Saturday, November 28, 2009

Finished baby sweater project!


I finished up the sweater tonight. I'm so excited. I think it came out pretty good for my second attempt. I loved the little butterfly buttons. I was so happy to find them at Joanne's. I'm not very happy with the picture that I'm posting. The colors look a little off, but I couldn't seem to get them to come out right with my camera.



I also made a matching hat. I learned how to do front and back post double crochets tonight. I had a watch a few videos on You Tube to get the hang of it, but they're not hard to do at all. The bottom of that hat is finished with alternate front and back post double crochets, and I can run a ribbon through it. I just have to go a craft store and get some. I got the pattern for the hat at Bev's Country Cottage. I took the second picture (of the hat) with my cell phone, and, strangely enough, those colors came out truer.


Next I'm going to try a pattern for booties that I got on the same site. I hope my friend Nicole likes the set. I wish I would have found this yarn before I made the baby blanket. The blanket I made is pretty, but I really like this yarn. I made the blanket before I knew that Nicole was having a girl, so the blanket had to be unisex. It's just a typical white yarn with the little colors interspersed (I think it's called Twinkle Print). It is cute, though, and I know she'll appreciate it. In fact, the blanket was the first crocheted project I've made in a very long time, so I was impressed by how it came out.

First Post


So this is my first post here. I started out with a photography blog called Pixelated!, but I haven't been taking too many pictures lately. Since I haven't really been able to get out and do that, I started to crochet again. I haven't really done anything since my friend had a baby about 14 years ago, so I picked up a kit with a book on teaching yourself to crochet and some hooks. Since then, I've been crocheting like crazy.

Since I have two friends that are having babies in March 2010, I started with baby blankets. The picture in this post is the beginnings of a baby sweater that I found on Bella Bambina. It's the blogger's own pattern, and I found it very easy to follow. I'll post another picture of it when I'm done. I have one more sleeve and the buttons to go, and I can't wait to finish it.