Cheery Crochet Spring Daisy Blanket

This was a long project. I started at the end of May but with moving to a new city and summer I didn't finish until October. I found this flower square on Dada’s Place and when I looked through the projects on Ravelry I came across bedcrafter’s daisy square (http://www.ravelry.com/projects/bedcrafter/flower-square-...). I loved bedcrafter's colours and I really appreciate the breakdown she gives on the differences between the original flower square and Dada’s daisy square.

I used Loops & Threads Snuggly Wuggly which is a DK weight yarn. Loops & Threads (Michaels store brand) is my go to acrylic yarn. I find it holds up well and has a nicer feel than a lot of other cheap acrylics. 

I have never felt very confident about my granny square layouts, and this time I used this very useful granny squares pattern randomizer for my layout: http://granny-square-colors.com/. 

The border I used is from the crochet "I love you" blanket by Repeat Crafter Me.

This is the only picture I have of the entire blanket - it's hard to get a good one!

Initially I was disappointed with the length of the blanket. I had planned to make it a row or two longer, but once I finished the border it was the perfect size for a cozy couch blanket. 

Sweetie Pie the Crochet Rhino Lovey

Meet Sweetie Pie, the "rhino-saurous", according to the 4 year old. She saw the one I made for a baby and pestered me until I made her one.

This is the second Riley Rhino I’ve made. I found the 3.5 mm hook works better with the Loops & Threads Impeccable as it’s quite thick. I love how big the blanket is.
I used the Riley Rhino the Rhinoceros Snuggle Blankey pattern by Ira Rott. I want to make this moose as well.

This is the first Riley Rhinoceros I made for my cousin's baby. Unfortunately I took these 2 pictures immediately finishing it but forgot to take better ones before giving it away. 

Crochet Owl Earflap Hats

These were the first hats I crocheted for my kids for this winter. These two are for the girls, oldest and youngest, and thankfully the older was glad to match the younger. Whew!

I used the Little Hoot Owl Hat Pattern from Ravelry. It was easy to follow. And no, that's not a funny dress the little one is wearing, she was still in her nightie. :)

I made the 1 - 4 year size first intending it to be for the 3 year old, but because my yarn is quite thick (Loops & Threads Impeccable) the first hat came out too big for the 3 yr old. I made both 1 - 4 size, the smaller one made with a 5 mm hook and the bigger one made with a 5.5 mm hook. Next time I would use a 5 mm hook and go up a size for the bigger hat with this yarn. 

The eyes on the bigger one are exactly as called for in the pattern but for the smaller hat I played around with them and like the result better. I did 2 rounds hdc in black instead of one, and continued in hdc. I used the Alice Owl Hat pattern on Ravelry as inspiration for these eyes.

The ears took me a while, I did the harder version but once you get the hang of the first two rows it’s not hard. I think it was well worth the result.

The pattern is easy to follow and I am happy with the result. I will use this as the basis for further earflap hats.