I've been fighting to find time to crochet in the past 9 months (and incredibly, it's only getting harder!) I've also noticed that since having a baby, my crafting interests have definitely shifted! It's so much harder to find the bandwidth for amigurumi, but can you believe a baby hat can be whipped up in like half an hour!? Here's a little snapshot of my crafting postpartum!
"Milestone blanket" letters/numbers:
I didn't even realize I wanted to do these until Solly was born, and thought if I did some crochet it would add a more personal twist! I am glad I did because the time really does fly by and it's nice to look back month by month and compare how he grows! I used the amazing free patterns from HappyBerry Crochet, following along on her youtube videos is a delight! I then used this really helpful tutorial on stiffening with cornstarch from Heart Hook Home to keep them in shape, which is helpful now that Solly has very grabby hands!
Baby blankets:
I actually made two blankets after baby came! One for little Solly and one for his slightly older cousin! I used this super helpful tutorial by Em's Fiber Arts and of course the letter tutorials from HappyBerry again! I've always wanted to use an Ombre yarn, but of course with amigurumi that doesn't make a lot of sense - a baby blanket was the perfect opportunity!
High contrast mobile:
This was actually mostly done pre-baby! I freehanded the striped sphere around a cat toy, the ring has a little shaker of pellets, the tiny balls have a bell in them, and the checkerboard that I made with this pattern from Dream A Little Bigger has some crinkly plastic in it! I didn't have the idea to put them on a hula hoop over the crib until it was necessary, but they really helped reset the brain an angry little baby for the first few months!
Christmas tree:
Our little New York apartment never had room for a Christmas tree, but I thought it would be fun to have a little decoration! I actually crocheted around a circle of plastic cut from a grocery store cake box and freehanded a cone shape - I used some weird fat yarn for the tree and some weird pompom yarn for the garland - sometimes you just have to dig around in your stash to see what you have!
Hats:
Once again I used RepeatCrafterMe's owl hat pattern as the base. I made a little bear hat with the leftover yarn from Solly's blanket, a little Christmas hat, and of course the Grogu hat/ears for Halloween! I free-handed the ears for the two ear hats and just kinda winged it on making the longer tail of the Santa-style hat!
26 notes
路
View notes
Fenrir is getting in the spirit of the season too . . #crochet #crocheter #santahat #happyholidays #tortoise #tortoisesofinstagram #pettortoise #greektortoise #yarnlife #whathaveidone https://www.instagram.com/p/CmhfrqMuqP0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
37 notes
路
View notes
Christmas is right round the corner - where has this year gone!! . . . #christmas #xmas #fuckxmas #melbourneartist #skeleton #skull #santahat #feelslikechristmas #feelslikechristmastime #fuckthis #fuckthisshit #spookychristmas #spooky #spookyart #creepyart https://www.instagram.com/p/ClLZ3AvSZWQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
23 notes
路
View notes
Happy Monday from Santa鈥檚 sexy fireflies! 鉂わ笍馃巹馃挌 #holidayseason #holidays #christmastime #costume #santahat #redvelvet #corset #santashelpers #jvalentinefamily #christmascostume #cosplay #holidaycosplay #candycane #naughtylist https://www.instagram.com/p/CkGyuhHvEBY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
8 notes
路
View notes
Tamagotchi Pix Party Weekly Mission: Santa Hat
The weekly mission has been updated, perhaps we should stop calling it a weekly mission. Around the holiday Bandai tends to update the prize rather quickly. Head over to the official Tamagotchi website and check out this new mission! Put the same puzzle together and you will score a Tama Code. Scan that Tama Code with your Tamagotchi Pix and you鈥檒l get your hands on the Santa hat, which you should definitely have your Tamagotchi wear all month until Christmas!
5 notes
路
View notes
Winnie the Pooh with his Santa hat on. . . . #pooh #winniethepooh #epcot #epcotfestivaloftheholidays #epcotcenter #santahat #santa #christmas #disney #disneypic #disneygram #instadisney #igers_wdw #disneyside #disneygeek #disneylove #ilovedisney #disneynerd #disneyparks #waltdisneyworld #disneyworld #disneypassholder #dvc #wdw #disneyvacation #wdwbestdayever #disneylife #disneyphotography #disneycharacter #bestdayever (at EPCOT) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmuwlG_Lr5P/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
2 notes
路
View notes
Funky Christmas 馃巹 馃巰鈽冿笍 #greenhair #boyfriend #od #lx #christmas #altgirl #sillyfaces #makeup #santahat https://www.instagram.com/p/CmlW_92OHjm/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
4 notes
路
View notes
Happy Christmas eve everyone 馃巹馃巺鉂わ笍 #betsy #getthisoffme #photooftheday #picoftheday #petslove #squishyfacecrew #squishface #smooshface #santahat #exoticshorthaircat #exoticshorthair #cats_of_instagram #catsofworld #catsrule #catsofig #catstagram #igcatsoftheday #igcatstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CmjJucCqqSU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
2 notes
路
View notes
Aaaaaaand here's day 5 of 5 festive work outfits!!! Inventory today so I was able to keep the tutu lol. Merry Christmas everyone!!! . #santa #santahat #festive #christmascheer #tutu #ootd #christmas #christmas2022 #workplacefun #face #personal #london #ontario #ldndot #ldnont #queer #lgbtq https://www.instagram.com/p/Cmg7VIarXBs/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
2 notes
路
View notes
Christmas presents! @krista_lynch_ #blackcatmodeling #xmas #christmas #santashelper #modeling #scmodel #presents #santahat #sexysanta #santababy #beautiful #mrsclaus (at Greer, South Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmeG4ZeOmR_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
2 notes
路
View notes
Grogu is getting into the Holiday spirit! #grogu #santahat #mandelorian https://www.instagram.com/p/CmcRLixuR7L/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
4 notes
路
View notes