Yarnigans

So every once in a while I get on a knitting or crochet kick. A good friend of mine had a baby and I took some pictures for her, and decided to make a few wonky hats to use for the pictures. And one thing led to another and almost our whole family has new hats now (sorry John, I'm working on it), Kate has a new ballerina, Dash has a new fish and I came across a toy I made him a while ago and decided more of the same needed to be made of those too. =)

While we were in North Carolina, we met up with some friends and she reminded me that Amigurumi is awesome and I know how to do it. =) I haven't done it in a while but Dash has an obsession with fish lately and I thought I might as well make him a fish toy. Amigurumi just means crocheted toy in Japanese and you can find a bajillion patterns all over the web. So if you hate yarny stuff, just skip on over this post. =)

First up is Dash's fish hat. I found this pattern on knitty - here



Oh and I have a horrible tendency to not quite finish things. Sorry. =) This guy still needs pupils. =)

It's WAY long, and the mouth is what goes over Dash's head... and you can pull it down and suddenly it looks like a fish ate your head. Dash digs it.

Here's another shot where you can see his gigantic mouth. I thought there was no way this was going to fit when I started knitting it, but it does. =)



This little guy is one of my favorites, I think Dash thinks the "curly" tail makes it too girly. I don't care, she's cute. =)



That pattern is here.

This guy is wicked cool, I made him from the Itty Bitty Toys book by Susan B. Anderson. She rocks. She has a new series in a knitting magazine coming out with these reversible toys, I can't wait to make the hedgehog/squirrel.

This guy starts out as an egg...



and turns into a bird. =) Albeit a bird with a missing beak. It's coming, I promise.



Her blog is here.

Next is Brisa the ballerina. She's gorgeous, at least when the designer made her she was gorgeous. Mine looks a little psychotic. =) I think I'm going to redo her eyes. I don't want to do the plastic eyes because she's for Kate, but I think she looks a little nuts with these big ol black eyes. I'll post a picture when I fix her. =)



And her super cool hair. What a nifty technique.



The girl who designed her goes by Owlishly on everything, her patterns are on artfire and Etsy and she has a blog as well. Here's her artfire store...

And her blog.

I really, really love that hula girl. And all of her stuff, really. Super cute.

And crazy eyes or not, Kate digs her. =)



I'll try and post more that I work on, I always have something going on. Right now it's a quilt, and I LOVE the fabric so I can't wait to work on it. I just can't find any time. =) It's not like I can take my sewing machine to bed and work on it while the kids are asleep. I can crochet while I'm piled up watching TV though so that's what usually gets done around my house. When I finish that quilt, I'll post pics of that too.