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.

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 :)