Watermelon crochet for the summer

After making my granddaughter's watermelon purse, I still wanted to make more watermelon crochet projects. I made one using the Knifty Knitter loom. The hard part was getting the colors in the right order when you add a cuff. I tore it out four times until I came up with something I liked. The seeds were going to be made with black glossy fabric paint, but ended up being embroidered in.

Now I'm working on different color combinations to get a similar effect. I made one in pinks, but I have one with really bright colors on the loom now. Who knows if it will work, but it's fun trying. Below is the pink hat and a lavender one that I made with the swirl pattern. The watermelon hat has the cuff turned up by hand. The pink hat has the cuff built in. Those of you who use knitting looms know how that works--you bring the bottom up and around the pegs and then loop over that row.

In between projects, I like to make different types of flowers. I scour the internet for unusual flowers that work well with worsted weight yarn so that I can use up the little pieces left over from projects. The yellow one at the top right and the pink one at the bottom left caught me eye last week. I could only find the directions in Russian. Luckily, my MIL taught me how to analyze stitches. After much trial and error, I came up with a flower pretty close to the original. When I finished the pink hat above, you'd think that one of the flowers would work with the colors. Of course not. I ended up making a simple rose with the same pink yarn used in the cuff.