baby hat avd mittens

I was experimenting around with a new crochet stitch I found on Pinterest (star stitch) and made this hat and mittens set. The ribbing didn't quite work the way it should do- too loose- but after three attempts I think I now know how to do star stitches.

Baby Mandela

I saw this Mandela blanket in issue 33 of simply crochet and thought I would give it a go. I needed to make a baby blanket anyway and this would be slightly different to the normal granny square version. I used pastel baby wool instead of the vibrant colours suggested and only completed up to round 44- any larger and it would be too big!

Snowman Hat

My fourth hat... a snowman one. I downloaded the pattern for this last November from the repeatafterme blog. I think the eyes are too big. The pattern said to use buttons for the eyes and mouth but I didn't want to on a child's hat (approx. 2 years). Might have to make another at some point...

Puss in Boots

Another make out of my 'Once Upon a Time in Crochet' book.

Bed hat

I saw these on Pinterest  and thought they looked cute. Only problem was that the patterns I could find were for chunky wool and I only have DK (and this time I didn't want to double strand). So I fiddled around and after undoing and redoing parts many times, this is what I came up with: (it's for approx. 6 month year old)

Owl hats

A while ago a friend asked for some hats for her children for the winter. I got side tracked by making soft toys but was in the mood for something different recently. There are some fab patterns on the reoeatafterme blog. In the end I made three owl hats:

 Newborn.

6-12 months.

 Toddler/preschool.

Wolf!

This is the wolf which frightens the three pigs in nursery rhyme land.

Three Bears

I made the three bears from Goldilocks and the Three Bears in my Once Upon a Time in Crochet book. These were given as an Eid present last week:

 Daddy bear.

 Mummy bear.

Baby bear.

The family!

Bookmarks

I made a couple of crochet bookmarks for presents. The angle is a pattern I found on Pinterest  whereas the chick I made up!

Sundae Girl dress

I was given a copy of the Simply Crochet magazine last weekend. I have got a bit fed up of making soft toys all the time and so this cute little dress/top caught my eye. I changed the colours and used acrylic yarn rather than cotton just because it was what I had to hand.
Its size 2-3 years, not that I know anyone with a girl that age!

 Front.

Back.