Rib-wrapped Kid Cap

I found the pattern for this Rib-wrapped Kid Cap on Ravelry a couple of years ago and used some stash yarn I had at home to finally make it. I really liked the pattern! The only adjustments I made to it were to crochet it in the round and start with a magic loop. Magic loops are my new favorite technique; they make it so much easier to tighten the top of hats.

Time on this project: 2 hours, 40 minutes

Time total: 50 hours, 15 minutes

Softee Baby Hat

Using this Softee Baby Hat pattern, I made this hat in a little over an hour. I used some DK stash yarn and an H hook. Overall, I really liked the pattern. I followed the directions for an 18 month old, and the only change I made to the pattern was to crochet it in a round instead of rows.

Time on this project: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Time total: 47 hours and 35 minutes

Bellflower Scarf

It's been a long time! My sophomore year was incredibly busy, stressful, wonderful, and rewarding. Unfortunately, my classes were much more difficult and time-consuming than I thought they would be (looking at you, organic chemistry), so I had very little time to crochet. This resulted in a scarf that took about seven months to finish.

I crocheted the Bellflower Infinity Scarf from Caron Yarns, found here. The main alteration I made to the pattern was omitting the process of slip stitching the ends together to form a circular (aka infinity) scarf. I added fringe to the ends to make the scarf more decorative and less plain. To make each individual fringe, I cut five lengths of yarn (about 8-9 inches long) and looped them through the edge of the scarf using a crochet hook. I also did an initial chain 25 stitches instead of 32 to decrease the width since it wasn't an infinity scarf. I used the "passion" color of Caron Simply Soft yarn and an H hook.

Time on this project: 7 hours
Time total: 46 hours and 20 minutes

Sunshine Baby Blanket

This pattern was very tricky for me to read, so once I figured out that it's essentially a giant granny square, I improvised the rest of the blanket.

I do love the pattern itself, though. The border is particularly nice, although I left off the last row because I was running out of yarn and I didn't want to buy a whole extra skein for one row. In retrospect, I actually think I like the border better without the last row since it's not as frivolous.

I found the pattern here. 

Time on this project: 13 hours and 15 minutes

Time total: 39 hours and 20 minutes

Polar Bear Hat, Part 2

I did the base for this hat months ago, and I finally got around to finishing it. I found the pattern here, and I absolutely love all of the patterns by this author. They are wonderfully written and don't take long to work up (if I don't take a four-month break from them).

First I crocheted the base, then the eyes and ears, then the muzzle:

I used all Red Heart Super Saver Solids yarn, and I sewed the parts on using a yarn needle. 

Time on this project: 1 hour and 30 minutes

Time total: 26 hours and 5 minutes

Little Bitty Noggin Cap

I found some gorgeous DK weight yarn on sale at Hobby Lobby, and I finally found a pattern to use it with! Here's the Little Bitty Noggin Cap by Andee Graves. I didn't fall in love with this pattern per se, but it was well written and only took a few hours to work up. However, I did like the border of front and back post double crochet, since that finished the cap nicely.

To increase the size of the cap slightly, I increased one more row and added another row of half-double crochet.

Time for this project: 3 hours

Total time: 24 hours and 55 minutes

Cuffed Cutie Hat

I made this hat for one of my 4 year-old cousins last Christmas, and she loved it! I had lots of the yarn left from it, so I decided to make another one for Safe Harbor. Since I knew the pattern, it only took me a couple hours to complete. The only adjustment I made to the original pattern (Red Heart's Cuffed Cutie Hat) was using a J hook instead of a K hook so it would fit a child better. This pattern would work with any worsted weight yarn - I used Red Heart brand.

Time for this project: 2 hours

Total time: 21 hours and 55 minutes