It
is a lot easier to create small circular motifs with crochet than
knitting, and crochet is perfect to make some small flower appliques (so many fewer pieces to make when compared to knit flowers, you can join as you go!). I started the week creating a Lucky Clover for my Lucky, and then started making some small flowers and hair bows that I'm going to
start sharing with you now.
I selected the Mini-Bow Headband. I may have a little boy, but I thought these were darling! I'm
not entirely sure what yarn I used, but I know that it was 100% acrylic
that I purchased for a charity afghan back in the day. I'm guessing it
is something like Red Heart Super Saver, so this is the yarn I selected
to guesstimate yardage. Each bow took about 5 minutes to make.
2 weeks ago (at 3 months), Lucky had a 16.25" circumference. Now a
newborn would need a smaller headband, but I wanted to play with the fit
on him a bit. Since the headband itself (I selected the small one) is
just a crochet chain, I made it 16" long to see how it would fit on
Lucky's head. I then knew I could cut and readjust it to be newborn
size.
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3 month headband weighs 2 g including loose ends that need cutting off. |
This
was so easy that I whipped up two more bows while Lucky was still
napping. I can wait to see what to do with the chain once he wakes up.
(well, that was the intent... but I made it through half of a bow
before we got up. Whoops!) I was able to finish this during the next
nap.
Taking
picture of Lucky with the bows on was SO MUCH FUN! I would say that the
16" chain length was a little bit big for him, and it didn't even take
advantage of any of the stretch in the chain.
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15 week old Lucky modeling the bow. Thank you google for the Auto Awesome! |
I
reduced the chain to 14 inches, but it easily stretches to 16". This
is safely 0-3 month size. I'll try it on Lucky again after he wakes up
from another nap. I tied the ends of the chain together carefully and
slipped this knot under the bow itself. (If it fits poorly, the parents
can always remove the bow from the chain.)
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This ones doesn't show off the bow well... but it shows of my happy little boy! |
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The new 14" chain just barely stretches to fit around 15 week old Lucky's head, although it is maybe a little too tight to be comfortable (wearing it didn't leave a mark, so not TOO too tight.). I would say this is definitely 0-3 month size. |
I didnt know if you did this on purpose but everywhere else on your blog you refer to your baby as Lucky but a couple of times during this post you refer to him as Lucas, I don't know if you do this to protect his identity/keep him annonymous or not but I figured if you did you would like to know so I thought I'd mention it :) (I really enjoy reading your blog by the way :) )
ReplyDeleteHaha whoops! Thanks for pointing that out.
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