Amigurumi Frog

I made my first attempt at amigurumi. I thought that my kids might like little animals for Christmas (I'm trying to give them some handmade things this year), so I started out with a little frog. Honestly, I don't love how it turned out. I made the eyes too big and when I embroidered the mouth and nose, it made the face pucker. When my kids saw the finished product, though, they didn't care about those things. They fought over who got to hold it for a few minutes, and then I put it in my hiding spot where it will stay until Christmas. Hopefully they will forget about it by then.

The pattern was great...the problems with the frog were my own. I found the pattern here. I read through the comments for the pattern on Ravelry and some people suggested putting pipe cleaners in the legs to help them bend. I followed that suggestion and I really like what it did for the legs.

Cloche with Ribbon

I had some leftover yarn that I needed to use up, so I decided to make a hat for my daughter. I love how it turned out! The pattern was really easy and the hat worked up quickly. I got the pattern here.

Girl's Playground Cardigan

I'd had my eye on this cardigan pattern for a while and finally got around to making it. Since I stitch tightly, I decided to follow the instructions for a size bigger than I wanted it to be. I guess I didn't stitch tightly this time, because it ended up bigger than I needed! I think it is a pretty design, though, and I'm excited for when it fits my daughter.

When I went to buy the yarn for it, I first grabbed the suggested yarn for the pattern. I would have ended up spending about $28 on yarn for this! I just couldn't. I ended up getting some Bernat Satin yarn for MUCH cheaper, and I think it is just as pretty.

I got the pattern here.

Maybe I'll update this post with my daughter wearing it once it fits!

Baby Mary Loop Shoes

I have decided that I am not meant to crochet baby shoes. I wanted to make some cute baby shoes and actually tried a few different patterns. The pictures on the different patterns were super cute, but when I made them, they just didn't turn out right. Here is my most recent pair, which I decided turned out okay, although they are also far from perfect. The pattern is from SkipToMyLoop.

I thought it was fun to add a matching headband, and I liked how it turned out.

Waffle Stitch Blanket

I finally finished this blanket for my son. I made a blanket for my daughter's birthday earlier this year, so I figured that I better make a blanket for my soon to be 3 year old.

I started a waffle stitch blanket a while back, but after getting a few rows into it, I decided that it wasn't as long as I wanted it to be. So I made it into a scarf. I started this one on a road trip, so it was a little hard to lay it out in the car after starting it to see if I liked the length. I should have taken the time to do that, though, because I ended up making this blanket a bit longer than I really wanted to. That, combined with the fact that the waffle stitch eats up a lot of yarn, turned this into a very big, heavy blanket and I lost count of how many skeins I used.

Something with the light in my room made the gray look funny in this picture. But here you can kind of see the look of the waffle stitch. The colors look more like the other two pictures.

My son kept asking me if the blanket was for him and told me several times that he liked it, so I think he'll be happy with it. Now I just have to wait a couple of months to give it to him!

Snowflake Table Runner

I stumbled on this table runner on Pinterest a while back and was excited to work on it. It's not winter time yet, but I didn't feel like waiting! I've been working on a blanket for the past FOREVER and I needed a break to work on some smaller projects. 

The pattern is from Red Heart. While looking for the suggested yarn from the pattern, I saw this Red Heart Shimmer yarn on clearance and decided that it was perfect for snowflakes. Plus it was cheap!

 

I was pretty happy with how it turned out. Some of the snowflake points weren't laying flat, but I just misted the table runner with a spray bottle, fixed everything so that it laid how I wanted, and then let it dry overnight. It's still not perfect, but I like it!

Basket

I had seen several neat baskets on Pinterest, so I decided to try one out. I liked the one on Crochet in Color. I did my best to follow the instructions, but mine doesn't seem as stiff as hers. When it was done, the shape was a little off, so I tried getting it wet and having it dry filled with rags to make it the right shape. 

That helped a lot, but you can see that the top is a little uneven. I had made it taller than the instructions said to, which may have contributed to it not looking right. Definitely not a perfect basket, but it will work to hold my yarn for other projects.