Bernat Chunky Neckwarmer

This chunky neck warmer I made from Bernat Softee Chunky Yarn, as required in the pattern. You can find the free pattern here.

This neck warmer was made quickly due to the thickness of the yarn and the pattern. My aunt in-law also wants me to make a black one for her. 

I may try to make a trip to Jo Ann or Michaels to look for Bernat Softee Chnuky in black.
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Updated (Feb 15 2014)
This is the black one.

I couldn't find Bernat Softee Chunky Yarn, so I used 3 strands of Bernat Satin Ebony. The combination of 3 strands also made this neck warmer thick enough.

My favorite hat pattern of the year-Bubblegum beanie

Wandering in IDEA Store, I found Inside Crochet, a magazine from the UK. I bought it because it has an attractive hat pattern I really want to make. You may buy the pattern from Ravelry.

Here are several of hats I have made for 5 days.
This pink hat I made with Lion Brand Baby First yarn. The pattern requires really chunky yarn and this yarn is really good, chunky but soft. The hat is cabled, reversible and stretchy. I call it "2 in 1" and "one size fits all" hat.

The cable

The reversible side

I like this twisting cable here, an embellishment made during the hat making process. I don't need to make any flowers to attach on it.

I made this hat as a Christmas gift for my friend's daughter. I made another red hat for another friend's daughter too. This time I used Hobby Lobby yarn "I love this cotton". I combined 2 strands of worsted weight to make it, the result was the hat also looks chunky. I love the color, too. Red is Christmas color, right?

The hat also fits my head.

Yesterday, 24 Dec 2013, I went to Walmart and bought 2 skeins of Lion Brand Hometown USA, Honolulu Pink yarn. The yarn is bulky so I worked more quickly and tried it on. I ask my husband to take a picture of me wearing that so pink hat. I have never tried any pink things before.


Love this hat pattern so much!

Polar Bear and Gold Fish Hats

The pattern is here, on Crochet Today Magazine. You have to buy the magazine to have the pattern. Sorry about that. The yarn you need is super bulky and the hook I used is N/15 or 10 mm.
I got the yarn from IDEA Store. Just one skein, and just enough for the hat only. I like shopping at this store very much. You don't know what you can find there because the stock depends on what people donate. Like a treasure hunt. The result is I stock a lot of yarn and fabric at home.
 I made this hat last year, when I just found the yarn, but the season is not right to try it on. Until this winter.

Here is the Gold Fish hat whose the pattern I found on Crochet World Magazine. My daughter wanted me to make her 2 more hats, orange and red. So this goldfish hat satisfied her. Just one more red hat to go.

Happy crocheting!

Mommy's and daughter's hats

I found the pattern for the hat from Fave Crafts. But you can find the original pattern from Red Heart.  I decided to make one for me, but I couldn't find the yarn requested. I used Caron Simply Soft instead. While I was crocheting for me, my baby asked what I was making. I answered "A hat." She said, "For me." So, I made one for her first, then one for me. One skein of Caron Simply Soft can make almost 3 hats. I also made one for my aunt in-law.

The first one- for my baby

2 more hats. 

Here she is, with the flower cloche.

You may want to try the yarn requested. As I finished, my hats don't have the texture like in the pattern picture.

Happy Crocheting!

White floral hat

With the same pattern of floral hat on Crochet Today, I made about 5 more hats last year. They needed flowers and leaves to become lovely gifts. But I couldn't make any flowers to embellish them.

Yesterday we went to a restaurant to have a farewell party with a friend of my husband's. Their daughter was one year older then mine. We had celebrated birthdays together for all children here born in September and October, including my and their daughters. Now, one of those hats I made must be a farewell gift.

The flower I made here is based on this pattern - colorful flower. The leaf I made from this pattern - Leaf face Scrubbie. You can look for the hat pattern on Red Heart Yarn or Crochet Today. One of my old posts also has the link to the pattern.

Cardigan for 3 year-old girl

I'm slow. Slow in doing anything, with sewing, crocheting, crafting, cooking. So when I saw the book Crochet in a Day for Baby (sample), my eyes shone. I may have a cardigan made on my baby's third birthday. The idea was so inviting.
My baby wanted a yellow cardigan for her. She liked the yellow dress Belle wearing in the movie "Beauty and the Beast," and she wanted the yellow cardigan to go with the yellow dress she has. Haizz, movies do affect a lot in life. My baby is not an exception.
I have to explain more about the yarn I used here. I stocked yarn. There was a time I kept going to Michael's to look for clearance yarn. I intended to make this and that dress for my baby, I downloaded and saved the patterns but most of them required light weight yarn. I found some Bernat Softee Baby yarns on clearance and grabbed them. But, they have been in my boxes for a long time. No time to work on those patterns any more.
Now, my baby is in preschool. I try to have more time for me. Drop my baby off at her school, stay in the car to crochet for a little time, then head to the library to study something. However, I have been spending more time on crocheting than studying. I am addicted.
Now, yellow yarn. I don't want to buy any more yarn. Digging in the boxes, I found 2 skeins of Bernat Softee yarn. They are 3- medium weight yarn, not the worsted one as required in the pattern. Sigh, I had to calculate the stitches. Luckily, I have another cardigan made by the same yarn but in the color of aqua. I got it out, counted the stitches and made some simple calculations. Done.
Smaller yarns cost me more time to complete this cardigan. The texture doesn't look the same with the one in the book but it's still fine. I may try another one in future. Love the colors the author Candi Jensen used.

Aqua cardigan for 1 year-old girl

2 years ago,I made this cardigan for my baby and tried to finish it on her first birthday. She was born in October, and I thought it was perfect for a cover with a sleeveless dress. I also thought fall was not so cold so a cabbage hat was fine. My baby was eager to wear it everywhere until she is 3 now. The sleeves are short now. Luckily, the cardigan was tied by a bow so it was not so tight for my baby though she is tiny. She still wore it on her 3rd birthday.

The pattern of this cardigan is here but my cardigan is quite different. I didn't make the people applique. , I bought 2 skeins of Bernat Baby Soft for sale, and they were medium weight. At the time I made this cardigan, I didn't like the idea to make pieces and seam them together, so I tried to calculate, crocheted, rip it off, crocheted again, trial and fail, and finally, I made it. I also added scallop edging and flowers to embellish. Maybe another time, I have more time to post the way I made it seamlessly. 

Handmade gift lasts long. Happy crocheting!