I'm a cheapskate and I really wanted one of those cocoon/snuggle things for baby photos, but I didn't want to have to pay the asking price on one (they are anywhere from $20-40). I figured I could make one. After scouring the net, I found a
pattern that looked like I could handle and set to work. now the hat I made is not quite the hat listed in the pattern (I was running out of yarn so I improvised)
Not bad. Then my friend had her baby a little early, so I dropped by the hospital to see him and, ya know, just happened to have it with me! Guess what, he fit! I can't wait to take some better ones when he goes home.
12 hours old and all snuggled up in my cocoon!
Then I saw these hanging cocoon/stork pouches and so wanted one. I went on another search of the net and, well, I found a lot of them and a few patterns that were for sale. \ I didn't want to pay! I studied the pictures and tried and tried again until I came up with this. I wrote down my stitches and have my own pattern now.
Maybe when the above baby comes home, his momma will consent to letting me place him in it!
Now I'm trying to figure out how to make a baby hammock like
this or
this. Wish me luck! I've got an idea in mind now to get a bigger hook and set to trying it out. If and when I get it figured out I'll post it.
P.S. I finished my version of a baby hammock in the wee hours:
