Nursery Project: Knitted Mobile
So I thought I'd share the very first thing I made for the nursery. I finished this knitted and crocheted mobile about a month ago actually, just never got around to taking pics. After playing around with different ideas and trying out animals in various colors (I considered owls, elephants, birds), I decided to go sweet and simple with basic colors. When I started the mobile, we hadn't started painting the nursery yet, but I already knew the basic feel and color scheme I wanted. Back then, I didn't know if we were having a boy or girl yet, so I kept the colors mostly gender neutral. I figured I could get away with a hint of lavender-grey here and there. Good thing I didn't make it too girly, because our boy might not like that much!
I crocheted the clouds
in white yarn, the stars I did in either lavender and white or dusty
blue and white, and the moon I decided to do with this bit of leftover
grey and white swirled yarn that I never got around to using. I didn't have any patterns, so it took a bit of trial and error, especially for the moon. I'm actually not sure if I'd be able to replicate it if I wanted to haha.
After knitting and crocheting all the pieces, I stitched them together and stuffed them with the stuffing from a cheap Ikea pillow that I ripped open. What was actually quite time consuming was getting the hoop at the top ready. I rummaged around the hardware store and ended up buying a cheap underwear hanger that you dry clothes with. I had hub HY rip out the plastic lining inside of the metal, which was quite difficult and took him a long time. It was a bit warped by the time he finished, but we got it back into shape. Hanging each of the stuffed pieces was also a challenge, since I really wanted different heights to show fluffy layers just like cumulus clouds have. So after sewing long invisible fishing line onto each one, it took me quite a bit of time to balance out the mobile and play around with placement. Overall, for my first mobile, I'm happy with it, and hopefully the baby loves staring at it!
So I thought I'd share the very first thing I made for the nursery. I finished this knitted and crocheted mobile about a month ago actually, just never got around to taking pics. After playing around with different ideas and trying out animals in various colors (I considered owls, elephants, birds), I decided to go sweet and simple with basic colors. When I started the mobile, we hadn't started painting the nursery yet, but I already knew the basic feel and color scheme I wanted. Back then, I didn't know if we were having a boy or girl yet, so I kept the colors mostly gender neutral. I figured I could get away with a hint of lavender-grey here and there. Good thing I didn't make it too girly, because our boy might not like that much! 
I crocheted the clouds
in white yarn, the stars I did in either lavender and white or dusty
blue and white, and the moon I decided to do with this bit of leftover
grey and white swirled yarn that I never got around to using. I didn't have any patterns, so it took a bit of trial and error, especially for the moon. I'm actually not sure if I'd be able to replicate it if I wanted to haha. 
After knitting and crocheting all the pieces, I stitched them together and stuffed them with the stuffing from a cheap Ikea pillow that I ripped open. What was actually quite time consuming was getting the hoop at the top ready. I rummaged around the hardware store and ended up buying a cheap underwear hanger that you dry clothes with. I had hub HY rip out the plastic lining inside of the metal, which was quite difficult and took him a long time. It was a bit warped by the time he finished, but we got it back into shape. Hanging each of the stuffed pieces was also a challenge, since I really wanted different heights to show fluffy layers just like cumulus clouds have. So after sewing long invisible fishing line onto each one, it took me quite a bit of time to balance out the mobile and play around with placement. Overall, for my first mobile, I'm happy with it, and hopefully the baby loves staring at it!
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