Baby, baby, baby, oh!

Okay, I'll admit that those three words are the only thing I know about Justin Bieber, but they seemed appropriate today because of all the BABY stuff I've been doing!

First up, Project 1, the Zig Zag Baby Blanket blocked beautifully.

I couldn't be happier with how it turned out. And it looks so pretty with Project 6, the Ripple Eyelet Baby Hat, that I've decided they're going to be a gift for a little girl named Jessica Jade who is due in a couple of weeks.

This hat is really more for an older infant, though, and I wanted to have a newborn hat for her, as well. I found this gorgeous pattern called the Ava Lynne Baby Hat, and couldn't wait to try it. The designer's name is Jenny Sorensen, and I am so impressed with the beauty of this pattern. It worked up fairly quickly with some of my leftover white Bernat Cottontots and is sooooooo soft!

In keeping with the yellow-white color scheme, I wanted to add a little flower applique and found a Tropical Flower pattern by Jessica Zeltner on her blog, Living the Craft Life. This sweet little flower worked up in minutes, using a small amount of my pale yellow Size 10 crochet thread.

Isn't that pretty? And it looks so cute on the hat.

 

So there's Project 7. I'm so excited to give these items to my sweet young friend awaiting her baby girl. If I have enough of the yellow and white Cottontots yarn left, I may attempt a beautiful little sweater designed by Jeannie Leech to match the Ripple Eyelet hat. That would made a perfect set.