Little girl's hat and cotton yarn

Last week I started working with cotton yarn.  Nice.  I like it very much.  The yarn has a smooth feel to it and the hat I made has a 'finished' look to it.

This pattern was an experiment with the shell stitch.  I'm sure I have a pattern someplace with directions to make a hat with this stitch, but I decided to create as I went along.  With a few tweaks, I think this will be a nice pattern.

The flower is made with cotton yarn, too.  A big flower as you can see.  It covers most of the hat.  Some little girl will really like it!

Newborn beanie and flower

Love this little beanie and flower.  The beanie, sized for a newborn,  is made of the baby blue and green acrylic yarns (Red Heart)  and is adorned with a crocheted flower over a felt base and a felt button on top. Perfect the new Spring baby!

The first flower I made was a little too big for this small hat so I changed the pattern a little.

 Instead of a full double crochet (dc), I did four half double crochets (hdc) and no edging.

The second flower is not a lot smaller but is a better fit for the beanie.  I cut a circle of white felt and added a felt button (purchased at Joann's).  Then sewed the items to the hat.

I like the felt button instead of a plastic or wood for a little one.

More flowers

I'm really getting into crocheting flowers.   Today I made the cutest little newborn beanie and decided to add a simple touch to it.  I cut out a circle of felt with my pinking shears and later tonight I'll crochet this flower. 

Then I'll sew the flower to the felt circle and add a felt button I purchased at Joann's.    I'll post a picture of the finished beanie.

Instructions for this flower can be found here.

Toddler's owl hat

This hat was so much fun to make and sooooo easy to crochet.   You could make the hat in any color you like.  I chose a dark green and baby blue.  The eyes can be flatter on the hat, but I decided to give the eyes a little bulgy (is that a word?) look.

The tails are braided using the green, blue and gold yarns. 

The hat measures 8" top to bottom (not including the tails) and 17 " in circumference. Terrific little hat for baby or toddler and a great photo prop. A terrific picture for the photo album!   More information at Etsy 

I found the pattern on Ravelry.  If you are not familiar with Ravelry, visit the site soon. 

Black tonal adult scarf using boucle

Finished an adult scarf the other day. The yarn is boucle.

According to Wikipedia, boucle is " a kind of novelty yarn. It is a yarn with a length of loops of similar size which can range from tiny circlets to large curls.[1] To make bouclé, at least two strands are combined, with the tension on one strand being much looser than the other as it is being plied, with the loose strand forming the loops and the other strand as the anchor."

I like working with it as it is really light and doesn't require much tension -- fingers don't cramp!

This boucle (should be an accent above the e) is a black tonal -- colors range from light grey to dark black.  The pattern is a simple V-stitch.   Pretty.

 

Crocheted flowers

I've been making little baby beanies,  and though they are just cute as could be, I think flowers would really add a needed touch.

So after searching for small and dainty flowers, I think the following are great.  The first flower is one layer with a button -- simple yet perfect for a small hat.  The button is different - cute!    

All Free Crochet has the directions for The 5 Minute Flower .   Check out the  videos on crocheting flowers, too.

 

Another flower I really like is the Rolled Flower.  This one is also from All Free Crochet. 

The above picture doesn't do the flower justice.  This is a great flower and easy to make.

If you know of other pretty flowers that would be good on beanies, let me know.  Or just great flowers, leave a comment.