Baby Shower

I have been working on a baby shower present for three weeks now and I have just finished it. I have been working on three different patterns and making a dipper cake that I saw on Joanna's and Alli Crafts. I will add the patterns later but I wanted to just show case what I have made. I have been having a lot of fun working on it. I took it to the baby shower and it was a big success. My friend loved it ! I had many people recommend that I sell them. That is still something in the air. we'll see when it happens.

Okay the story behind the bibs and toys.  I have a really good friend who I just love and when she told me that she was having her baby shower in 3 weeks I was like. Three weeks!! what can I make in three weeks.  So I thought I would try some bibs I saw the frog bib on my favorite website Lion Brand Yarn.  So I made that as well as the amigurumi frog.  those were my first attempt. then I asked my friend what animals she wanted and she said Monkeys or Giraffes.  So I found a giraffe amigurumi pattern and then I came up with a bib using the base of the frog pattern I did the same for the monkey bib.  I then made a monkey amigurumi from what I saw while researching how monkeys look.  I made t all in three weeks and I added the dipper cake for fun. I hope my friend likes it.

Head bands

So I have been working on this pattern for a long time.  I saw something like this once in Mexico and I said that I could make it.  I have made several attempts and now I think I got it.  This is the first time I try to write a pattern let me know what you think.

Supplies:

•  Medium weight yarn
• I/9 5.50mm hook
• H/8 5 mm hook (for flower)
• Buttons
• Tapestry  needle  

Abbreviations:

• ch - chain
• sc - single crochet
• st- stich
• sl st - slip stich
• sc2tog (sc dec) - Insert hook into st and draw up a loop. Insert hook into next st and draw up a loop. Yarn over, draw through all 3 loops on hook.

Instruction:

Chain 6

Row 1: sc in second stich from hook and eache across ( 5 st)

Row 2-4: ch 1, *sc in each st across

Row 5: ch 1, sc in next 2 st, 2 sc in 3 st, sc in next 2 st (6 st)

Row 6 - 7: ch 1, *sc in each st across

Row 8: ch 1, sc in next 3 st, 2 sc in 4 st, sc in last st (7 st)

Row 9 - 10: ch 1, *sc in each st across

Row 11: ch 1, sc in next 3 st, 2 sc in 4 st, sc in next 3 st (8 st)

Row 12-13: ch 1, *sc in each st across

Row 14: ch 1, sc in next 4 st, 2 sc in 5 st, sc in next 3 st (9 st)

Row 15- 40: ch 1, *sc in each st across

Row 41: ch 1, sc2tog, sc in next stich (8 st)

Row 42- 43: ch 1, *sc in each st across

Row 44: sc2tog, sc in next stich ( 7 st)

Row 45- 46: ch 1, *sc in each st across

Row 47: sc2tog, sc in each st across (6 st)

Row 48 - 49: ch 1, *sc in each st across

Row 50: sc2tog, sc in each st across (5 st)

Row 51 - 52: ch 1, *sc in each st across

Row 53: ch 1, sc in next 2, skip st, sc in st last 2 st

Boarder: ch 1, sc in next st around, sc st in Row 53 fasten off.

The head band would be 15 inches long, this is good so that it can stretch. 

Flower

I borrowed the pattern from Lion Brand Yarn, but I changed it to make it more dimensional.

With smaller hook, ch 4. Join with sl st to form a ring.
Rnd 1: Ch 5 (counts as first sc and ch 3), * sc in ring, ch 3; rep from * 5 times; join with sl st to 2nd ch of beg ch.
Rnd 2: * [Sc, hdc, 3 dc, hdc, sc] in next ch-3 sp, rep from * 6 times; join with sl st to beg sc.
Rnd 3: Sc through back lp of first sc of Rnd 2, ch 3, * sk next [hdc, 3 dc, hdc] of Rnd 2, sc through back lp of next sc of Rnd 2, ch 3, rep from * 5 times, join with sl st to beg sc.
Rnd 4: * [Sc, hdc, 4 dc, hdc, sc] in next ch sp; rep from * 6 times, join with sl st to beg sc.
Rnd 5: Sc through back lp of first sc of Rnd 2, ch 3, * sk next [hdc, 3 dc, hdc] of Rnd 2, sc through back lp of next sc of Rnd 4, ch 3, rep from * 5 times, join with sl st to beg sc.
Rnd 6: * [Sc, hdc, 4 dc, hdc, sc] in next ch sp; rep from * 6 times, join with sl st to beg sc. Fasten off

Sew on buttons and flower

© 2012 Esmeralda Patino, all rights reserved. You may sell items made with this pattern, but if you sell them online, you must link to this pattern. You may not sell this pattern or claim it as your own. You may publish or post a link to this pattern, but you may not publish or post this pattern in whole or in part.

Frogs

I have a friend who is having a baby boy, I asked what colors she likes for the baby and she said green and brown.  As I was thinking about what to make here with those colors and in 3 weeks for the baby shower, I deced to look on line.  I found two paterns on the  Lion Brand Yarn web site www.lionbrand.com; first a frog bib and then Amigurumi Frog (toy frog).  I have never made a baby bib or an amigurumi toy this has been my first.  I hope you like it.