Vulcan/elvish ears to crochet

I saw this picture of some crocheted Vulcan/elvish ears and just had to share it with my friend Mary, who is a big Star Trek fan. This awesome free pattern is called Spock Ears and is available on the Croshame blog.

Olivia's Butterfly beanie free pattern

This is an Olivia's Butterfly beanie cap — hopefully soon to be seen on the head of one of my grandnieces. I found the free pattern at this blog: https://vallieskids.blogspot.com/2009/06/olivias-butterfly.html

 

Elise's Ripple Baby Blanket free pattern

We have a new grandniece in our family, and her nursery is decorated in purple, green, and pink, so I needed a pattern to make a sweet little blanket to welcome sweet Baby Elise.

This is the Delicious Colors Baby Afghan by Lion Brand Yarn.

Hats for baby Elise

A shell-stitch earflap hat, a little pink cotton sun hat, and a white christening bonnet for new baby Elise! 😍

The earflap beanie is based on Britta Graham's lovely Shell Stitch Cloche pattern.

I unfortunately lost track of what patterns I used for the sun hat and christening bonnet, but I know there must be dozens of similar crochet patterns to be found online if you do a quick web search.

Sock Monkey Blanket free pattern

I used the free pattern by Linda Cyr, available at the Yarnspirations website, to make this cute hooded Sock Monkey Blanket for baby Caleb. Here is my boyfriend modeling it:

I followed the pattern as written, but since I tend to be a tight crocheter, the finished blanket turned out way too stiff for my liking, so, sadly, I ended up frogging the yarn to use for another project.

This design IS super cute, though, so hopefully I'll try it again sometime, knowing that I definitely need to work with a larger hook.