Winter Warmers

Well...
The awful, wet, cold weather, has prompted a flurry of warm crocheted goodies being made for my Etsy shop over the last two weeks...

First: 


I saw a woman in the super-market queue wearing an ordinary cowl which she had 'squashed' together at one side and held with a brooch.  It looked stunning!

So, off I went, straight to one of my local yarn shops, bought some multi coloured King Cole lightweight chunky, went home, made a cup of tea, and got

designing... and crocheting.

The result was my 'Autumn Colours Buttoned Cowl'.  I designed it to drape over the shoulders slightly - to avoid that cold bit on the back of the lower neck! - and have a removable 'strap', with a large button, which would do the 'squashing'  - sounds strange, but bear with me!  It looks better than it sounds...

Second:

Having crocheted a few baby blankets recently, and thinking of starting another, my mind went back to my first newborn, (26 years ago!), and how complicated it seemed at first to wrap him warmly without stifling him - when he got a bit livlier, kicking and waving about, it got even harder.  

"A cocoon!" I thought.  On to Pintrest to look for ideas...   The ones I found looked even harder to get a wriggling, delicate, new baby into than just using a blanket.  Just a long 'bag' really!

Now, I LOVE buttons!  So, the answer was obvious.

A dusky pink and cream, stripy baby girl's cocoon with matching dusky pink hat.  Very snuggly!



Third:

Discovered I loved making newborn cocoons.  But remembering how small 'newborn' items are for babies like mine born 23 years ago at nearly 10lb, I decided to make a slightly larger one, this time for a boy.

Fourth:

My Cloche Hat:  
I just went round and round until it fit me and could also have a higher 'brim' on one side.  Fixed with a button.  Voila!   This is, for once, all mine though...