Seasonal Projects

Anyone working on projects for the coming seasons? I have a few ideas for things to make for Autumn/Fall, Halloween and even Christmas/Winter. I would love to work on some gifts for friends and family to give for Christmas. I'm just not sure how much time I will really have to work on my crochet things when the new babies come. I'm sure I will make time. I will be up several times a night to feed, i'm sure I can BF and crochet at the same time! :) I have a few short updates to post here soon. A little about crochet and a little about my family and the coming new additions.
In the meantime I would love to hear about what you are all working on. Feel free to share pics! Anyone have any patterns they would like for me to try out and review for you? I haven't done any reviews in a while. I love to try new patterns and stitches so I am up for anything! :)

Crochet Ribbed Baby Hat/Beanie - Video

Puff Stitch Hat

This is my completed crochet puff stitch hat. This hat pattern in by Teresa Richardson (The Crochet Geek on YouTube). I love this hat. It was very easy to make and I followed right along with the video tutorial. I was actually unfamiliar with the puff stitch before making this hat. I really like it though and it was easy for me to learn. Teresa is a great teacher. I am already thinking of a few patterns of my own that I can incorporate this stitch into. The flower in the picture is actually one of my own patterns. It is posted here on the blog: http://crochetcrazymama.blogspot.com/2011/05/spring-bloom-pattern.html. I thought adding the flower made the hat even better. There are many ways you could accessorize a hat like this one. This was another awesome pattern by Teresa!

Spring Rose

This is the "Spring Rose" flower pattern by Teresa Richardson. I think this flower looks beautiful. The pattern was easy for the most part. I was confused at first about the shaping of the flower but thankfully Teresa posts videos on YouTube as well because watching the video helped me to figure out the rest of the pattern. I'm still glad I tried this one out although I don't think i'll be trying to make a lot of them. This one was a little too time consuming to me. Very beautiful flower though, excellent artwork! (Find the pattern here: http://crochet-mania.blogspot.com/2011/03/crochet-spring-rose.html )

Crochet DaffoDil

This is another new flower pattern I decided to try out. It's called the "Crochet DaffoDilly Flower". It turned out to be a pretty big flower but I really like it a lot. It was an easy pattern to do and it worked up really fast. I think the sewing part took the longest. The flower in the pattern was supposed to be yellow but I am using scrap yarn of all colors to make my flowers so I chose 2 different colors to make mine. I think it's pretty! :) (Find the pattern here: http://crochet-mania.blogspot.com/2008/04/crochet-lilly.html )

April showers brings May flowers

One of my favorite things about Spring has always been all of the beautiful flowers. I am allergic to most of them, but I still love how beautiful they are. So what better way is there to enjoy the beauty of flowers without the watery eyes, runny nose, itchy throat and sneezing? Crochet flowers of course! LOL! I sound like a commercial. Anyway I have seen quite a few different crochet flower patterns before, but most of them just looked too difficult to me. Well, I decided to face my fears and go ahead and try a few of them. I was surprised to find out how easy and fun they were to make. I used scrap yarn to make all of my flowers. I think flowers are an excellent way to use up all of your left over yarn and they can be used for a number of different things too.

This one is the "Crochet Marigold Flower". This one is one of my favorites so far. It was a very easy pattern to follow and I think the flower is beautiful. (Find the pattern here: http://crochet-mania.blogspot.com/2008/04/crochet-marigold.html )

This one is the crochet "Ribbon Flower". I really love this one too! This pattern I found to be a little more difficult for me in the beginning, but once I figured it out I love it! The unique design of this flower is beautiful and I had fun making it. (Find the pattern here: http://crochet-mania.blogspot.com/2008/11/crochet-ribbon-flower.html )

This is the "Cheerful Crochet Flower". This is a beautiful flower pattern and another favorite. Very fun and easy to make. I will definitely be making more of these! (Find the pattern here: http://crochet-mania.blogspot.com/2009/05/cheerful-crochet-flower.html )

This is a crochet "Pansy". It's a very pretty flower and I enjoyed making it. It was also a very easy to follow pattern and it doesn't take much time to make. (Find the pattern here: http://crochet-mania.blogspot.com/2008/09/crochet-pansy-variation-2.html )

This one is the "Radiant Crochet Flower". This pattern was a little different to me. I liked doing it, but it wasn't my favorite. It had a new stitch or two that I had never tried before and I like to learn new things soI enjoyed that about it. Overall it was a very simple flower but still very pretty. (Find the pattern here: http://crochet-mania.blogspot.com/2010/02/radiant-crochet-flower.html )

Last but not least, this is the "Spring Bloom". This is an original pattern by me. After trying out all of the other patterns, i decided to try to come up with a unique flower pattern of my own. This is the result. I really like it. I did write up the pattern as I went along and I will share it with you in the free patterns section of this blog. it's a layered flower made in three separate parts and sewn together. I think it's beautiful! :)

I enjoyed making all of these beautiful spring flowers and look forward to tryout out a few more new patterns soon. I'll keep you all updated!

Precious Baby Blanket

Here is another blanket I have been working on. I don't really know what I'm doing with it when it's done though. This one is a baby blanket. I found the pattern for this blanket in the book 7-Day Afghans by Jean Leinhauser and Rita Weiss. The pattern is called "Rippling Shells". I have changed it up a little to add some texture but for the most part I have kept it the same. I'm really enjoying it and I love the way it looks. I'm about a 3rd of the way done and I'm hoping I can finish it within the next month or two.

Here is a close up of the details: