for Rav: Child’s Play Crown, originally uploaded by earthchick.

I didn’t get a shot of the adorable little girl wearing this crown (and if I had, I wouldn’t use it anyway – I have a personal policy about never using another child’s photo without permission, and I feel ridiculous asking for permission to post pics of other people’s kids on flickr/Rav/my blog, so I never do it), but LIttle Buddha graciously modeled it for me. (the crown could’ve stood a nice blocking, but I was out of time)

Recently, the boys were invited to a friend’s birthday party. I had just enough time to whip up something small, and had just received the free pattern via Amazon for the Princess Crown from the book Fairy Tale Knits. It looked pretty cute, and I had this leftover Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sport in "Tickled Pink" in my stash. The crown turned out pretty adorable, but it ended up *way* too large. Because I was using smaller yarn and needles than the pattern called for, I added an extra repeat (an extra point). If I hadn’t done that, I think the crown would’ve been perfect.

After that fail, I found this pattern for a simple crown. I made the same stupid mistake again – added an extra repeat b/c my yarn and needles were smaller than called for. It ended up a bit bigger than preferable but not ridiculously enormous, so I decided it would work all right.

pattern: Child’s Play Crown
needles: size 3
yarn: Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Worsted, “Tickled Pink,” much less than one skein
dates:September 25-26
raveled

I wanted a little something to go with the play crown I made. I found this cute little pattern and made this wand.

pattern: Valentine’s Wand
needles: size 3
yarn: Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Worsted, “Tickled Pink,” and Socks that Rock heavyweight, “Tanzanite”
date:September 26
raveled

These were fast and fun to do, and I would recommend both patterns (actually, I’d recommend all three patterns, including the one that I made way too large). I think they make a great little set for kids who like to play dress-up.