Another Crocheted Earwarmer

Here's another crocheted ear warmer I made for my mother-in-law's birthday. 

Tutorial for earwarmer
Tutorial for flower

Crocheted Shamrock Hair Clip

I saw a tutorial for a crocheted shamrock garland and thought I could alter the idea and turn it into a single shamrock for a hair clip.  I made 3 of them using different hook sizes and they ended up being about 1.25 - 1.75 inches across.  My favorite was with the "G" hook.  It looked cute in my daughter's hair (actually in her headband since she has a lack of hair at the moment).  The other 2 went to my nieces.  My flash wasn't cooperating, but this yarn was an apple green color, not as neon as the pic looks.

I'm quite new to the crochet world, but this shamrock was easy to make.  I've tried the flowers and hearts that are out there in blog land, and this was by far the easiest I've come across yet.  I still can't get my hearts to look like hearts. :)

Crochet: earwarmer and a hat!!!

I learned how to single crochet last year when we were making squares for quilts for the women's shelter at church.  But I haven't done anything since...until this past weekend.  For my first project, I made an earwarmer (it needs a flower or something, but I'm still working on that).  I used a smaller hook, so I only did 85 chains instead of the 91 in the pattern, and I didn't do as many rows of the decorative holes in the middle.  The nice thing about the holes is I can clip on a hair clip of my daughter's if I want an embelishment.

Then i tried my hand at making a hat.  I used this pattern, but I was making the 6-12 month size and somehow it ended up fitting my head instead.  I'm not sure what happened, but I counted my stitches the entire time and used the recommended hook size.  Maybe my gauge is off, but that seems like a huge difference...  oh well, I love the little button flap on the side!