Crafts: Crochet Puffy Baby Sweater

It has been a while since I last blogged. Got a bit caught up with caring for QW because of her recent MMR vaccination shot.

And... also because I was concentrating on getting my 1st crochet sweater completed.

Here are some of the photos I took throughout the process:

When I 1st ran out of yarn

When I next ran out of yarn

Finally completed

I like this puffy baby sweater pattern[1] because the puff looks like heart shape :) I think that it is pretty sweet to have a heart shape pattern on a sweater :)

Before I sew the buttons on, we did a poll among our family members:

Buttons on the york only

Buttons throughout

As you can see, the version whereby she had the brightest smile won. We decided to go ahead with sewing 5 buttons on (even though the other version had more votes >_<)

Many gave feedback that the colour is a bit dull (or not bright enough) for young babies. Well, I think it didn't turn out that badly. At least, this colour probably won't get dirtied easily.

This project took me longer than the handphone pouch. Partly, it was because it was a much bigger scaled project than my 1st project: this one used almost 3 skeins of yarn, while handphone pouch did not even finished 1 skein of yarn.

Another reason was because I miscalculated the amount of yarn required. So, part of the time was "wasted" on going back and forth to purchase the yarns.

Now that this is completed, on with the next project :)

I am really falling in love with crocheting :) Pretty therapeutic~

Reference:
1. YouTube - How to Crochet a Baby Sweater by Anna Phelps