The truly inspired need no patterns, but sane owners of sewing machines often go to places like butterick.com for guidance (my mom sewed reams of stuff from those patterns). Today Melissa bumped into this page: Butterick Green Pepper, which has three pages of such gems as zip-leg pants, balaclavas, vests, socks and the all-important ear warmers (a must-have when the mercury’s hitting 100 today). You go first.
Our boy scout troop sewed fleece hats from a pattern and fabric we ordered from Outdoor Wilderness Fabrics (www.owfinc.com). Nice people and a quarter yard of top-quality fleece is under $3. Pretty cheap compared to buying a finished cap. We made the “Boarder Beanie” from the Green Pepper Polar Beanies pattern.