Hooking on Hump Day – Watermelon Sugar Girl

Hi everyone! It’s Cindy here to tell you about the set of watermelon themed baby items I crocheted for the newest member of our family, Amélia Grace Machado born June 7th. The new mom is my niece, Maggie, and is a big fan of watermelon themed things.

Watermelon themed baby gifts

I knew Maggie liked watermelon motifs, so I searched long and hard to find a blanket that I liked. I finally found a corner-to-corner (C2C) pattern on the Repeat Crafter Me blog.

Watermelon Blanket

Watermelon Blanket Squares

I had never done a C2C project before but found some helpful videos on how to do the colorwork. Each block was worked separately and then sewn together. I appliqued the seeds on both sides of each block before sewing the blanket together, so the blanket is the same front and back.

Blanket corner

Blanket border – close up

I crocheted a border of single crochet stitches using three rounds of white, three rounds of pink, one round of green, and then one more round of green using the reverse single crochet stitch.

Watermelon Booties

Watermelon Booties – back

For the baby booties I used my tried-and-true pattern from the June 2010 Crochet World magazine that I’ve made for all the babies in our family. I only had to modify it using color changes and then I added some embroidered seeds to the toes.

Watermelon hat

The hat was another pattern from Repeat Crafter Me. Instead of using beads for the seeds, which I didn’t think was safe for a baby, I again appliqued some seeds to the hat.

Watermelon Rattle – side view

Watermelon Rattle

The final baby gift was a rattle in the shape of a slice of watermelon. This pattern came from PinkyPinkyBlueAU on Etsy. I used a piece of foam for the filling that I cut a slit in and inserted a small plastic case with some washers inside to make it rattle. 

Watermelon blanket

I enjoyed working on this set of watermelon themed gifts for the newest member of our family. The yarn used for all these items was Caron Simply Soft in Blackberry, Pistachio, White and Black. I love using this yarn for baby items since it is so soft and is easily washable. The new mom and dad were gracious enough to wait to open their gifts until we could do a Zoom meeting so I could “be there” when they opened the gifts. Maggie loved them and Tiago said he thought Maggie would use the blanket more than the baby because she loved it so much.

I hope you enjoyed seeing my work as much as I enjoyed making them.

I’m joining the The Loop Scoop Yarny Link Party (formerly known as Hookin’ on Hump Day). You should stop by to see some of the other projects people have posted.

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Selfie Sunday – Stuffed Kong Edition

Hi everyone! It’s Millie and Walter here. Sorry we haven’t been here much but, to be honest, life has been a bit boring lately. Even though our weather has been very dry for the past few weeks we still have a lot of mosquitoes in our yard. On sunny days, our dad makes up a stuffed Kong for both of us to enjoy while he putters in the garden.

The deep grass helps keep the Kong from moving.

I prefer to use my paw as a backstop.

We’re supposed to get some much-needed rain tomorrow but then some nice weather for the rest of the week. Hopefully, our dad will need to do some more work in the garden so we can get another stuffed Kong, or two. 

We’re joining The Cat on My Head for their Selfie Sunday blog hop. You should check out the hop to see some of the other selfies. Thanks for stopping by.

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