Baby Mouse Hat

I crocheted this little beanie for my coming second baby who will arrive in December 2020. It's the year of rat so I thought of making a micky/minnie mouse hat for my newborn.

Baby Mouse Hat 

It'll surely look much cuter when it is put on. Not a difficult project.

Crochet hook size: 4.5 mm (I think)
Yarn: Double strand Golden Sun 100% cotton
Pattern: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKqTFcYirHQ
Time taken: within 1 day

It'd be best to make the two stripes longer.. but it's okay. It's for a newborn size. I just wanted my little one to stay warm when in the hospital after labour.

Puff Stitch Crochet Toddler Dress

I made this little dress for my daughter, Camille's coming 2 yo birthday. This is gonna be her dress on that day when we celebrate it at home.

Puff Stitch Crochet Toddler Dress 

Crochet hook: 4.5 mm
Yarn: Golden Sun 100% cotton fine yarn
Time taken: About a week
Pattern: https://www.windingroadcrochet.com/puff-stitch-crochet-toddler-dress-pattern/
Size: 24m

I noticed some errors in the pattern from the website. I have notified the owner. Unsure when it'll be rectified. As you crochet along, you'll notice the errors and make necessary changes based on the pattern.

Supposedly, I think I should use a smaller crochet hook as my yarn is quite fine. This hook size creates a soft and airy dress.

I have to edit the pictures with Photoshop CS6 to make them look more realistic to the actual object. The camera sometimes doesn't capture the exact colours.

This is definitely a pretty princess looking dress. As I've used a slightly bigger hook size, I believe she can wear this for sometime. As it is airy, maybe it'll look good with a mono colour blouse underneath.

Thanks for the free pattern. A fun project for sure.

I started this project when I went to the clinic to open up a book new for my second pregnancy. It finished very quickly.

A - Line Dress for Toddler or Kids

This is the first time I sew a decent dress which I think my daughter can wear out. This tutorial is good and really recommended for beginners like me. Note that my sewing skill is amateur level (though I have sewn the entire house's curtains). Still, without a proper guru, I think my dress looks okay but of course, there's still room for improvement.

I really appreciate your tutorial very much, Anjalee Sharma. You are one of the best Youtube gurus I learned from.

This tutorial teaches

• how to sketch a toddler's bodice front and back
• how to sew the whole dress, including a simple inner 

I improvised the pattern:

• using my Dad's old singlet as a thin breathable inner lining for the dress
• instead of using bias tape for armholes, I used a big piece to cover the neckline as well as armholes using the singlet 

Camille is currently 17 months old to be soon. So, consider this 12-18 mo size dress. 

Materials: 

• 40 x 50cm x 2 pieces (I bought ready-cut) = RM 3.98 
• 4 large wooden buttons (or any other accessory you like)
• almost 30-years old electric sewing machine 
• white thread 

Size: 12-18 mo 

Camille's measurements / step-by-step: 

1. Shoulder length: 4.5" 
2. Neckline width: 2" 
3. Neckline depth: 2.5" 
4. Armhole: 4.5" 
5. 1/2" shoulder slant drop
6. Chest + 1" : 5.75" 
7. Dress length : 18" 

This is obviously very short.. 

First time drafting pattern and I made a mistake for making it too short

Then, I added blue pleats to lenghthen the dress 

This is how it looks now 

Then, I felt the urge to make another one 

Yes, I used pencil instead of sewing chalk 

Perhaps I should invest one soon

This is the improvised version I mentioned above

Instead of using bias tape for the armholes, I made the entire piece covering neckline and armholes

 Haha.. 

 Side view 

 Mom, I'm getting tired posing..

 Okay, back view

Let's continue watching Cocomelon 

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Tote Bag

Tote Bag

I made these 2 bags for 2018 Teacher's Day gift exchange. One for my husband and one for mine. I took the white. He took red.

