I have a friend from high school who is a very talented photographer. She has a studio in Colorado Springs and takes beautiful portraits. (Seriously, check out her website and, if you're in the area, book her services immediately!) Recently she contacted me and asked if I'd be interested in making a photo prop for her newborn shoots. Yes! I've been wanting to do this very thing but didn't really need the finished product so it was at the bottom of my queue. As requested, I made her a colorful crown.
While I made it sized to fit the average newborn's head circumference, I also used sock yarn to give it a bit more stretch. If I can figure out where I sat my little notepad (I really need a better system!), I'll publish the pattern.
Because I had leftover yarn and an idea burning in my brain, I made her a cocoon too! Without a newborn at my disposal I used a 15" doll. Again, with the sock yarn, it can streeeeetch! It changed some of the stitch counts and doubled up on my yarn but, for the most part, this is the pattern I used if you'd like to try to duplicate it.
I'm really looking forward to one day seeing an item I crafted in a beautiful photograph by M Photography!
