Baby Bear Hat

Another blog about something I made for little Zoe.  I saw this adorable little crochet hat on Pinterest and decided I had to try to make it.  I was a bit nervous that I wouldn't be able to do it.  The only things I've been able to successfully crochet are flowers which come from a book with a picture diagram, I have not been able to get a handle on the written instructions for crochet.  But, I decided to try to give this one a shot since it was so cute.  Some parts were quite confusing, but I finally got the hang of it!  I think it turned out very cute and I can't wait for little Zoe to wear it!  I made this hat to fit a newborn, but it gives instructions for sizes up to 36 months, so who knows, maybe I'll make her another one.

I really love the flower on this, it's unlike any I have made before.

Knit Squares

I have been working on a baby blanket for our little Wheat.  I bought the yarn before we knew if we were having a boy or a girl.  At that time, I really thought we were going to be having a little boy, so I tried to buy fairly gender neutral colors then if it was a girl I could put some flowers on it to make it more girly.  I do love the colors, especially since little Zoe will be born in the fall, the colors are perfect for that time of year.

So, I used 9 colors and made 9 rows of 9 squares per row.  It took a good bit of time to knit all the squares and then piece them all together, but I think it turned out great.  It is a pretty simply blanket, but since it has so many colors in it, it makes it look a lot more complex than it really is.  

Starting to piece together the squares

Crochet flowers on knit blanket

I didn't really get a picture of the whole blanket, but this is a good chunk of it.

25 Weeks!

22 Weeks

I found one from 22 weeks.

23 Weeks

I missed 22 weeks, but here's a picture of me and Zoe at 23 weeks.  Not really taking it as a belly pic, but you can see the belly in it pretty well so I guess it will work :)