Lucky Leprechauns

I just love how these Lucky Leprechaun Beard Hats turned out. I made these for my dear customer's sons to wear. My daughters had a lot of fun modeling them even in the freezing temperatures we are having outside today.

Shark Attack

This past week I finished this fun custom shark hat for a dear customer of mine. The lucky birthday girl that gets to wear this LOVES sharks and is having a shark themed birthday party. :)

Crochet D Lane is Officially Published!

I am so thrilled to announce that my ice cream sundae hat design was featured in this month's (February 2014) issue of Australia's Homespun Magazine!

I can't stop smiling and have been on cloud 9 all this week since I was informed about the publish.

I am very grateful to everyone at Homespun for this opportunity. What an honor!

Ruby The Rubik's Cube Valentine Box

Over the weekend, my daughter Xiera worked on her Valentine box for her upcoming Valentine party at school. She wanted something cute, retro, and kawaii. She fell in love with an adorable Rubik's cube box idea she found on Pinterest created by Tammy and Annie of Peppermint Plum. Xiera decided to recreate her own version. We substituted black construction paper in the place of the black foam paper it called for underneath the colorful foam block squares.

We also decided to cut the hole on top with an x-acto knife AFTER the box was complete. I helped with this part. ;)
Xiera requested an opening in the back to remove all of her Valentines and candy with ease so I used the x-acto knife once again to create this opening.

Xiera cannot wait to show off Ruby the Rubik's Cube to all of her friends this week at her Valentine party. We think it turned out very kawaii!

Daisy Petals Girl Scout Hat

My youngest daughter is a Daisy girl scout and has been very busy these past few weeks selling girl scout cookies. The weather has not been the greatest outside for door to door sales, and with booth sales approaching, I thought I would make her a little daisy girl scout hat to keep her head warm.

A Girl Scout Daisy earns her petals by participating and completing activities that represent each petal.

An activity for let's say the yellow petal, which represents friendly and helpful, can be as easy as bringing in a snack at a meeting and passing it out to each of her "daisy sisters" while also saying something nice to each of the girls.
By doing this kind gesture, she will get rewarded the yellow petal to add to her girl scout tunic.

Zella really enjoys being a Daisy Girl Scout and has made a lot of friends within her troop. She is learning so many valuable life lessons while having lots of fun!

The Emma Dress Set

I had a dear customer of mine request a very sweet pineapple stitch dress set for her infant daughter, Emma. So for the past few weeks, I worked every moment on it and am so proud to finally show off the finished piece.


She only wanted the matching booties with the dress but I felt it needed that precious little beret to complete it.

For a little accent, I added three fresh water pearl beads to the center of the crochet flower and sewed it on.

I can't wait to see pictures of sweet little Emma wearing this dress. This is going to be her Easter dress.

Bearded Girls

The beginning of this year has been a busy one. The girls have had 6 snow days so far and old man winter is dropping hints that there is more to come. I have been keeping busy with crocheting and helping Zella (on the side) selling girl scout cookies. The temperature has dropped down a few times here in northwest Ohio to -14 degrees and that isn't even the wind chill!! *BRRR!!* So to keep the girls warm, I have been crocheting beard hats.

These hats are hilarious and make my daughters look like members of the Duck Dynasty. I crocheted a simple beanie hat and then a beard and sewed the two together. Would you like to make one? Here is a link to the pattern I used to create these fun hats. It was created by Ashlee of Topsy Turvy. Stay warm my friends and happy crocheting!

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!