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Baby Bib & Bear Washcloth sets

I crocheted these baby bib and washcloth sets for this years’ Operation Christmas Child (OCC) shoeboxes. I made several baby bibs, washcloths, teddy bears, and hats to fill our shoeboxes. It was really fun to crochet these items for the children’s shoeboxes for Christmas.

Here is another set in lilac colored cotton yarn. The diagonal baby bib crochet pattern is found here. The bibs are 6.5″ long by 9 inches wide. I crocheted long ties of 10″ long by chaining 47 on these bibs.

Below are more baby bear washcloths I crocheted for OCC. The free crochet pattern link is

Fall Crocheted Kitchen Items

Here are a few Fall kitchen items that I crocheted for a upcoming Fall and Halloween charity sale.

Here is another photo showing the full towel. This towel topper was crocheted using the pointed handle towel topper pattern.

Here is a Fall themed potholder with a crocheted towel added.

I stitched across the potholder in a blanket stitch using a big needle for the first row as shown below.

Round Ripple Dishcloths

I crocheted these round ripple dishcloths using up some scraps of cotton I had. The flowered center uses 7.5 yards of cotton so it is a great way to use up those bits of cotton yarn. The two dishcloths were crocheted using one 2 ounce ball of Sugar n’ Cream ombres yarn in pink lilacs colorway.

The crochet pattern used is Julle’s blue ribbon round ripple dishcloth. I crocheted the dishcloths using the smaller option cloth from the pattern. Using the smaller option, my dishcloths are 9.5 inches wide using a G (4.25 mm) crochet hook.

Total yardage for the dishcloth including trim is

Star Kitchen Crocheted Set

I crocheted this cotton star kitchen set as part of a bridal shower gift. The star dishcloth is one of my original free dishcloth patterns found here. I created this dishcloth pattern back in the summer of 2008. I can’t believe it was already 17 years ago!

I added a diagonal potholder to match the dishcloth. I used the double-thick diagonal hotpad free pattern that is a wonderful classic pattern found here. I like to chain 34 stitches to start to crochet a hotpad that is just over 6 inches wide.

Below is a closeup photo of the star dishcloth.

Bunny Round Ripple Lovey

I crocheted another round ripple lovey for the local hospital. This lovey is crocheted by chaining 24 single crochet stitches around a ponytail tie to start. This creates the hole for inserting a store bought animal.

I generally follow the round ripple pattern written by Aggie May to crochet the lovey. I crocheted 3 rounds in pink and then white yarn for 11 rounds. At round 12, I crocheted 2 rounds in pink, then one more double crochet (DC) round

Mandala Cotton Dishcloths

I had a yearning to crochet some cotton dishcloths the last few days. I have a big bag of cotton scraps and the Magnolia Mandala crochet pattern is just perfect for using some of it.

I only crocheted through round 8 as I wanted smaller dishcloths. These can also be used as pretty hotpads too. For these first two, I used a G (4 mm) crochet hook which resulted in a 8.5 inch wide dishcloth.

Here is the second crocheted Mandala scrappy dishcloth in teals.

Pink Birdie Baby Lovey

Here is a granny stitch baby lovey that I crocheted for the local Hospital. This will be given to a child who may be in need of a lovey for comfort while they are in the Hospital.

This lovey is crocheted with a center hole that has a store-bought stuffed animal toy placed in the middle. They are handy as you can pulled out the stuffed animal and the lovey blanket portion can be washed when needed.

The pattern is based upon this video link of the Zee’s lovey pattern.

Using a H ( 5 mm) crochet hook, I chained 36 SC around ponytail hair band with Red Heart raspberry (pink) yarn. Then 3 rows in raspberry in granny stitches as shown in the video. Then 3 rows of white yarn, 3 rows raspberry, 5 rows of white, the 1 row of raspberry. To finish with white yarn, 1 row of white grannies, the 1 row on Scs with 2 SC in corners.

Here is a closeup photo showing the Birdie Lovey.

Crocheted Baby Hats

Here are my latest baby hats that I crocheted for the local hospital nursery. This will probably be my last batch as the weather is warming up and I will be doing other items for them.

First are two newborn baby hats that feature a scalloped edging. This edging is easy and fun to add to any baby hat. Here is the free crochet pattern for the scalloped baby hat.

Next are some ribbed band baby hats. First is the single post newborn hat pattern.

I thing that I did do differently than the original pattern as written is that I crocheted them seamless. I have been playing around with this idea for awhile. I begin the hat by

Crocheted Sampler Blanket

I crocheted a new pattern for a blanket for the Veteran’s Outreach Program. It is a stitch sampler pattern that uses a different stitch every row. I really love the center panel as it just has such a pretty design.

I did do some light blocking on the center panel to get it to lay down flat. It wanted to cup at the center but now as shown in the photo, it blocked out nicely.

The free crochet pattern for the stitch sampler blanket is found here at Canoe Mtn Designs. It is a pretty pattern that is written well and has good resources to show the different unique stitches used in the pattern.

Here is a photo of my completed blanket which I was only able to crochet through row 47 as I ran out of yarn.