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Cup of milk

For Ella Bean’s fourth birthday we gifted her with a fabulous retro play kitchen. For some of her small gifts, I improvised up a few things for her new kitchen- including this super quick, super simple to make cup of milk.
This is a beginner (easy) pattern.
You’ll need:
worsted weight yarn (cotton, acrylic, wool is my personal [...]

Chocolate cream-filled egg

I’m such a bad blogger. I have a new free pattern to make up for my bad blogging behavior though.
I made the team a bunch of goodies for their Easter baskets this year. We didn’t have to buy them much to go with it, but ended up doing so anyway. Isn’t that always [...]

Mugs of hot cocoa

Three hot little treats, one for each of The Team.
Made with various wool yarns, mostly Peace Fleece.
One more pattern today! These darling little mugs of hot goodness were created to be the exact scale of my cookies. Make a quick, easy, & fun gift set for kids!
This is an advanced beginner pattern.
You’ll need:
Worsted [...]

Cookies

Two raisin cookies & two chocolate chip cookies.
This is another “off the top of my head” pattern. Very simple to make, in fact I am working with Bean on how to crochet her own cookies!
This is a beginner (easy) pattern.
You’ll need:
Worsted weight yarn (cotton, acrylic, wool is my personal preference) in colors for the cookies [...]

Ice Cream Cones

Single scoop waffle cones with cherries on top. Yarns used: Hand dyed in strawberry ripple, chocolate fudge, undyed Blackberry Ridge 3-ply merino with embroidered sprinkles & Moscow Magic Peace Fleece (Worsted)- bubblegum.
When I created the first version of this pattern (which was much like this, if you’d prefer that style of cone & ice cream) [...]

Hats x2

I finished K’s hat & made N’s. I loved how they turned out. It’s always so fun to watch how the yarn you dye works up.

K’s the proud owner of a huge head.
We got the kids’ winter coats on Sunday. Old Navy was having a 40% off sale (fortunately for us!) [...]

Beanie hat & tea set

Two of my latest finished gifts, a beanie hat..

I dyed this KnitPicks Bare superwash merino for Ella Bean, she picked the colors. The purple was intended to be periwinkle, but it works. I made this hat from the Firebrunette pattern, Single Crochet Beanie. I like how fast & easy they work up so [...]

Arrr!

N’s “Jack Sparrow” finally completed. I think he’s adorable, I might have to make one for ME!

E’s Waldorf doll should be fully complete soon. I did however, get a few of the cute outfits I ordered for it..

The rest of the clothes are on the way with (I hope!) the [...]