Lucy's Backpack

This is my first post so bear with me if its rubbish :) 

My little girl loves Dora & she is only 2 so I thought I'd try my hand at writing a pattern for her to hopefully sell a few as my Ebay business is dying a death & I no longer enjoy it.

I was a self employed dressmaker for years until I had the kids then did Ebay & sold childrens clothes but got back into crochet when I was pregnant with my daughter & now I am once again addicted.

I am hoping having a blog will inspire me to write more patterns as I've done two now & stopped as there are so many wonderful patterns to make I don't seem to find the time to write them or the enthusiasm.

It started with a sketch, some yarn & a hook, here are the finished results :-

I had great fun making the pattern, the only complicated part was the binoculars

 I was pleased with the results, I just hope the ones I sold turned out well too. I did all the accesories & was very careful not to list it as Dora's backpack so as not to infringe copyright yet I still came a cropper in ravelrys tester group as the mod said I was not acceptable as it was copyright if someone thought it may be likened to Dora, I guess things work differently in different countries. My pattern wasn't tested but haven't had any complaints so hopefully it is ok :)

 It is a proper working backpack & with adjustable straps it should be good for a few years, she loves it & so far all pieces look good as new which is a miracle as she isn't a dainty girl :)