A perhaps kinda ugly babywearing patchwork sweater jacket.

So I have always been fascinated with the gorgeous patchwork jackets, sweaters and well anything patchwork to be honest.
I had an idea to make a winter jacket for babywearing our baby this fall/winter/spring and I decided to give it a try.
Let me tell you it is a lot of work and now I know why the women who create the beautiful dresses on Etsy charge so much money.

Mine didn't turn out the way I wanted.  I posted it on Facebook very dissapointed with how it turned out and everyone seemed to actually like it.  Its definatly not warm enough for winter even with the lining.  I wore it to the bus stop with the kids the other morning when it was raining and I was chilled coming in.  Guess that means I have to make another jacket for winter ;)
But I wanted to share this mixed matched creation with you all anyways.

Barbie Crochet Mei Tai Pattern

So my boys were in the tub having a bath and I was sitting there with some yarn and a hook. What to do while these boys splash about? Make a baby carrier ofcourse! This was so easy, very basic crochet.

Now I am NOT a pattern maker, so please bare with me if this pattern isn't "pattern like" :)

I used a US G (4mm) crochet hook and some acrylic yarn I had kicking around from other projects.

I started at the bottom of the body of the mei tai.

Chain 8
Row 1- SC across to end, turn
Row 2- 5(or6?) HDC across to end, turn.
To make the top curved a bit I SC the first stitch, and the second then did a HDC the next four, then SC the last two.

Then I started the one sides top strap and chained 40 then single crochet across this again and slip stitched it to the body of the mei tai and fastened off. Then on the other side I did this again, chaining 40 and single crochetin' across and attaching it to the side of the mei tai, and fastening off.

For the bottom strap I chained 30, then single crochet across this to the other end, fastened off and then centered it to the bottom of the mei tai body and crocheted (seriously is that a word? "crocheted"?) them together. And voila! A little Barbie mei tai

Nothing fancy, but for sure very cute !!!!!
If you do one up, I'd love to see it!!!!



Happy Babywearing Barbie!