Snow Bunny

Recently, I was stuck in the house for about a week, while my family and I recovered from a respiratory bug. Nothing to do but crochet and watch TCM (hubby was out of town the whole week), but I didn't feel up to going out and buying new yarn. With such a stash of scrap yarn collecting dust, I searched Ravelry for some free patterns. It lead me to this cute bunny on this blog:

http://www.darncatcrochet.blogspot.com/

The instructions were a little tricky, but I got through it using some Peter Pan by Wendy and an E hook. Turned out to be perfect yarn for a bunny!

State Fair 2009

Yes, a little behind on my blogging, but still reeling from the excitement of the State Fair! Here are the results:

7 1st Place Ribbons (blue) & 3 2nd Place (red)

Blue: Baby Bonnet, Baby Sweater, Amigurumi Monkey, Purple Doll Dress, Peach & White Baby Dress, (what my family affectionately calls) The Ugly Doll, and the one I am most pleased with, my Lady Bug Dress won First Place in the Crochet Designer's division!

Red: Outfit on Doll, Booties, Baby Afghan

In our fair, the judges don't give a lot of feedback. So you can imagine how tickled I was to get a comment written on the tag of my thread crochet baby bonnet-- one word, "fabulous".

Everything was my own design except the monkey and the star blanket.

Happy Halloween!

Even if you don't "celebrate" halloween, fall is such a fun time for pumpkin hats! Here is one I made to cover up her bald head while at the State Fair and trick-or-treating. It is made with Lily's sugar n cream yarn, which isn't the softest yarn on the market. Still, it is all cotton (good for her excema) and comes in a variety of colors. Not to mention I happen to have enough scrap yarn in this color!

Thread Crochet Booties for Sundays

"She needs something on her feet" my husband said, when we learned we'd be taking this baby church. So sweet, but she didn't have any socks. So I made up some with a little thread I had. I love this thread. I never thought I'd say that about a thread. I had given up thread crochet--so tired of the tangling, and it sometimes cut my dry cracked winter-hands. Someone suggested I try DMC Cebelia, in #10, and I love it! Don't be put off by the small balls, because there is a ton of thread wound on! It slides so easily. I can tell it will hold up to heirlooms much better--and isn't that what we want after all that thread work? To be able to hand it down? I hope this little gal will pass these on to her babies one day.

Starry Night Baby Blanket

When it comes to baby blankets and afghans I pretty much go for the traditional rectangular --not the shaped variety. This pattern was just so cute to me, I had to give it a whirl. I did have a little trouble following the directions. Could be crocheter's block or something. I used Bernat Softee baby yarn--and loved the final results (so soft & cuddly) BUT it was hard to see my stitches when I was making the small stars, making the pattern even harder. My stitch count on the cloud border did not come out like the pattern said, but not a real problem. After all, they are CLOUDS--no rules--just make them uneven. The FREE pattern can be found on this site: http://www.innerchildcrochet.com/patterns/starry_starry_night.php

Update: Won 2nd place for Crochet Baby Afghans in the State Fair!

Sponge Bob Purse

I have a friend who has a daughter that is crazy about "Bob-bob". She also loves pocketbooks--so I put the two together and came up with this! The pattern is available for free on thecrochetcradle.com
Please report any errors through the "contact me" link on the Crochet Cradle's website. Enjoy!

Baby Bibs

These Baby Bibs I made for a special couple that I watched grow up. They are expecting their first child, soon after getting married & graduating college. This couple was longtime sweethearts that grew up in the church together. Something you thought you only read about in storybooks! Anyway, these bibs were made for their--boy or girl? and came from the Bernat website--free: http://www.bernat.com/search.php?key=bib&searchResults=&PATTERNS=Search
Super easy pattern. I altered it a little to make each just a little different. In one I sc, ch-1 (sk next st),sc across. It made a pretty pattern. I believe this is called the seed stitch.