Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Vampiress

Vampires are always the thing, right? she sells for $7.

this pattern comes from Creepy Cute Crochet, by Christen Haden

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

el Stinko the Skunk

J wanted a skunk. i looked at many many patterns, and we didn't like any of them. i was looking at other animals to see what parts i could put together to make one, and a fellow Raveler, LKK6144, had made "Fleur the Fragrant Skunk," which was just awesome! i asked LKK if she would mind sharing her personal pattern, and to my delight, she did!

i started making the skunk at night, so it would be a surprise. we'd decided on traditional skunk colors even though Fleur was pink. but then almost a week later, i had to say something - since she had at this time announced she wanted it pink like Fleur. so i showed her the head and body so far, and told her if she wanted a pink skunk, she was making it. heh.

so... el Stinko the Skunk:

this pattern comes from LKK6144 on Ravelry

Purple Dragon

the same lady who made the R2D2 pattern (Lucy Ravenscar) has a Fierce Little Dragon. i tried it out, and gave him some special wings. The dragon sells for $25.

this pattern comes from Lucy Ravenscar on Ravelry

Flutterby

the first thing i'd made from Amigurumi, by Lan-Anh Bui and Josephine Wan was a Flutterby.
this pattern comes from Amigurumi, by Lan-Anh Bui and Josephine Wan.
the Flutterby sells for $10, and is customizable for body color and 1, 2, or 3 additional colors for the wings.

Reaper

i love Halloween and horror stuff. so i found a book called Creepy Cute Crochet, by Christen Haden. i first borrowed it from the library, but found i wanted to own it. so now i do. and last night (as in, it really did only take a few hours to make, along with me playing online at the same time too), i made a Reaper. he sells for $7.

this pattern comes from Creepy Cute Crochet, by Christen Haden

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Zelda Zebra

when we were at my parents for the second night of passover, one of my acquaintances that was there (her name is Jenny) had mentioned she really liked my amis. i noticed attached to her handbag were three plushie keychains, one was a zebra, one was a giraffe, and i can't remember the third. i also remember seeing a zebra pattern in the book (Amigurumi, by Lan-Anh Bui and Josephine Wan) i recently bought.

so i made her one. i gave it to her when we met for lunch the saturday after we were at my mom's. she LOVED it.

this pattern comes from Amigurumi, by Lan-Anh Bui and Josephine Wan.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Ribbit!

randomly, my younger daughter M asked me if i could make a frog, and a day or two later my friend F asked me if i could make one as well, since Passover starts this year the night of April 6th. so here's what i have:


i tried an experiment of crocheting in the back loops only, and it created a ridged/striped effect that i think is pretty neat.

this pattern is from Very Berry Handmade

Sunday, April 01, 2012

Elle the Elephant

my friend and former coworker, Sherri totally wanted me to make an elephant for her daughter... so i present Elle the Elephant:

this pattern comes from the Lion Brand Yarn Company