Yummy Yarn

I feel so blessed to have access to a fun yarn shop in our cute, tiny downtown area and I'm not gonna lie - I'm a yarn nerd. Okay? I said it and I'm not ashamed. Isn't it SCRUMPTIOUS?! It's like candy to me and I can sit and pet it and pet it.... And now that it's chilly and cold outside, I have SO much more fun playing with my yarn. It's so cozy.

Now, LISTEN. I'm a complete idiot with yarn. My mom and grandmother taught me the basics like how to hold my hook, how to hold my yarn, and how to do the basic crochet stitches that I've walked you through on my blog here - and I know no more than that! But who cares?! I just have fun with what I can do. You CAN do any of my crochet projects here if you just walk yourself through my basic tutorials first. I have NO idea how to do the hard stuff - so if I can do this, so can you!!!









My 7-year-old has been seeing me make baby blankets and nestie blankets and she keeps asking me when I'm going to make something for her. Precious thing. So I started this little hat just like I did with my baby nest blanket - but I just stopped when the hat got tall enough to cover her ears. I didn't measure how round her head is - I just eyeballed it and guessed on how big around it should be. It worked out. Crochet stretches, too, so you really don't have to stress out about getting it just the right size.

THEN...my little fashionista went and found one of her flower clippies we made a while back and clipped it into her hat! Atta girl! She felt all adorable this morning, and I didn't help matters any by squeaking and snapping pictures.

{love her...my daughter is so rad.}


{I love this yarn...}



{....and this yarn....}

This cute little blanket is just single crochet back and forth. SO easy. It's my pick-up project for when I'm sitting and relaxing at the end of the day.

Yum!