Froggy Baby Beanie

This cute hat was also a baby shower gift for a friend. I followed this pattern for the main idea, but changed a couple things with the eyes. I also had to add a few rows onto the hat itself so it would be big/long enough.

In order to make the "ears" (or eyes in this case), I made one as the pattern called for in green, then using white, did the first row of the pattern again, and sewed them together. I added a 9mm safety eye into the white layer only, trimming the back so it wouldn't stick out too much.





Tiny Little Turtle

My second animal crochet creation!! One of my friends requested a turtle for her little boy, so I got busy and made one for her for her baby shower this weekend. It only took me about a day to make all the pieces and sew them together, it really went together pretty quickly. I got the pattern from Lionbrand.com, the same place I got the bunny pattern from (they have so many fun animal patterns on there, and all for free!!

I took him outside since it was nice to take some pictures :)

Isn't he just the cutest?

Amigurumi Crocheted Bunny

Okay, I'm addicted to crocheting. Ever since learning how during the crochet-along put on by Maybe Matilda, I've loved it. Last night I even had dreams about crocheting. Okay, maybe that's a little odd, but I'm pregnant and my dreams are extra weird, and I was crocheting all evening...

ANYWAY, my second finished project was this bunny. I love crocheted animals, and amigurumi (I'ved discovered) is a practice of crocheting little animals. Lion Brand has a bunch of free crochet patterns (actually where the time out cowl pattern came from) many of them amigurumi animals. Being my second crochet project ever, I was a little concerned about how hard making an actual bunny would be. When I would knit, all I could make were scarves. But the instructions said easy so I printed them out and went ahead. Since I had learned how to decipher patterns through the crochet-along, it wasn't actually that hard. Once I learned how to crochet a round, everything else was pretty straightforward. I used this pattern, but added a bow and skipped adding a mouth and nose (I tried, but it just didn't look right).

I love it! So cute! Madelyn really likes it too. And she had total confidence in my abilities while I was making it :) I kept telling her I was making a bunny, even before it had and arms, legs, or ears attached, and she kept pointing at it and saying "make a bunny" even when it looked more like a fat snake. 



I have at least four more crochet projects in the works... a hat for Madelyn, a hat for baby, a baby blanket, and an amigurumi giraffe.

Time-Out Cowl

I finally finished my cowl for the crochet along featured on Maybe Matilda. I had the length finished for awhile, but today finally sewed it together into a loop. I made a few adjustments to the pattern. Instead of making it a straight loop, I created a twist so it would lie nicely crossed on my neck. I also didn't do the full 52 inches. I really wanted to keep going since I had more yarn and was really enjoying crocheting, but it would have been too long, and I never would have worn it.

Here's how it turned out. I LOVE the yarn color. I really liked how the different colors went together so nicely and gave it a patterned look.

Man, I hate taking pictures of myself. Oh well, these are the best I could do by myself with a camera and the bathroom mirror.



Showing off my 21 week baby bump :)

I actually love it!! I wasn't too excited about the prospect of a cowl (whenever I told people I was making one, I had to explain it, I actually didn't know what it was myself). But I like how it's a loop, so you can wear it pretty much like a scarf but don't have to worry about the pesky ends getting caught in things... i.e. your jacket zipper, the door, your kid :) Excited to wear this once it gets to be scarf (or cowl) season.