Disclaimer: This post includes affiliate links. During the year I get to admire and recommend patterns from lots of amazing designers. But with blogging and designing my own patterns, I very rarely get a chance to actually make them myself. Holiday gifting is where I get to make an exception - and here's a few of the things I've made this year! Princess Hat with Braids and Crown, by Corina Gray on Stitch11: I made two of these, and they were so fun! I was upsizing for bigger girls, so I went…