I'm running rather late with last night's post! Is anyone else feeling bogged down by the school holidays? Ah well, fear not, they are almost over. But I have had a few moments here and there to whip a few little somethings, for some imaginative play.

Firstly, for 'Little', Miss Six's doll, a little princess crown.

It's a free pattern that I modified by leaving off the ties, and sewing the ends together.

Then I had to make a wizard hat for Master Eight's teddy dragon, Ra. He'd been asking for it since last month, so it was high time I obliged.

I didn't really bother looking for a pattern, a cone shape is pretty simple, but I'll share it for you here in case the holidays have fried your brain ;)

(Now is a very good time to practise the staggered increasing method I shared on Monday. You don't have to, but your rounded cone shape will end up more triangular if you don't)

Simple toy wizard's hat
Make 3 sc in a magic circle (3)
Increase around (6)
Sc around (6)
*Sc 1, increase 1* around (9)
Sc around (9)
*Sc 2, increase 1* around (12)
Sc around (12)
*Sc 3, increase 1* around (15)
Sc around (15)
*Sc 4, increase 1* around (18)
Sc around (18)
*Sc 5, increase 1* around (21)
Sc around (21)
*Sc 6, increase 1* around (24)
Sc around (24)
*Sc 7, increase 1* around (27)
Sc around (27)
*Sc 8, increase 1* around (30)
Sc around (30)
*Sc 9, increase 1* around (33)
Sc around (33)
*Sc 10, increase 1* around (36)
Sc around (36)
*Sc 11, increase 1* around (39)
Sc around, ss to end, finish off. (39)

My niece is really into Japanese culture, so for her birthday I made her this little kokeshi doll. She'd been asking for one for months, so I figured it was high time I got around to it. The pattern is free to download from Ravelry. The colours aren't very accurate in the above pic, Teal isn't easy to capture indoors, at night, but this next one of the back is closer to lifelike.