A Precious year | Le Challenge {Crochet}

I am so excited! He is ONE!! Can you believe it? I can't... But yes Baby MiH is ONE today.. 

Le Challenge's theme for this month is 'precious'. And It was always going to be something for Baby MiH or in relation to his birthday - after all he is the first thing I thought about for precious . I had many ideas, both quick and time-consuming, but it was not really what I had in mind for today... And then came the idea of the bauble - one bauble every year for his birthday...  I do like Xmas traditions, and I thought that could be ours from now on. And yes it was a very quick project... 

 Pattern: Free on this blog (already made some here)

Yarn: Rowan Felted Tweed Chunky in Mahogany (unfortunately discontinued)
 - I used nearly one ball of it. 

Hook size: 5mm 

Modification:  Added a couple of rows in the middle to make the bauble bigger

Bauble filling: Soft toy filling found here

Cross-stitching:  Anchor Artiste Metallic ball - 
4 strands of thread held together

It is an easy '1' cross-stitching pattern to follow. The hardest is actually to try to find the cross-stitching 'grid' as the bauble is shaped using increases and decreases. 

On another note I 'baked' some Christmas ornaments (around the bauble and on the presents) - but more on this later on the blog. As for us, there is cake to eat, cuddles to give and precious time to spend. 

For all the other precious entry, go over to le challenge. Do join the fun for a chance to win a $25 at the Fat Quarter Shop (open until December 16 at 11am UK time). 

one of our first pics together