Little Baker Girl

HAPPY FRIDAY, WORLD!

I am delighted to share my little baker doll! I based my doll off of the Baker Lily  pattern from Yarnspirations. However, I didn’t use their pattern for hair as I didn’t like the look of it. Instead,  made my own cowl and wove the strands of yarn into the cowl (think of weaving hair extensions). I also made the pig tails look “curly”. 🙂  [The pattern is FREE, so definitely go check it out. It’s great practice for anyone interested in amigurumi. It is also a good chance to see if you really like crocheting this kind of thing!]

It took me about 3 weeks to complete. My fingers were pretty sore from rows upon rows upon rows of tiny single crochets. My absolute favorite part was the hair and the dress.

Hope everyone enjoys! I also added a little apron, which isn’t in the photo. I purposely left the “face” blank; the doll is for my grandmother, and the plan is to have her sew buttons and make the little mouth so it can be something we both worked on. 🙂 That being said, I hope it gets to her soon!!!

This looks like a job for…. Superman!

I started this fun little project last week (unfortunately have not gotten as far as I would like), but I figured I would share so far! My boyfriend’s son is obsessed with wearing a red little cape around his sweaters and coats! Last week, he was using a plastic red table cloth looking thing which ended up breaking after a little too much activity. He was rather upset about this, to say the least… So I decided to make him a little cape which will hopefully be a little more durable!!!

I found an AWESOME, FREE pattern, by Laura Michels – Batman Cape! I modified the size to fit my particular project. The pattern was created for a much smaller child — our little one is 6. I also had to make it big enough to fit around a neck with a sweater or a coat on. I also used Red Heart Super Saver yarn in cherry red for my superman version of this pattern.

My modifications:

Howdy!

Well hello! I’m excited to announce that I finally have a blog underway! I’m very excited as this will be a great way to track my projects, patterns and all around cool things I find on the web.

Though I know there are quite a few blogs out there, I intend to make this not just a resource for myself, but for others. While there are millions of patterns out there — both free and for sale –, I don’t believe that there are quite enough places out there to teach new crocheters (or even those wishing to learn from scratch).

With that in mind, I will post at the very least, once a week (hopefully more often)! I do work full time as well as go to school full time, so I am a busy, busy girl! I welcome comments to all posts and will try my best to respond. I will also be available for contact via e-mail.

Thanks for checking out Sugarplum Crochet!