A Baby Blanket I crocheted

I made this baby blanket for a friend's daughter. She gave it to her at one of her baby showers. This was the first item I have ever been paid to make. She picked the pattern and I picked the yarn.

Pattern: Bernat Softee Baby Soft Stripes Blanket 

Yarn: Hobby Lobby's Baby Bee. I used 2 skeins of boo pink, 1 skein of flannel, and 2 skeins of Charming.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pin Cushin Gnomes

I am in love with gnomes and decided that I wanted to crochet some. I needed to think about who I could make them for so I decided on my mom. I thought I could make her a set to take to her Sewing club pincushion exchange or keep them for herself. After I finished crocheting them I sent her a photo (before I sewed the hat to the body). She loved them. I needed to find out how to make them into a pincushion before I sewed them together. She ended up sending me ground up walnut shells and I poured them into a baby sock and stitched it closed. After that I surrounded the baby sock with poly-fil. I ended up making 2 sets. One set for my mom and one for her to exchange. After she shared the photo with a friend her friend asked if I could make her a set that didn't need to be a pincushion. They were a lot of fun to make. Mom's pincushion exchange is on the 5th and I am excited to hear about who ended up with the dark teal/light teal set. Mom's set is the blue/yellow ones and her friends is the cream/pink ones.

A crocheted pincushion

Every year my mom participates in a pincushion exchange with her sewing club. This year she requested that I make a pincushion for her to share because she was running out of ideas. She told me I could make whatever I wanted. I searched and found a pattern tutorial by Cherry Heart for this beautiful African Flower Pincushion. I used scrap yarn from a temperature blanket I made for my dad.