Sugar Plum Snuggle Sack & Hat

A dear friend of mine recently had a baby.  Before her new little bundle of joy arrived, I really wanted to make something special for the new baby.  I perused Pinterest for cute crochet baby cocoon sets.  I found one that I really like, but when I followed the link to the etsy store I found even more cute sets.  I finally decided on the Sugar Plum Snuggle Sack and Hat by Cielo's Closet.

The pattern was great and I was able to complete it in time for the new babies arrival.  I am looking forward to seeing pictures of the new little one in this cute set.

$30

Soft Shells Hat and Diaper Cover

A few months ago, I crocheted this cute Hat and Diaper Cover for my newest niece at the time.  I had purchased the pattern, Soft Shells Hat and Diaper Cover, from Sunset Crochet back when I was pregnant with my 4th and didn't have the opportunity to make it before she was born.  I took this chance to make this cute set.

$20 set

$10

$10

Pattern available at Sunset Crochet Etsy Store

Butterfly Kisses Cloche and Cocoon

When I was pregnant with my 4th Baby and seeing all the cute crochet photo props, I knew that I wanted to make one for my new little one.  I set out to find just the perfect Cocoon and Hat online and came across the most adorable patterns at Sunset Crochet on Etsy.  I purchased a couple of different patterns and then set out to make the adorable Butterfly Kisses Cloche and Cocoon set.  I made a visit to Joanns and picked out some Baby Soft yarn, picking a vintage pink and ivory for the flower.  I spent many evenings crocheting the cute photo prop for my little one.  Once it was finished I could hardly wait until the arrival of my baby.

Once she arrived my Husband took her photos in it when she was 1 week old (we tried to take her pictures at 3 days old, but she was a bit grumpy about it).  In the end, she look adorable.

$30

Dickens Newsboy Set

I came across this fun "Dickens Newsboy Set" crochet pattern by Nat's Niche.  I wish I would have seen something like this when my little boy was born.  I would have loved to have had some newborn pictures of him in this cute outfit.  I had pinned this cute pattern onto my crochet board on Pinterest in hopes of one day being able to make it for someone.  To my luck a friend of mine was pregnant with a baby boy and so I set to work making this cute set.  This was the first time I had worked with 2 strands of yarn together and I loved the extra stiffness it gave the hat.  I did the bow for the bow-tie a  differently then what the pattern had.  I used a bow tie pattern from Make and Takes blog.

$15

$30

Shamrock Beanie

During the month of March Sunset Crochet had their Shamrock Beanie available for a free download.  I thought it looked fun, so I downloaded it.  I found some green eyelash yarn on clearance at Michael's and spent an evening and a day crocheting it.  It really didn't take very long to make, but I did need to undo it once as I made the mistake of working on it at night, and found it hard to see where I was crocheting.  So I undid it the next afternoon and then it whipped up really fast in the daylight light.  My little girl loves her new hat and thought it was great fun to wear it around for a few days.

Little Boy Blue Hat and Diaper Cover

A few months ago, a friend of mine posted a picture of a Hat and Diaper Cover asking if anyone would be willing to make it for their soon to be baby boy.  I immediately accepted the challenge and purchased the pattern from Sunset Crochet.

Once the pattern was downloaded, I purchased the yarn at Walmart.  I wasn't sure how much yarn it would require, so I bought several skeins of yarn (plus they were on clearance).  I was so excited to work on this project that I started it right a way.  The instructions were great to follow and I was able to crochet the hat in one evening of watching a couple of sitcoms with my hubby.  The following night I was able to complete the diaper cover.  Both whipped up so quickly.  The only thing on the pattern that wasn't stated was how close together the tabs of the diaper cover were supposed to go, so I just guessed.

Once I was finished with both, I added the brown buttons.  I was so excited about the finished result and it took less yarn then I purchased, only needed one skein.

 I have since crocheted several more sets, to have ready for baby gifts in the future.  I added white buttons to another set I did.

20 set

You can purchase the pattern on etsy, by visiting the shop Sunset Crochet.  Or if you prefer, I would be more than happy to make a set for you.

Crocheted Flower's

I have recently been bitten by the crochet bug and have been crocheting all kinds of fun things.  Several years ago, our family went to visit an older Lady in our neighborhood, who loved to crochet, and she gave my girls crocheted flowers, in which she had crocheted.  I loved them and asked if she would show me how to crochet them.  She said she would and then her health declined and unfortunately I never was able to learn from her.  I took the crocheted flowers that this wonderful woman had given my girls and turned them into hair clips.  After she passed away, my girls would wear her crochet flowers quite frequently in their hair.  So one day while I was pregnant with my third, and my Husband was busy getting our house ready to sell, I decided to use up some of my left over yarn and crochet thread from other projects and found a flower crochet pattern similar to the flowers my girls were given.  I have since crocheted many of these flowers, in all different colors and sizes (adjusting just the hook size).  Making them into hair clips by adding a Alligator clip to the back and either a jewel or buttons to the center.

Here are my latest creations:

I used a crochet flower pattern I found on the Action Hero::Knitting weblog.

Crocheted Butterflies

A little while ago a friend of mine had the cutest crocheted butterfly clips in her daughters hair.  When I asked here where she got them, she told me that someone had crochet them and given them to her.  So this got me thinking that maybe I could find a pattern on the Internet for them and sure enough I found this  great pattern on the Little Birdie Secrets Blog.

Her tutorial was fabulous to follow, and I spent some time at nights (after I put my kids to bed) making lots of fun Butterflies with leftover yarn and crochet thread.  The tutorial includes three different sizes of butterflies.  I had fun trying the different sizes.  As I had the different sizes of crochet butterflies stacked on top of each other I got the idea to stack them together and then finish them off to put on clips.

Here is the finished products, and I can't wait to crochet some more.