Baby Boy Blanket

I actually finished this up a couple of weeks ago, but I never got around to weaving in my ends. Now here's the finished product. I used Hobby Lobby's I Love This Yarn.

Broomstick Lace Infinity Scarf

Ever since I saw some broomstick lace projects, I was intrigued and wanted to try it. After I finished up all of my Christmas crocheting, I decided to finally give it a try. I followed the video on B.Hooked Crochet. The video was great at explaining how to do it. I don't have any large knitting needles (or small ones, for that matter!), but I saw the idea online to use a turkey baster since they are around the same size. So that's what I used and it worked just fine.

I used Red Heart Unforgettable yarn in the color Tidal. I hated it. Absolutely hated it. I love the colors and the final look, but no matter how careful I was with the yarn, it fuzzed up a lot. On each row, after getting the yarn wrapped around the baster, I took my scissors and tried to trim off some of the fuzz. This helped, but it made everything take longer. While I was stitching the two ends together at the end, the yarn broke on me three times. I like the finished product, but I will try different yarn if I decide to make another one, just to save me the frustration.

Baby mittens

I made these mittens for my 1 year old using Red Heart Soft Baby Steps yarn in Blue Earth Print. I followed the pattern at this link. The pattern was really easy to follow and I made them in one evening.

Scrap Basket

I had a bunch of scrap yarn left over from various projects and I wanted to clear through some of it since I don't have much space to store yarn. I decided to try the same basket that I made a few months ago, but this time, instead of using two strands of super bulky yarn, I used five strands of my scrap yarn. I don't think this is the loveliest color combination, but it is colors that my daughter loves and the basket is just being used to hold some of her toys, so it's good enough! 

Like before, I followed the pattern on Crochet In Color.

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.