Crochet for Babies

Purple Caps to Protect Babies

I started on mine already.

Autumn Red Soft Scarf & Hat

Otter found some yarn when we were shopping one day, and it's not a color I ever thought she would have any interest in.

It's red.

Redheads don't generally wear red, but this is a rust shade or red.  It's actually called Autmn Red and it is very pretty.

Otter requested a scarf and hat made with it.  I used my standard scarf pattern, although this one is 6 rows instead of the usual 5 because the yarn gauge (size) is smaller)

It's sitting on top of my washing machine since I wanted a white background.

Here's a close-up of the stitches.  It looks orange, but it is actually a dark red.

The scarf is triple stitch on a row of foundation chain, three rows done on one side and then three more rows on the opposite side.  It's a very soft yarn and feels very silky.  The color is actually much closer to the first picture, which is a little dark but is better than the close-up picture as far as color goes.

Crochet Sock Monkey Hat

These look kind of creepy, but Otter likes hers a lot.

This one is Otter's.  The eyes are black buttons.

Froggy, this one is yours!  The eyes are also buttons, but they are black with a white outline.

The hats are easy and a variation of the same pattern I've used for the other caps I've made.  Single Stich, 14 rows.  The ears are crocheted seperately and attached, and so is the mouth.  The original pattern I had called for a black line to be stitched across the mouth, but I didn't like the way it looked.

Also, the original pattern called for a tan yarn, but I liked the grey better.

I still think they look creepy!  I tried crocheting black circles to use for the eyes, but they looked really strange and Otter said that she'd be afraid to wear a hat like that - it might come alive and come after her. :)

Crocheted Caps or Hats

This is my latest project.  The first one is what Otter gave Bill for Christmas.  It's camo patterned yarn, it's a little lighter than it looks in the picture.  Also, because of the way the two hats are laid out, they don't look like the same shape but they are identical except for color.

I made two for Christmas presents.

This is the second one.  Otter gave it to Sweetie for Christmas.  The yarn is called Candy Corn and it's part of Red Heart's softer yarn series.

They were easy & fun.  They didn't take too long, maybe an hour with interruptions (there are always interruptions!).

I made Bill's over a period of two days, the only time I had to crochet was on two Saturdays.  I had to wait until he was taking a nap.  I got most of his cap done, but then he woke up and I had to quickly hide it.  Then he didn't nap anymore that day, so I thought I could get it done during the week.  Of course, that was a very busy week and it was the next Saturday before I could finish it.  He kept dozing off on the couch, so I thoughtfully suggested that he might want a nap.  As soon as he headed off to bed and I heard him snore, I grabbed the hat, yarn and my hook and finished up.  I had no way of knowing if it would actually fit him, so I stood in front of the bathroom mirror and tried it on myself!

That afternoon, I got Sweetie's cap done.  It was much easier, as I could work on it in front of Bill and it went much quicker.  Imagine that!  I had attempted caps before, but the pattern wasn't very good and I didn't like the way they turned out.  This pattern was excellent.  Bill asked me if I was sure that it would work, since I'd had hat issues before - I told him that I'd already made a hat with this pattern and I knew it would work.  I just didn't tell him that it was his and I'd just finished it!  :)

Since these pictures were taken, I've made myself one with the yarn I called Marble.  Iit matches my scarf, which has already been posted.  Mine is a larger gauge yarn so it's not as many rows, but it is still the same size.  I haven't gotten pictures of it yet.  Also, Otter wants one to match her black & white scarf and I found some black & white variegated yarn to use for it.

They are simple patterns, all double stitch.