I've been busy crocheting

I'm planning on making a weather mobile, maybe more like a universe mobile, and it has three layers: the top has a sun, a moon, and a star; the middle has a white and a gray (bluish) cloud, and maybe a rainbow, or not; the bottom has a raindrop, a lightning bolt, and a bird. I contemplated a snowflake, but no. A bird.
This is what I have done:


Um... the pictures don't want to load. I will try again later. I made up all the patterns except the cloud, which i may remake. Ask for any pattern.

http://imaginarywardrobe.blogspot.com/2008/07/amigurumi-cloud.html

there we go.

I am also crocheting all my friends mini amigurumi keychains, just because. I am giving them all screen names:
For Wanda, I made a snail. It's the only one I started. (I kinda sorta based it off the idea of this one: http://happyamigurumi.blogspot.com/2011/06/crocheted-amigurumi-sheepmouton.html)

Henrietta is getting a heart (maybe this one if I figure it out: http://mygurumi.blogspot.com/2009/02/pop-heart-pattern.html)

Skye is getting a purple monkey (probably my earlier-mentioned pattern),

I'm making Sarah a turtle, Cynthia an... i don't know (she's my twin), and Barbara a little dress, maybe?(she likes fashion and stuff.)

I guess I have to make myself something... Meh. The mobile. :)
Sorry for such a long post,
M.

Friendly Stalkers :)

So my friend sent this lovely creature after me to stalk me after I said I was stalking her via email, and so I set off to create one for myself. I present you with a crab made from keyboard characters!
Comment and let me know which you like best!

(^v) .    . (^v)

  ^| (     ) ^|

 ^{, , ,    , , ,}

_{. .}   .      .  _{. .}

(^v) (      ) (^v)

^{|  . . .   . . . |}

^{um... he got a little (lot) messed up. so i guess you probably like the top one. there was another one i made in my email, but i'm too lazy to go get it.}

^{feel free to use them, i'd like to start seeing them.}

^{Your friend of Christ}

Puffballs and Such

So, I was going to create a puffball with wings, but it turned out to be a puffball with a pom pom on her head. Her name is Tommiie. Don't ask why. :)
Anyway... Here she is.

With a head of hair...

...And with a complete furry... aura.

I am also working on a weather mobile, which I will explain in my next post, along with a bunch of patterns. Oh, here is the pattern for this puffy creature (or a large hackysack :D):

Tommiie the furry puffball

You will need a crochet hook (I used an F hook, and crocheted tightly)

And a round marker (to mark the end of rounds, a paper clip or safety pin, etc. works)

And yarn, normal and furry.

 And a brain, and eyes, and stuff. :)

Ch 4, join with sl st

1.       Sc 6 into 2^nd ch from hook

2.       2 sc in ea around (12)

3.       *1 sc in next sc, 2 sc in next sc* around (18)

4.       * 1 sc in next 2 sc, sc 2 in next sc* around (24)

5.       *1 sc in next 3 sc, sc 2 in next sc* around (30)

6.       *1 sc in next 4 sc, sc 2 in next sc* around (36)

7.       Sc in ea (36)

8.       Sc in ea (36)

9.       Sc in ea (36)

10.   Sc in ea (36)

11.   Sc in ea (36)

12.   Guess (sc in ea) (36)

13.   Sc in ea (36)

14.   *1 sc in next 4, sc dec* around (30)

15.   *1 sc in next 3, sc dec*around (24)

16.    Sc in ea (24)

17.   *1 sc in next 2, sc dec* around (18)

18.   *1 sc in next sc, sc dec* around (12)

19.   Sc dec in ea (6)

20.   Fasten off and weave in end (or not, I don’t bother), you’re done! Well, with the base.

21.   Then, I took orange super soft fuzzy stuff, and crocheted around the outside, and skipped a row for the eyes, and ended like two thirds down or something.

22.   My sister embroidered little carat (or however you spell that) (^  ^) eyes onto it.

23.   Don’t forget to make a small pom pom and sew it to its head (if it’s a girl, or think of something better, if it’s a guy. Or make up wings.)

Please leave a comment with a picture if you try it!

Oh yeah, and feel free to leave comments on what I should crochet, I never have any idea what to make. Chances are, I will try it.

