The Easiest Little Hat

Bella hate hats, and she especially hated the one I made her wear.  It straped under her chin and was just a little too bg so when she turned her head one of her eyes was covered.  I know - Poor neglected child!  Well something had to be done (actually I just misplaced her hat so...=)

I had some white chenille yarn in my stash and had recently seen this post from The Sewing Dork or I decided to give it a go.  You have to understand the only thing I have ever crocheted was a rug and most things that I start with yard end up on the needle for a couple of years and then pulled out and rewrapped into a ball.  All that to say this is SO SIMPLE.

I modified the Sewing Dork's pattern a little for a faster result=)

Here's how it goes...

1.  Make a slip knot and chain 6 and then form a circle with the chain by making a slip stitch into your first chain.  This will be the tight center circle of your hat.

2. From here on out it is super simple.  Crochet two new double stitches into each existing stitch.  So you go from 6 stitches in the first circle to 12 in the next.  From here it is adding stitches by feel.  The weight of your material and the size of your stitches will determine how many stitches will be in each of the next circles. For the first few circles  I crochet two new double stitches into each existing stitch.  Then I start to do every other then ever 5...you will get the feel of it.

3.  Then I just keep going round and round until my piece covers the top of her head.  From the point I stop increasing.  Just crochet until the hat is long enough.  Ta-da.  It may sound complicated if you have never crocheted but it really easy!  I suggest finding a friend who can show you - Thanks Mrs. Carol! - or a good youtube video.

You can leave your hat as is or add some embellishments.  Tomorrow I will  introduce you to one of the coolest sewing tools ever that I used to embellish my niece's hat!  I know you can barely contain your excitement=)

A revised version of the tissue box toy

Remember this awesome toy that I raved about?  Well, my little munchkin showed it a little too much love=)  And tissue boxes aren't that sturdy anyway so I had to come up with a solution.

So I took this box that my husband saved from the trash and taped up the opening.

Then I flipped it over on its side and cut out an oval opening.

Then I covered it with stash fabric and hot glued it down. I cut the material in little tabs around the opening, put dabs of hot glue on ans pressed them under the rim.  Per usual I got more hot glue on my fingers than the box. grr!

This box is much sturdier!  In fact I accidentally stepped on it this morning and no damage done!

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Fabric Travel High Chair

Inspired by This Mama Make Stuff, I made this nifty little portable high chair for Bella. It was pretty simple with only three rectangles to fit together. And while it isn't escape-proof (don't turn away from them or they may wiggle out- not that I would know=p) it is great to keep in the diaper bag for those times a high chair isn't around. It would make a great baby shower gift as well. The very easy to understand tutorial can be found here. The only thing I would suggest is making the strap that goes around the baby a little longer to accommodate chairs with wider backs.


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