My Baby Cocoon Attempt :)

Well, I was asked by one person to post the directions on how I made my cocoon, so here's my first attempt at posting crochet instructions! Please bear with me as I have never done this before...

So, Here is how it turned out with my daughter's doll as a model since her little brother hasn't made his entrance into the world yet.

Materials needed:
Size K Crochet Hook
1 Skien Baby Clouds Yarn (or other bulky soft yarn. )
A small amount of contrasting yarn for the trim around the hood.
Yarn Needle

Ok, here goes nothing!

With the bulky yarn:
Ch 4; join with a sl st to the first ch to form a ring.
Rnd 1: Ch 2 (Counts as first HDC here and throughout.) Work 11 more HDC in the ring. Join with a sl st to Ch 2.
Rnd 2,3,4: Ch 2, 2 HDC in next st, [HDC in next st, 2 HDC in next st] continue around and join with a sl st to Ch 2.

From here, I just did a Ch 2 and HDC in each st around then joined to Ch 2 with a sl st.
I also alternated between HDC and DC each row for some reason, I don't know why... :)
Note: As I was working this, I realized I probably could have done the bottom different, because as I was working it, It kind of had a flattened bowl shape, which isn't really as tapered as I was going for, but it seems to be fine once it's filled. :)
Once it measured about 10" laying flat..

This is what I mean by laying flat.. 

Then I decided I should start working on the hood. From here, it gets kinda tricky, and I am very open to any suggestions anyone has! 

I decided about 5" was a good size for the opening, so I Ch 2, then DC across until I was 5" from my Ch 2.

Then I turned and Ch 2 and DC back around on the stitches I had just done to leave the 5" gap. 

I did a few more rounds this way, then realized I needed to start shaping the hood. So I started decreasing 4 or 5 stitches spaced out around the rows. About this time I realized it wasn't going to work so I tried to come up with a different plan. 

Now, from here on out, this may not make any sense. And I would love to hear a better way to finish this!
Anyway, I for some reason though tit's be a good idea to make a chain at one end of my built up section and measure it out to the other end as I though the hood should look. I then attached in to the other end, so there was a weird chain only attached at the ends of the hood area. Form here it gets worse.. Then I did a row of DC on the chain and realized I wasn't sure how I was going to attach it to the rest of the body, so I started making rounds again. All the way around the chain and the top of the hood part that was attached. I would Ch 2, then HDC in the next st, then Dc2tog in the next 2 st, And I repeated this pattern around and joined to the Ch 2 with a sl st. Once the opening was about  3" across or so, I held the pieces together and sl st through both sides to close the hole. Whew! I'm sure that all sounds like gibberish, and I'm sorry!!

Anyway, from there I wove in the ends. Then I joined my blue/green yarn to the inside edge of the opening and Ch 2 then HDC in each stitch around, joining to the Ch 2 with a sl st. Then, I Ch 3, and DC each st around and joined to Ch 3. Then finished it off and wove in the ends.

I really hope this helps someone, and also, if I get any tips or suggestions, I will be sure to update the pattern!! Maybe sometime soon it'll get fixed and be a bit more functional. :D

Thanks for reading!