiful handmade clothes to wears. I am so excited to sees her foto now! I bet it is amazin’!
Puddles
Millie,
You is goin’ above and beyond da call of duty, but we bets all your fotos turned out great!
Woofs and Licks,
Maggie Mae and Max
Oh my gosh! You are so creative and make the most beautiful things. You hav ea beautiful model that you are working with as well 🙂
Very nice hat and scarf, and Millie looks so good in both!!! Mom has made a few things with fun yarn and she says it drives her insane every time – so hard to see that thread.
Woos – Phantom, Thunder, Ciara, and Lightning
I love them! LOL good sport, Millie
Nola
OMD! My assistant screeched when she saw you in that hat – SO ADORABLE!!!!
Your pal, PIp
That is so cute! Millie you look beautiful.
Loveys Sasha
OMG! What an awesome job on the hat and scarf! I’m working on slippers for Christmas. Millie was such a good sport and looks terrific in them. 🙂
What an excellent job you did on the Santa hat!!! Millie is such a sweetie and she looks fab in her new hat!! She does seem to be saying she’s had enough though…perhaps a treat would do the trick?? xoxo Chloe and LadyBug
Awesome job on the hat and scarf! AND you look amazing!
HAHAHAHA! Her face is hilarious on the last one. I try not to hold the camera in front of my face as much as possible and that helps a lot. A lot of dogs are really put of by cameras. I might even do a holiday photo this year. The rescue I got Rusty from host an annual photo event so I will probably try that.
Millie is a cutie, love the hat and scraf, yeap just like us “hey OMD really we are gonna have to do that, NOWAY”. Thanks for the comments, we are adding you to our reading list so you will be getting our comments, Nice to meet you guys!
What a beautiful model for the scarf and hat. What poise you have.
She looks mighty cute!!! The hat is adorable!
But you look soooo cute, Millie! Red and green suit you 😀
Wyatt
Millie you are so lucky to have such a talented Mom! That hat is FABULOUS! The chin strap is a great idea! Bet you could shake and it would still be on 🙂 Luv Luv LUV the scarf. Bet it’s warm too 🙂
Waggin at ya,
Roo
Millie you log FAB…..Your mom is so talented too.
I meant to say you “look FAB” Oh My vickie has some real trouble with her interpretations and spelling.
love
bert
Hi, I, too, crochet–mostly afghans for Project Linus. You’ve done a beautiful job on that hat. I tried working with that ‘fun’ yarn and got so frustrated that I threw the whole this away! LOL Happy Weekend!
We just loved your Christmas Card!! We especially like your scarf….It is ever so pretty. Your hat is nice too…but we know what it is like have to wear silly hats!
Smileys!
Dory