Happy Light mobile

Next in my series of birthday gifts for my friends, the McQueens, my "Happy Light" mobile was made for Olivia Light McQueen.

I drew from several online sources for inspiration, though I didn't follow any pattern exactly. For the sun, I liked this cute one from The Chain Gang. I made my sun bigger and flatter so it could be the main "hub" of the mobile. To make stars, I followed this pattern, but made mine smaller. One star has some little beams of light and the other is a shooting star with a curly tail of half double crochet. The moon is just a little blue ball with gray cheeks :-)

Finished hotair balloon with blue bear

I must say, my balloon turned out to be rather oblong compared with the picture in Rimoli's "Amigurumi Two!", where I got the pattern. This will eventually hang in Stephen and Baby's room, once I get some kind of hook up to hold it.

Mobile for baby brother

I've been working on another design by Ana Paula Rimoli from her "Amigurumi World 2: Toys for Me and You and Baby Too." I wanted to make something for Stephen and New Baby (due in 10 days!!) and this model was just the thing. I changed the color scheme to blues and greens and I might make a different mini critter besides the white bear that she has with it.

Stephen saw me stuffing the balloon portion of the amigurumi with polyfill and he wanted to join in the fun. The balloon and basket are completed, but I haven't made the little critter to go in the basket yet. Will post those later :)

Happy Rain

My friends have four children, each with a unique "nature-y" name. Anna Rain will be celebrating her 4th birthday tomorrow, and I wanted to make her a little gift that reflected her pretty middle moniker. This is what I came up with...

To make a happy rain mobile, I went pretty random on the cloud. I'm afraid I couldn't replicate what I did if I tried. It involved adding stitches only on the top side to get the asymetrical bumpy look. The raindrops are more cut and dry:

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Happy drop

(Note, leave a long tail in the beginning to suspend drop from cloud.)

R1: ch 2, sc 3 in second chain from hook

R2: sc 2 in each (6 sts)

R3: sc 1, 2 sc repeated three times (9 sts)

R4: sc 2, 2 sc repeated 3 times (12 sts)

R5: sc 3, 2 sc repeated 3 times (15 sts)

R6: sc 4, 2 sc repeated 3 times (18 sts)

R7: sc 5, 2 sc repeated 3 timnes (21 sts)

R8: sc 6, 2 sc repeated 3 times (24 sts)

R9: add eyes, 5 sts apart and sc 24

R10-11: sc 24, embroider mouth

R12: sc 2, dec 1 repeat 6 times (18 sts)

R13: sc 1, dec 1 repeat 6 times (12 sts)

R14: sk 1, sc 1 repeated 6 times (6 sts)

R15: sk 1, sc1 repeat 3 times, tie off.

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Rainbow hanger
(Note: Be sure to leave tails at either of each color to sew rainbow to cloud's head.)
R1: ch 15 with purple yarn
R2: turn and sl st 14
R3: sc 1, 2 sc to end with blue yarn
R4: sc 2, 2 sc to end with green yarn
R5: sc 3, 2 sc to end with yellow yarn
R6: sc 4, 2 sc to end with reddish-orange yarn