I heard from a few different people on Facebook that it was snowing today!!! Not specifically in my town, but in the city less than an hour away. Its August. Yes, I know I live in Canada, in the prairies, but snow in August just doesn’t seem fair. Its ok though. I found a way to celebrate the cold day.
Crocheting!!!
I really haven’t done too much crocheting in the last little while, but I’ve had a couple of inquiries about certain things and when I started looking around online, I got excited and so began the day of crocheting. This is what I made!!
Well, I made the baby girl and the cowl thing, but I’m talking about the cowl/toque. Sooo cute, right?? Truth be told, its supposed to be a bit bigger, but I still think its adorable. I was supposed to use a much bigger hook. I just opted for the smaller one because I usually like a tighter stitch for warmth. Anyway, I just thought it was completely adorable, and I already have tons of ideas on how to tweak it and make it just a little bit more customizable. All things considered, it felt like a win.
My only hold up now is that most of my yarn is the wrong weight. I need bulkier yarn for more of these, and I have a lot of worsted weight or finer. That stuff is great for little boots and baby toques and slouchy hats and lots of things that you don’t want too heavy, but I can’t wait to get out shopping for some nice bulky stuff!
So I spent a nice chunk of the afternoon in my bed, crocheting and watching YouTube videos while the kids napped and Brady mowed the grass. It was the exact kind of day that we all needed. I’m so glad to be back at crocheting, and making hats for the family. I didn’t make the boys hats last winter so they’re both due for something new. I can’t wait to make Dekkers!!!! It’ll have to be super cool. It’ll probably have a brim… Yay!
sooooooooooooooooo adorable!
Thanks!! Its not perfect, like I said, a bit too small. But definitely still something I’ll probably put on her in the cooler days before it gets officially COLD!
So, guess what I was working on today… Crocheting! It is my birthday this week and all I wanted was a couple of nice balls of yarn to make myself a nice cowel. I was able to afford enough for two different cowls, and the one I’m working on today is a cabled owl cowl!!!! Soooo cute! And I have a matching toque and mitt pattern in a book, though I bought this pattern online. I’m going to be all done up this year. However… I still need to finish my boys baby blanket. I only have 10 weeks left, but I’m having pattern fatigue on that one… Been on it all summer and needed to reinspire with something smaller and quicker. Awesome. Crochet buddies!!!
Woah!!! You’ve got quick a laundry list of stuff to complete, but it’s going to be awesome to get it all done 🙂 I’ve been looking for a good mitten pattern, and I LOVE cables! You’ll have to post pictures when you get it all finished. Great job having so many goals! And I TOTALLY get having to have little projects to break up a big one.
I asked on Instagram already but I would love to order one of these in blue or orange for Theo and one of those cool hats with the brim for Vincent 🙂
You have made some really awesome stuff (children included but you gotta give props to God on those I think 😉