Welcome to Babyville, part 3

Think of all the people we'll love who haven't been born yet: Kate said that, and I appropriated it. Now one of them has—on March 9th, Ailbhe and Christian had a healthy baby boy! (He's big, too: 8 pounds, 3 ounces.) When I packed this up I addressed it to the baby, which tickled me to no end:I have to make another one of these dinosaurs for my nephew. So cute, and a lot easier than I thought it would be--I'm much more confident with a crochet hook after finishing this. Ailbhe was particularly excited about it one because Christian had a plush dinosaur as a child and really wanted to find something similar. (Pattern here, raveled here.)

Edwardian Crochet

Here are those scans of the crochet books my uncle gave me. I'd love to see this yoke on a sun dress:Isn't it lovely? I really have to learn how to crochet properly. And sew, for that matter.