Baby Crochet...Bunny, Cardigan, Viking Hat, Panda Hat and Panda Booties...

Yesterday my first ever niece was born!  I have been so excited to meet her, but because I am a terrible procrastinator I only made all of these things for her this week!

(This pic is her holding my mums hand!)

This is the first item of clothing I've ever crocheted, it has arms and cuffs and everything! I'm very proud of it, even though there are some imperfect bits (button holes, I'm looking at you!).  The pattern I used was 'Pocket Trim Cardigan' from Nikki Trench's Cute and Easy Crocheted Baby Clothes, but I left the pocket off, added some flowers and altered the arms.

For the panda hat I used the 'Beanie Hat' Pattern from the same Nikki Trench crochet book.  The pattern says it's fits 3-6 months but it seems huge.  I have no concept of the size of babies heads and have been eyeing any children I see trying to guesstimate the circumference of their craniums!  For the booties I used this pattern as inspiration, but kind of winged it and shrunk it down.  Once I had the base of the hat and booties done I just crocheted some circles in black and sewed them on for panda eyes and ears, and embroidered the panda mouths and noses on.

I made a Viking hat, using the same pattern as for the panda hat, I added an extra round near the top though to make it a bit pointed at the top, more like a helmet.  Then I added the horns to the sides.  I can confirm that babies look hilarious in Viking hats!

I made another crochet bunny, like Herbert, this one is also called Herbert.  He has a felt tail this time, which is safer for a baby than the pompom previous Herbert had.  Even though I think the pompom looked nicer.

I bought this little sweatshirt and added a pink bow to the baby peanut's head.  This baby has been known as peanut for as long as we've known about her, so I couldn't resist buying this!

I always make cards rather than buy them, these are extra snazzy 'cos someone gave me some proper card making stuff they cleared out of their garage!  I did the one with the R on for baby Rosie and the pink and green one for my brother and his girlfriend.

I am soooooo looking forward to being Auntie Sooz!  And to crocheting loads more cute tiny baby things!  Any recommendations for my next project?