Christmas Blessings to All

I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from our family to yours! May the New Year bring you lots of love, happiness, and smiles.

Feminine Chic Bow Ties

Christmas is right around the corner and I have been a busy crocheting bee, catching up on all of my Christmas orders. One of my beloved customers requested infinity bow tie scarves. She wanted one in black with a cream bow tie clip, and the other in grey with a black bow tie clip.


I just LOVE how these turned out. They are both very feminine and chic.
She also ordered this adorable grey with black bow tie Geeky Chic Scarflette to match her infinity scarf.

They make the perfect mommy and me scarves!
Both of the bow tie infinity scarves will be available in my Etsy store after the holidays.

The Rainbow Fishy Hat

Yesterday I finished this ADORABLE Rainbow Fishy hat for my daughter Zella. The pattern for the hat was created by Mary Angel of Angels Chest on Etsy and you can find the pattern HERE. I did use a different gauge hook than what was required to create the fish eyes. I used a G hook instead of a J. I also started the eyes using the magic ring method.

Zella absolutely LOVES the hat and wore it to school this morning. She was all smiles!
The hat is available for purchase in my Etsy store. You can find it HERE.

Crochet D Lane is Open!

After playing catch up with all of the Halloween orders; mainly Minion hats, I have reopened my Etsy shop and am taking on new orders. I have added eight new items to my shop. Christmas is just around the corner and if you place your order between now through Black Friday, you will be guaranteed to have your order arrive in time for Christmas. So stop on by my Crochetdlane Etsy shop today.

Happy "Despicable" Halloween!

This Halloween Xiera and Zella both wanted to be Despicable Me characters. Xiera wanted to be a Girly Minion and Zella wanted to be Edith. Xiera's Despicable Me jumper dress was custom made by the talented Karen of Layla and Stitch Boutique. We paired it with a yellow long sleeved shirt, leggings, black gloves, a pair of black boots, minion goggles, and a crocheted Dave hat to top it off.

Zella wanted to be her favorite character of the movie whom she is most like, Edith. I found her burgundy skirt, purple leggings, and white snow boots on Ebay. Her adorable striped knitted sweater and hat was created by the talented daughter of Heather of Sugar Hiccups Boutique.


Our Halloween is a rainy one this year so Trick or Treat night has been rescheduled for Sunday night instead. Wishing everyone a very safe and fun Halloween this year!

Happy The Cheeseburger Hat

My oldest daughter, Xiera, has been wanting me to crochet a cheeseburger hat for her for quite sometime now. She had told me that she wanted it to be smiling and to look super cute with sesame seeds on the bun. At the moment, I am all caught up with orders, so I decided to create this fun little hat for her; especially since it IS hat day at school today. ;)

Meet Happy the Cheeseburger hat. I have to admit, he did turn out super Kawaii. Just look at those rosy pink cheeks.
I think I nailed it because I got her approval. What do you think?

Just look at that smile. She even has a tee shirt that matches!

CRAZY Hair Day!

Today is CRAZY Hair Day at school today. We had a bit of fun and used lots of color. My youngest daughter, Zella, wanted to have rainbow hair like a unicorn so I used some pastel chalk I found at Joanne Fabrics. I used some pinks, blues, greens, a little yellow, some orange and a bit of purple. I used the flat iron to set the color, and curled some sections so her hair would resemble a real unicorn mane. I sprayed all of her hair with silver glitter and then to top it off, I crocheted a very majestic unicorn horn and attached it to a headband for her to wear. Instant Cuteness!!

My oldest daughter, Xiera, wanted cupcake pigtail buns for her hairstyle. I put her hair up into pigtails and sprayed a can of hot pink hair color onto both pigtails. (I probably should have used 2-3 cans instead of just the one since her hair is so long and thick.) I then braided her pigtails and cut a hole on the bottom of two cupcake cases. I threaded the cupcake cases onto each braid and then wrapped her braids into buns. I used hair ties and hair pins to fasten. I finished the "cupcakes" off by topping them with little red pom pom cherries. I threaded red floss through them and tied them onto the bun centers. I then sprayed silver glitter onto both cupcake buns and she was ready to go.


They were so excited and silly while waiting for the bus this morning.

What a fun day for them!

Minion Mayhem This Halloween

Yesterday I finished my very last Halloween order and am so thrilled to begin working on Christmas items! But first I need to work on a few items my daughters have requested that I make for them. This Halloween is all about Minions this year. I cannot even count how many minion hats I have made. Even my own daughters are dressing up as Despicable Me characters this year. ;) The order I had just finished was for a family of 4 who are all dressing up as minions. They wanted each of their hats to look completely different so I came up with this.

I think the evil minion with two eyes turned out so funny and cute!

Another minion order I had made recently was a Dave the minion hat with matching backpack.

The backpack was a lot of fun to make. I have to admit that the drawstring part was a little tricky to put in at first, but I figured it out.

I found the patterns to create all of these fantastic minion creations on Ravelry. Heidi of Snappy Tots created both the minion hats and backpacks patterns. Her patterns are very easy to follow and fun to create! You can find the pattern for the minion hats HERE and the pattern for the minion backpack HERE. You can also keep updated on her recent pattern designs on her Facebook PAGE.

Little Red Riding Hood

Yesterday I finished a beautiful custom Red Riding Hood cape. The cape is for a dear customer of mine. Her daughter is dressing up as Red Riding Hood for Halloween and the cape completes her costume.

I purchased the pattern from jkdepriest on Etsy. You can find the pattern HERE. The pattern only goes up to a size 12 so I added a few extra stitches and rows and used a J hook instead of an I to make the cape fit a size 14.

The pattern is very easy to read and follow. I was actually able to finish this cape within two days. Of course I worked on it all day yesterday so that I could finish it in time to be mailed out and hopefully arrive this weekend; just in time for her daughter to enjoy wearing it at a Halloween party.

Enjoying Our Fall Days

I apologize for missing in action but we have been busy enjoying our beautiful fall season by taking fall walks...



Going on hay rides...

Riding other rides...


Playing fall games...




Painting Pumpkins...

Going through corn mazes...

And dressing up for Halloween parties!


Happy Fall to you and yours!