A Very Hungry Baby Set

My mom's friend wanted a Very Hungry Caterpillar cocoon set for her grandson, so I found some patterns and went to work.  I love finding free patterns online!



I used this pattern for the hat, using Caron Simply Soft yarns.

For the cocoon I used this pattern pattern in Lion Brand Homespun yarn.

Both pieces turned out to be too small, so she sent it back and I added length to the hat and made another coccoon.  The larger cocoon is knit with alternating sections of knit rows and purl rows, as modelled by my favorite childhood doll.  I also didn't like the dark purple, so I made another hat with lighter colored, longer antennae.

And because I didn't get it right the first time, I made this fun diaper cover as an extra gift.

She preferred the hat with the dark purple, short antennae so I added length to it as requested.

Now I have the small, crochet cocoon and the hat with the lighter, longer antennae waiting for a baby to wear it.