Ripple Stitch Baby Blanket

I made this blanket for a friend's baby boy coming this year. I followed the instructions on Daisy Cottage Designs and used Hobby Lobby's "I Love this Yarn."

The Rest of the Stockings

I finished all of the stockings for Christmas, but I never got around to posting pictures. Here they all are together. Some of them I tried to modify a little bit and didn't quite love. I especially don't really like the bottom one. I think I at least need to redo the snowflakes using crochet thread. Even though they didn't turn out perfect, it was fun to have some handmade stockings hanging at Christmas time.

Elf Hats

In December, two of my children were sick for a couple of weeks. It was bad. On one of the Saturdays that we were stuck at home, I decided to sit down and make these hats. For one of these, I never even got up from start to finish - they work up pretty fast.

I found the pattern on the blog, Busting Stitches. I used Lion Brand's Thick and Quick yarn, which is thicker than what this pattern is for, so I ended up following the infant pattern, I think, even though the hats were for my 3 and 4 year olds.

Boxy Bear

I finished the last of the stuffed animals for my kids for Christmas. I really liked this one. It was easy and I found the pattern at this link. She has a couple of other boxy animals that I would be interested in making some day. This picture isn't great, but I think it turned out cute.

Creamy Textured Stocking

Here is the next stocking. This one is for me.

 

Like the last one, I got the pattern from Christmas Crochet for Hearth, Home & Tree.

Basketweave Stocking

I want to make new stockings for my family. I'm not sure if I'll get all five done before Christmas this year, but I'll see how far I get. I started with this one for my husband. This one used a basketweave stitch. I got the pattern from the book Christmas Crochet for Hearth Home & Tree.

It is full of mistakes, but I think it was pretty forgiving and looks okay. I plan on doing the next one from a pattern in the same book.

Giraffe

I finished my second animal for my kids for Christmas. The first was the frog, this one was a giraffe. I picked a giraffe for two reasons. One was that I saw this giraffe on Pinterest and I thought it was cute. The other was that I had found some yellow yarn for sale (practically free) and I bought without a plan and it had just been sitting around in my basement. This seemed like a good use!

I found the pattern from Flourish and Tots. The pattern was easy to follow and it was fun to make!