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.

easy pipe cleaner spider webs

Made these cute spider webs and spiders on a whim with the hubby and kidos.

• You take 3 to 4 pipe cleaners and make the "arms" of the web and starting at the center you wrap the yarn around each arm alternating going under and over each arm.


• Then you tie off and make the spider. Using 2 pipe cleaners make 4 big legs by cutting them in half.


• Then tie them together by wraping another pipe cleaner around the center of the 4 legs.


• You should now have 8 little legs and the body. attach and hang up :)

coffee covered strawberries afghan

This is a Granny Square afghan that I made my four year old. Its a basic granny square made with Red Heart Super Saver yarn in coffee and petal pink. Perfect size for her toddler bed. Now im working on a "strawberry coffee fields" ripple afghan for her baby sister to match hers :) pictures of that soon.

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 :)

scarf and ear flap hat set

My earflap hat and scarf set im making the kidos for xmas. Hat is based off a barnet pattern and scarf is of my own design. posting pattern soon.

granny square baby blanket

I made this blanket for baby Levi, its made with baby yarn and a size J hook. i used light blue and green together for one row and a slightly darker green and lighter blue for the other row. followed by white and white with small sections of green and blue. It only took about 3 hours to make so I really like this pattern. Next up is a pink one like this :)

cute little top hat

So I found this cute little hat on a friends blog a few days back and just had to make it. Unfortunately the pattern was untested so I decided I couldn't pass it up and started working on it. That pattern called for and "I" sized hook and #4 worsted weight yarn. After a whole night of working on it and working out the bugs I decided to turn in for the night by that time it was 11:30! Well I just finished it this morning and I had to unravel it like 3 more times but here it is. And my beautiful big girl Zoie is modeling it for me though it's to big for her. This pattern can be made smaller by using a smaller hook or deleting a row or two on the top. That's why I love it! I can now make a matching hat for her and my 9 month old baby girl, we will be a couple of Madd Hatters lol :) yes I'm a dork but ya gotta love it. After the blog fixes the pattern I'll post a link or you can contact me and I'll email it to you.