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since I posted anything here? Sorry for that. A lot of projects I’ve been working on I need to wait until after Christmas. Last year I had wanted to crochet some Christmas gifts and got about half done of what I had planned. This year I hope my percentage is higher. This weekend I need…
Continue ReadingHere is my latest amigurumi. She’s just a little doll because I wanted to practice making the head and body for some other projects. Her yarn hair turned out pretty good and a lot better than my first attempt. I think I actually might be improving on making these amigurumis.
Continue ReadingTwo..four..six..eight..who do we appreciate? ZOMBIES! I have finally completed my first zombie amigurumi. I have ideas for several others and hope to get on them as soon as possible but am very pleased with this cute little thing. She turned out almost as I had envisioned. I had wanted to do a more authentic pleated…
Continue ReadingCooler temperatures have finally made it to our part of the World. It has really put me into a crochet bigger projects mood. Besides I really want to start using up as much of my yarn stash as possible. I bought a lot of acrylic yarn when I first started crocheting but since then have…
Continue ReadingMy husband wanted an orange/black Cthulhu for Halloween. Here he is. I used cotton yarn which doesn’t work as well for amigurumi as acrylic yarn in my opinion. My yarn also kept splitting since I was using such a small hook. Very frustrating but worth it. He is a cute fella(Cthulhu AND my husband that…
Continue ReadingThe Jayne Cobb hat is the infamous hat given to Jayne Cobb – the gun-toting, ready for a throw down crew member of the Serenity. Firefly was such a great show and a mighty shame it was cancelled after just 13 episodes. But what a 13 episodes it was! In fact, fans helped to ensure…
Continue ReadingI admit that I enjoy the Facebook game Farm Town a little too much. It’s easy and a lot of fun to play. I get so excited when I level to see what wonderful items I’ve unlocked. I decided that I should make my Farm Town farmer in yarn through crochet. So here is my…
Continue ReadingOn Craftster.org, they had a Mario Bros. swap so naturally I just had to sign up for it. My partner’s favorite characters were Princess Peach and Yoshi. After creating Peach, my daughter wanted one and I decided the first one was too big. I made another one for the swap and then a third one…
Continue ReadingMy daughter is a Spongebob Squarepants fan. About a week ago, she came into the living room and asked me to make her a girl snail. I knew she was watching Spongebob in the bedroom and I was familiar with Gary but not a female snail. But apparently there is and her name is Snellie….
Continue ReadingI am on a play food kick lately. It started with the crochet hamburger I did a few weeks back. I thought that pizza would make an excellent play crochet food so I set out to whip up a small personal size pizza one evening. I’m going to start jotting down notes when I crochet…
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