Introducing: Elephant

This is my latest crochet creation, and I just love him! He worked up super cute and super fast too!

(The trunk is made pliable by placing a pipe cleaner in the trunk. I chose not to stuff it, as well as the ears. )

Another excellent FREE pattern from Lion Brand found here. 



I just am having a difficult time trying to decide whether I should give him eyes. I kind of like him plain... do you agree? I'm contemplating using embroider floss and giving him eyes like this:

What do you think?

Granny day 5

I've made more than one a day... but that's ok, right? 

These 4 are my latest. I love the daisy pattern one! It just looks so cheery :)

It's also a free pattern found here!

They need to be blocked cause they're horribly wonky right now, but we'll get that all straightened out...later.  

Amigurumi Friday!- working in rounds.

It's that time of the week again! Time to talk about our favorite stuffed, crocheted toys!

For this week we'll be discussing some tips on working in the round, since this is how one works an amigurumi.

In general, you begin with a magic circle (see this post for details on how!) and however many stitches the pattern asks you to make on round 1. This might look something like this:

Ch. 2 
Rnd. 1: sc 6 in 2nd loop from hook. (6 sc)

When you see the chain 2 instructions, ignore them. This is where you make the magic circle. You work all 6 single crochets into the magic circle, and pull tight.

STOP! Mark the end of the last round here by getting a spare piece of yarn that is a different color than the one you are working with (so it's easy to see) and pull it through your last stitch. I recommend to have the piece be at least 6 inches long so it won't fall out so easily. 

You can see here that I've marked my round with white yarn. No need to fuss with buying those fancy plastic markers at the craft store!

(Round marked with black yarn)

On the next round, they generally ask you to increase by one, and same for the following rounds. This will look something like:

Rnd. 2: 2 sc in ea sc around. (12 sc) 


Do NOT turn, do NOT ch.1, simply continue to work in your circle around, putting 2 single crochets in each of the previous rounds single crochets until you reach a total of 12 single crochets, and have made it back to your marker. This is working in the round. Move your marker up to the end of the round you just finished, and move onto round 3.

Round 3 will be just as Round 2, without turning, simply work the stitches as the pattern calls for, and so forth.

I hope this is clear, and if it isn't, please feel free to ask questions! I will try and get more pictures for our next weeks addition which will be discussing the ever so illusive increases and decreases!  :)
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Update: Granny a Day

blocking- I steamed them with my iron. 

my first square my friend Jami's color picksmy favorite

my husband's color picks

my friend Drew's picks- he's a very patriotic army guy :)

Waiting

Is anyone else ever eager to get on to the next "phase" of life? Wanting to push the boundaries of time and circumstance to visit something you hope to happen in the future? Well right now, that's where my heart is at. I long to be out of the newly-wed, newly-graduated, don't know what I'm going to do with my life, subbing in other people's classrooms, holding other people's babies, everything is not yet, or just over.

It is so hard at these times to remember that this process of waiting on the Lord is often what makes the actual circumstances, when they come, so sweet and enables you to truly appreciate them.

For now I meditate on Psalm 130:5 "I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I hope;"

First one down!

I'll get a better pic later, just had to show you I'm really doing it!

Granny a Day

I have just joined the Granny a Day Challenge hosted by Meet me at Mikes.

I doubt I'll actually finish one a day, but I'm certainly gonna try! I've really wanted to make a granny square blanket for a while, so I figure now's the best time, or I'll never do it!

Thanks to Craft Matters- Granny a Day post, I too am in for the adventure!
As inspiration, check out Flick'rs A Granny a Day pool- it's pretty incredible to see all those beautiful squares in so many lovely colors!

I'll leave you with one of the fabulous images from the Flickr pool:

Pretty amazing huh?

New Hair

Sometimes it's just nice to get a fresh look- even when you are attempting to grow your hair out... :)

p.s.- I'm feeling a lot better since my last post! I think I just ate something bad.

feelin blue

 I haven't been feeling so hot lately. I went to bed with  a stomach ache, woke up with a stomach ache, and am sure at some point this morning that an alien was trying to force it's way out of my stomach like that stupid movie from the 90's. I don't know if it's my diet or what, but I hate this feeling that I have to stay close to a bathroom. 

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