Cleckheaton have a couple of lovely baby crochet books out at the moment.  This one has some delightful designs in Merino Bambino and Cocoon 4 ply.  I am planning on making the bolero style cardie for Stella, but started off making a beanie in Merino Bambino for a friend’s bub.

So simple, but the picot edging and stalk make it so cute!  I also made matching booties, but unfortunately didn’t make the booties so that they matched one another.  I somehow managed to do one more row in the foot depth and one less row in the ankle depth in one of the booties, so although they’re the same height, they’re differently proportioned.  I should just do one more bootie to fix the problem, but now I’m over booties.  So she’s just getting the hat.

The other baby hat I’ve finally completed successfully is the Crazy Easy Newsboy Cap.

I had tried to make this three times before, each time totally unsuccessful as far as size was concerned – they fitted Clare’s doll better than Stella’s head.  This was all due to my issues with inappropriate yarn substitution, nothing to do with the pattern at all.  Luckily for me, Ylana had sympathy for my plight after reading about my prior failures, and generously sent me some Rowan All Seasons Cotton so I could give it another go.  This time, it worked!  I made the baby size, and it will fit a baby this time instead of a doll.  Gorgeous yarn, lovely pattern, definitely needed to use the recommended yarn (or one VERY similar) for this one!  Thank you so much Ylana!  Once again, bloggers to the rescue!