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I crocheted these Mother/Daughter coordinating Egg-cellent Egg Aprons in camouflage. I LOVE how they turned out! I used Red Heart Super Saver in the color Camouflage and Caron One Pound in the color Forest Floor. You can find the free pattern for the adult size  here  and the kid size  here .

Baby Mermaid Tail Cocoon  Crochet Pattern Mermaid Cocoon Tucked  Mermaid Cocoon Untucked I crocheted this baby mermaid tail cocoon recently and I love the way it turned out. I started out at first by using the crocodile stitch but thought that stitch might get baby's toes stuck in it, so I started searching for a tighter stitch that still looks like scales and I came across this free  pattern  that I altered a bit. I crocheted through round 30. It was about 22" long before the waist and fin were added. I used Bernat Happy Holidays yarn in the color Glittery Green. I used just under 7 ounces (2 skeins). As you can see I designed my own fin for this tail and also did my own stitch around the waist decreasing each round. I have crocheted this fin a few times now but have yet to write out the pattern for it. I will update this pattern when I make another one with the fin and waist pattern.

I am so excited about this post! I have a couple of kids who are huge Minnie Mouse fans and I created the additions to the pattern for them. You can find the basic stocking pattern from Red Heart here . I used half-double crochet for the body of the stocking instead of double crochet that is written in the pattern. Here are my additions to this pattern. Colors Red for the main stocking, black for toe, heel, and ears. White for cuff and skirt trim.   CUFF With H hook, and black yarn ch 47. Work 4 rows of sc in black. Switch to white yarn and crochet 14 rows of single crochet. Edge only the lower part of the cuff according to pattern. Sew cuff seam. Attach to main part of stocking with black yarn, starting at seam using sc with the black part on top. Do not fasten off. Go onto the ears. Ears  With black yarn still attached, slip st in first 2 stitches. EAR 1 : Ch 3. Skip 2 sc and Hdc 7 times in next sc, ch1 sk 2 sc and slst in next sc. Turn, 2 hdc in each hdc and ...