Sunday, January 25, 2009

FREE AMIGURUMI CROCHET PATTERNS!





Here is a pattern for my Piggy and Kitty....Have fun!

MATERIALS:
Size F/5 crochet hook
12mm safety eyes
Stuffing to fill
Needle for nose and sewing together
I used "Red Heart" super saver yarn
-Black
-Gray
-light pink
-Dark pink (for bottom of piggy's feet)

Abbreviations:
Sc-Single Crochet
tog- crochet 2 stitches together (decrease)
Ch- Chain
Hdc- Half double crochet


BODY: Same pattern for both animals
Start with Gray for Kitty, or pink for piggy)
Round 1~ Chain 2, in 2nd stitch from hook, Sc 6 into it to make a circle.
Round 2~ Sc 2 into each (12)
Round 3~ Sc 1, Sc 2 into next. Repeat around (18)
Round 4~ Sc 2, Sc 2 into next. Repeat around (24)
Round 5~ Sc 3, Sc 2 into next. Repeat around (30)
Round 6~ Sc around (30)
Round 7~ (change color to black for kitty)
Sc 4, Sc 2 into next. Repeat around (36)
(Attach eyes now and do nose detail on kitty)
Round 8 through 18~ Sc around
Round 19~ Sc 4, Sc 2 tog. Repeat around (30)
Round 20~ Sc 3, Sc 2 tog. Repeat around (24)
Round 21~ Sc 2, Sc 2 tog. Repeat around (18)
Round 22~ Sc 1, Sc 2 tog. Repeat around (12)
Continue to to Sc 2 tog until closed- making sure to stuff before its closed :)
weave in ends.

LEGS: (make 4)
Start with black for kitty, dark pink for piggy.
Round 1~ Chain 2, in 2nd stitch from hook, Sc 7 into it to make a circle.
Round 2~ Sc around
(change color to light pink for piggy)
Rounds 3 and 4~ Sc around
leave tail for sewing onto body

Kitty ears
Round 1~ Chain 2, in 2nd stitch from hook, Sc 6 into it to make a circle.
Round 2~ Sc around
Round 3~ Sc 1, Sc 2 in next. Repeat around
Round 4~ Sc around

Flower for kitty's eye
Round 1~ Chain 2, in 2nd stitch from hook, Sc 6 into it to make a circle.
Round 2~ Chain 3, Sc into next stitch, repeat around 4 more times

Kitty Tail
Round 1~ Chain 2, in 2nd stitch from hook, Sc 5 into it to make a circle.
Sc around for 7 rounds. finish off, leave tail and sew onto body. do not stuff.

Piggy Ears
Round 1~ Chain 2, in 2nd stitch from hook, Sc 6 into it to make a circle.
Round 2~ Sc 2 into each (12)
finish off, fold in half and sew to head.

Piggy nose
Round 1~ Chain 2, in 2nd stitch from hook, Sc 6 into it to make a circle.
Round 2~ Sc 2 into each (12)
*in back loops only Sc around
leave tail for sewing to head. Embroider nose detail and stuff before sewing to head.

Piggy Tail
Chain 10, turn, Hdc gooing back up the row and finish off leaving a tail to sew to body.

Sunday, January 18, 2009

ETSY Treasury




yeah for my pink camo amigurumi octopus!

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Art Fire

Check it out! My crocheted sock monkey is featured :)

thank you!

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

AHHHHHH

Too much stuff to do and not enough time.

Get woken up by my almost-4-year old
Try to exercise (if baby is still sleeping)
Make her breakfast
Change babys diapers
Make a bottle
Feed him
give him medicine (boo)
clean up mess that hubby left the night before (he gets home late)
Do dishes
Make coffee
Make husband tea and/or lunch
Check email
Get ETSY orders together
Relist ETSY items
Try to crochet...ah right.
Get kids dressed
oh change more diapers
clean up breakfast mess
do a load of laundry.

ok now its lunch time!

New underwater creatures









I guess I was going through a purple and pink phase.
Right now im in a purple and blue phase- just finished my jellyfish pattern- so excited! photo coming soon :)

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Christmas is over giveaway!


I made this D.I.Y. kit for my ETSY store, which didn't sell, although the PDF version sold pretty well. So instead of having it lay around, I figured I would give it away! So just leave a comment about your favorite christmas ornament and you will be entered to win. Don't forget your email address so I can contact you if you win. I think I will run the contest til February so people have a chance to enter. Hope you like the kit :) (only for US residents.)

Monday, January 5, 2009

Christmas 2008



Here are a few pics from christmas, Regan got her very own handmade "pinkie pie" as she calls them. Made from a pattern by Amy Gaines for a poodle. She totally LOVES it! She has been asking me to make her a pink poodle for weeks and I worked on it after she went to bed for a few days, so she wouldn't see it. Harry, only 3 months old, only got a few toys, that he doesn't even care about yet. hehe.