“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. ¹⁵ Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. ¹⁶ In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
--Matthew 5:14

Plush Flower And Caps For Children

Here are some other projects I finished recently, a flower from CraftPassion (the strings are for hanging, I just put them in different places because I didn't want to take them out. I gave it to my friend for her birthday), and some caps for children for my church (the second one, the first turned out way too big, and I turned it into a beret. It was green and pink striped).

 

 

Springtime post

Here are some pics of our lovely crab apple trees, and some cool clouds to go with it. Most were taken while working on the first rows of my afghan.

 

 

 

Soft Waves Ripples!!!

Thanks for joining me. We'll see how long I can keep this up.
    So, I saw this blanket/pattern on Attic24, and I wanted to make one. I've wanted to make one before that, but... yeah. So, I think it looks cool so far, though it's like 4 inches tall. Here are some pictures!

You have to understand how exciting this is for me. It's the hugest project I've ever done! And I actually feel like I'm going to finish. It's aqua, fern, magenta, and I'll be adding terracotta (pumpkin). I plan to make it 4'x6'.
Along the way, I was working outside on my cool lime green tree swing (:D) and the crabapple trees were in bloom, and the clouds were cool. I took, like, a million pictures, because I love photography, so here are some.

Ok, well, it's really late (ok not that late but I'm the last one up [not, but it feels like it], and I hear thunder. So I will upload it next time. Sorry. Good night!

Addition: I am using Vanna's Choice 100% acrylic yarn, from Lion Brand.

Patterns!

Well, this is, like, the first pattern I've ever made, and it's really small. If you follow the directions. Anyway, I'm really lazy (I get bored of projects easily), and I didn't want to check it, so it should work relatively well. Comment with any issues, please!
:D Oh yeah, it's a mini monkey. I gave mine to a guy at school, because he gave me an eraser (unfair trade :P), and I forgot to take a picture. Bummer. Whateves, maybe I'll make another and take a picture. And PLEASE send in pictures of your own if you make one. They're small and quick, so I encourage trying it!

Crochet Amigurumi Mini Monkey

Materials:

*E and F Hooks

*Yarn (I used Sugar‘n Cream cotton yarn in orange, blue, purple, green, and pink; you can use whatever you want)

*Toy stuffing

*Yarn needle

*Round marker (safety pin, paperclip, earring, etc. also work)

HEAD

F Hook

R1: ch 2, 6 sc in 2^nd ch from hk

R2: sc 2 in ea around

R3: *sc 1, 2 sc in next sc* 6 times

R4: *sc 2, 2 sc in next sc* 6 times

R5-7: sc in ea around

R8: *sc 4, dec 1* 6 times

R9: *sc 3, dec 1* 6 times

Stuff head

R10: dec 6 times

R11: sc 1 in ea around

Leave a tail long enough to sew the head to the body

BODY

F Hook

R1: ch 2, sc 6 in 2^nd ch from hk

R2: sc 2 in ea

R3-9: sc in ea

Stuff body

R10: dec 6 times

R11: sc 1 in ea around

ARMS (make 2)

E Hook

R1: ch 2, sc 4 in 2^nd ch from hk

R2-9: sc 1 in ea

No need to stuff

Leave a tail long enough to sew onto the body

LEGS (make 2)

E Hook

R1: ch 2, sc 6 in 2^nd ch from hk

R2-8: sc 1 in ea

Leave a tail long enough to sew onto the body

NOSE

E Hook

R1: ch 2, sc 6 in 2^nd ch from hk

R2: sc 2 in ea

R3: *sc 1, sc 2 in next sc* 6 times

R4: sc 1 in ea

R5: dec 6 times
leave a tail long enough to sew onto the head

EARS (Make 2)

E Hook

R1: ch 4, sl st into 4^th ch from hk to form a loop

R2: sc 6 into loop, sl st to make it look more round.

Leave a tail long enough for sewing onto the head

TAIL

Cut 3 (or more) strands of any color(s) 8-10in long, and loop them in half. Stick the crochet hook through a stitch near the bottom of the back of the body. Hook the strands onto it, and pull it back through the stitch. Pull the loose ends

through the loop of the strands. There should be double the amount of strands. I braided the tail.


Please leave a comment if you try this pattern! So sorry I don't have a picture!!!

     ¹³ “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. ¹⁴ But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it."

--

Matthew 7.13-14