For the bag, I used this tutorial:

I made some mistakes when I'm sewing the inner. I noticed I need to make it bigger/wider than the bag. When it's made same size, it cannot fit that well. So, I have to cover it with embellishment. 

I used this tutorial for the flower: 

Size: small for this bag

3.5mm hook 

DK yarn : 5股牛奶棉 

For the bag, I used 厚棉 6mm hook 

Baby Booties

Baby Booties

I modified this pattern. I find with a pompom, it looks soooo much better. It looks weird earlier. 

Maybe it's because I'm using a finer yarn. 

It'll look much more normal when it is done with the yarn recommended in the tutorial.

I doubled the stitches. Then for the cuffs, I crocheted around a few times. Added a pom-pom. 

Size 13 knitting needles

Green Golden Sun cotton yarn

Newborn Beanie

Newborn Beanie 

I couldn't remember the link but here's credit to where I got the pattern from:

TheMakeYourOwnZone.com

I used:

size 13 circular knitting needles 

1 skein of Golden Sun cotton yarn (green) 

tapestry needle 

scissors 

I basically doubled everything. So, instead of starting at 48 cast on stitches, I did 96. 

Baby Mitten

The first pair of baby mitten - specially for my little beanie. I knitted this mitten with really fine cotton yarn. It took me 8 hours of a day to get it completed. It's all worth it though he/she may not be wearing it for long. I started off my baby project with this baby mitten. Then, followed up with baby jacket. I might do booties or beanie next. 

These are the materials I used: 

Fine cotton yarn (green) : 1 50g skein

Size 13 circular knitting needles 

Modification: I doubled all the stitches  

Due to the fact that the yarn is really fine and hence, it took really quite some time to knit until here.. 

The second mitten is done more delicately as the first one was meant as trial. I didn't expect it to turn out so well from first try. 

Important modification done: 

Though I used circular needles, it's made from metal. Hence I find it quite difficult to knit in the round. So, I knitted a big piece.. and then reduce the stitches at the beginning, middle and end. I also didn't knit a row after decreasing the stitches. When I was sewing the loosing yarn at the end, I simply weaved it to cover up any visible holes. 

Simple Baby Jacket

This is the first baby jacket I crocheted. And it's gonna be for my special little one who will be arriving in June 2018. Daddy and Mommy can't wait to see you but at the same time, Mommy is afraid of all kinds of odds (first time mama).

I referred to the above tutorial. These are the materials that I used: 

• Fine cotton yarn (green) 1 50g skein 
• 2/0 crochet hook 
• 4 buttons removed from adult shirt 
• Needle and thread 
• Written tutorial link: http://thecrochetcrowd.com/crochet-baby-jacket-pattern-tutorial/ 

When I made the swatch, I got 6cm instead of 10cm. So, I knew that my end product will be smaller if I were to follow exactly the newborn size. So, I followed instructions for 12 months size. I wouldn't say my end product is exactly newborn size according to diagram. Overall it's the same except the neckline area is a little more narrow. It doesn't matter much if I don't button till the top. 

Neck edge: Follow 12 months size 

Body length: Follow newborn size 

Sleeves: Follow newborn size

However, I made some modifications because I don't like how it originally looks like according to the pattern (shapeless long log shape). So, I wanted the sleeves to look like from big to small. These are the modifications done:

Row 1 - 5: 32 dc

Row 6 - 8: 30 dc

Row 9 - 13: 28 dc  

Button band: Follow pattern exactly 

Buttonhole band: I crocheted one row of sc before I made the buttonholes row. I used 2 chains instead of 1 chain for buttonhole. 

Overall, this is a fairly simple project for beginners. I followed 70% of the tutorial from written instructions instead of depending on the video. It was a fun project, not to mention, super adorable mini jacket. 

Neck edge 

The body part 

End result 

There's supposed to be another button at the bottom but I felt it's unnecessary after sewing 4 buttons.

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