I finished my first crochet garment this summer and finally got pics taken.  (These doubled as the mom-got-studio-lights-and-needs-to-practice-metering-off-them pics so please disregard the fact I don't necessarily know what I am doing. Heaven knows I rarely let that stop me lol.)

I used Caron Soft acrylic worsted weight yarn which has a bit of a sheen and soft drape to it.  The pattern is the Urban Girl Cropped Cardi from Lion Brand.  You can find it free here.  Although I had two false starts it really did stitch up -literally from bottom to top – very easily thereafter.  Third time's the charm. ; )  

I only had worsted weight yarn at home which eliminated most of the free patterns for little girls online. The smallest size this pattern came in was 7-8.  I did use a smaller hook than suggested but since my stitches tend to run a bit loosey-goosey large it probably is still a size 7.  Should fit her perfectly in oh, another year. I sort of expected that, but figured it would take me that long to finish.  In fact I would have been happy enough if it was finished in time to fit Abbie.  Success tends to surprise me. 

It will eventually have a button in front.  The loop is there.  The button must be located.  Easier said than done here. 

I was originally planning to make another for Abbie but we have since been gifted with a lot of hand-me-downs and I am turning my sights on hats and scarves for the older girls instead.