Pink Owl Earflap hat

Flower Mobile

Hats, Hats, Hats!

Baby hats

Rowdy Kitty

UK Girraffe

Ava's purse

Before I ever learned to make amigurumi, I made scarves and little girl purses... I remember teaching a summer camp of jr. high girls how to make little purses more than a decade ago. I don't think I'd made one since then, until now. I'm on a little mission to make as many birthday and other holiday presents as possible. It's economical and prevents furthering the ever-growing glut of "stuff" we all have in our lives.

I guess this is stuff too. But at least it's hand-made and from the heart :-).

This purse is simply double crocheted in green, with a border of magenta, then crocheted together in green again. I added simple circular flowers and a pink fleece lining so the purse's future contents don't escape out the rather large spaces between stitches!

Just for fun, I thought I'd give sweater frog a ride. Too bad, they're going to separate people.

Sweater Frog

It's been a little while, I know! I have made a few creatures since May, but somehow they never got their portraits made, and subsequently, never made it to this blog.

Here's a new design- I'll call him "Sweater Frog" because of the stripes.  I couldn't find the exact kind of frog I wanted to make online, so I created my own (for my mom, who has placed several "orders" in the last few months.) He features bug eyes made of felt, an embroidered nose and mouth, pink stripes and froggish feet.


Pattern will be posted...

Speckle Cat

 

Duck rattle

OK, so maybe I've gone a little duck crazy. This one is a smaller version, minus legs. I put a jingle bell inside to make it a rattle.

Madelynn's duck

OK, I'm still having fun with my copy of the bird I saw on Etsy. This time I switched up the colors and stripe width to make the duck for my friend Priscilla's newborn baby girl, Madelynn Claire. I also made the wings a little longer to fit her initials on one. Finally, I threw in a couple of jingle bells to turn this duck into more of a toy.

Sweater Duck

I love to look on Etsy for inspiration. One of the sellers has an adorable duck pattern for sale. I know I should have just bought the pattern, but I wanted to see if I could make him on my own, following the ample photos on her site.

I didn't start my rows in the back, so my duck's sweater looks a little funky. Also, I'm still not mastering the art of stuffing, so he's a little lumpy. The great thing about this guy is that I already had the colors on hand and he only took a few hours.

Alligator a la Vanna

I made this little guy when a friend asked if I could make an alligator for a relative's baby whose nursery was alligator-themed in lime green and navy blue. I'm about two months late... and I haven't made the back spine in navy yet, becaue I haven't bought navy yarn yet....

But I thought I'd post him because he's pretty cute as a spineless alligator. The pattern can be found in this little Lion Brand Vanna's Choice booklet.

Baby hats

I made these before Rockam was born, but for some reason never posted them.

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 :-)

Baby Toys

I have been crocheting a fair amount since Rockam was born... it just hasn't shown up on the blog! While my mom was here, I did another scarf bunny, a couple more nests, two baby hats (gotta throw some photos up of those if either will fit Rock's head) and these cute little rattles based on Ana Paula Rimoli's pattern in "Amigurumi Two!" The above rattle has jingle bells crocheted into a middle row about five stitches apart. It's supposed to be a tambourine for Stephen. He only plays with it occasionally though :-(

These two rattles were made for a friend's baby shower. They've got jingle bells inside. I learned how to do lettering from June Gilbank's Idiot's Guide to Amigurumi.