UPDATE: little lady bug costume

Just making a quick update on the lady bug costume. Here is my little lady bug showing off the costume except shes not wearing the black pants and shirt. Also if you make the hat and you have a sensitive baby use soft yarn I used red heart and she doesn't like the feel of it :( so I'm remaking the hat in a different yarn that she will be able to tolerate better.

little lady bug costume

this is the back of the lady bug costume i made my sweet little baby.

the hat that goes with it is a basic hat pattern in red yarn and you crochet in black around 2 pipe cleaners and attach it for the attenas.

here's the pattern which could probably be used as a bib too. fits 6-12 months.

lady bug's back or "shell"

always slst to first st in the ROUNDS

with sugar'n cream red and a size "k" hook: ch2

rnd1:6sc in 2nd ch from hook, join (6sc)

rnd2:2sc in each around, join (12sc)

rnd3:1sc in next, 2sc in next, join (18sc)

rnd4:1sc in n2,2sc in next, join (24sc)

rnd5:1sc in n3, 2sc in next, join (30sc)

rnd6:1hdc in n4, 2hdc in next, join (36hdc)

rnd7:1sc in n5, 2sc in next, join (42sc)

rnd8:1sc in n6, 2sc in next, join (48sc)

ROW9:slst in next 6st, ch1, sc around (42sc)

row10: ch1 turn, sc in n6, 2sc in next (48sc)

row11: ch2 turn, hdc in n7, 2hdc in next (54hdc)

row12: ch2 turn, hdc in n8, 2hdc in next (60hdc)

row13: ch2 turn, dc in next 6sts, hdc in next, sc in next, slst in next 44st, sc in next, hdc in next, dc in next 6sts. F.O.

EDGING: with red heart black sc all the way around (going in the top sts of the dc and not the spaces between them. and around the neck put 2sc on the dc post) F.O.

TIES: attach black to the shoulder flaps, ch 30 and F.O.

DOTS: with black ch2,

rnd1: 6sc in 2nd from hook (6sc)

rnd2: 2sc in each around(12sc)

F.O. leave a tail for sewing

i used different sized hooks to get different sized dots

then sew them on and enjoy :)