Easy Baby Hat

Here's the hat pattern (baby size) that I made for my cousin to give as a gift.  I used Patons Astra in Pale Yellow for this hat and the reverse single crochet was done in the Blue Aqua color.  The pattern can be found here:

Anita's Baby Hat

If you don't know how to do a reverse single crochet or rsc here are a few links for you to check out.  You can probably find videos for both lefty's and righty's on You Tube.  :)  The reverse single crochet is sometimes called the Crab Stitch.

Stitch Diva RSC
Dummies.com RSC

Having problems concentrating tonight....

I am supposed to be crocheting a baby hat for my cousin to give as a gift next month and I also need to finish the blanket too, but I'm trying to stitch while watching Deadliest Catch.....it's the episode where Capt Phil dies and I just can't concentrate on the stitches.  I think it's compounded by the fact that a week a go today, my Grandpa died.  So it's a very sad day on two fronts.  :(

I'm going to have to put it away and just watch TV I guess.  Usually I'm do great stitching and watching, especially when I'm making something that is a no brainer to me.  In this case it's a test of a pattern I wrote for a hat using half-double crochet.  I am not a huge fan of single or double crochet in hats.  I think SC's don't give enough breathing room and DC's give too much breathing room.  HDC's seem to be just right and the pattern is soooo easy!  Anyway, I've made a bunch of these without writing the pattern down, but I finally wrote it down from memory and want to make sure I wrote it correctly.  :)

Okay, commercial is over, I'm off.  RIP Capt. Phil. and RIP Grandpa

Leaf Pillow Pattern

I created this pattern as a gift to someone who enjoys anything related to fall, her favorite time of the year.  :)  It's a simple pattern for anyone learning how to use charts in crochet or who wants to learn how to crochet with charts.  Of course, I forgot to take a picture of the completed pillow!  Duh!  Click the link to get to the PDF file.

Leaf Pillow Pattern