I've been trying to squeeze in those yearly items as I work on other projects and it was time to make the Lil Cutesies Moses basket for the 2025 donation.
I've been focusing on using up yarn on hand where possible and when I opened up last year's project blog I realized I'd used the same yarn for the basket Homespun Aster. I have a stash I'm finishing off and this project has been one great way to avoid multiple yarn skeins for this project. The blanket is made with Lion Brand Ice Cream Yarn Parfait.
The pattern for the Moses basket is Annie Potter's Sweet Baby Layette. I listed a link to a company that was supposed to be representing her but I'm not comfortable doing it after clicking on the link and getting lost this time so I will give you the pattern title and leave you to decide how you wish to find it.
The blanket is made using Darski's free BBL pattern set found here.
Notes:
I used an H hook for the basket and added rows to the bottom and sides to make it fit the doll. I found it to be narrow as written and I make it higher than a traditional Moses basket so the doll doesn't roll out while the child is carrying the doll around.
I used a G hook for the blanket and added a row before the final row so the end and starting row would be on the same side before I added a row of sc around the edge.
For those who are interested there are two sizes of Lil Cutesies dolls. There is the larger doll that falls between the 8 and 10 inch Lots to Love Dolls I donate. I know every so often I discover in doll forums people are discussing the smaller Lil Cutesie which I ocassionally see but is not practical for this donation.
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