I had a special request a couple of weeks ago to make an "Oilers" hat for a friend whose nephew was having a baby boy but they wouldn't have the shower until after he was born. His Dad is a HUGE Edmonton Oilers fan and it wouldn't have been right that his future offspring didn't follow suit. I started pursuing making a simple beanie and was going to affix an Oiler crest on it there were none to be found (on the internet which is usually my first resource). And you would think that would be an easy task but it wasn't. After a visit to the Oilers Store in the nearest mall I discovered I was wasting my time due to coyright infringement and you cannot BUY any such thing. So I decided to do something a bit more creative... Plan B ... I knew the colours were navy/royal blue, white and orange. So I purchased just enough jersey material closest to the navy/royal blue colour and made two orange pompoms and ironed on his last name with iron on stickers. Let it be known that you can't find the exact colour of jerseys either likely due to copyright issues . . . I used the same pattern I did for the "Apple Hat" except I cut the "small" down just a bit because I found that one just a tad big for a newborn. Here's the end result. My friend was so excited (well she actually cried) so I just gave it to her . . . payment enough!
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