~bunny~

This is a very over-due post. I meant to post this project before Easter, but, as you have probably gathered, that didn’t happen. Insert moment of tears here.  SOOoo…yeah. But hey, even though the pictures have Easter eggs in them, I hope you still enjoy this bunny. And you can always make him for NEXT Easter! (not that you need to wait that long by any means. Go ahead and make him this weekend!)

Look at that little pink nose.

 

 

 

And let’s not forget his adorable little tail.

 

I was really happy with how well his pieces went together. Sometimes I have a hard time sewing the arms and things on my creations, taking multiple tries sometimes, but this little fella come together so nicely! Makes me like him all the more. 🙂

If you’re interested in making your own little bunny the pattern can be found here.

Have a beautiful day everyone!

~A

Sherbet the Owl

Just a quick post to show you this crochet project I did a while back. Meant to put pictures on way back when, but never got around to it and kept forgetting….*Who, me? Forget???” :-O

Anyway, here he is. Let me introduce Mr. Sherbet the owl-

 

 

Yep, there he is, in all his multi-colored cuteness.

If you’re interested in making an owl of your very own, I got the pattern from this book,

which can be found here. (I’m sure it can be found a lot of other places too, such as Amazon, but this is just where I ordered my copy from) There are two sizes for the owls and I believe I made Sherbet from the pattern for the larger one. He stands right at 5 1/4  inches tall.

Hope you’re all having a lovely weekend!

~A

 

~it’s been a while~

Can you believe it? It’s getting to the middle of October already! Where we are, the past couple weeks has been one long, continuous time of grey skies and rain. No flooding or anything, thankfully, and happily the sun has come back out to grace us with it’s presence! Sadly though,  I guess I must finally admit it. summer’s really and truly over. *sigh*

But that’s not all bad news, there’s always the hope of fall camping to look forward to, and the holidays (Thanksgiving and Christmas, mmmmmmm! ), and visiting with family.  Possibly a trip to the mountains too.

Even though I wasn’t quite ready to bid summer a total, final farewell, I am excited about fall and winter. So much to look forward to!

So yeah…it’s been a while since I’ve been on here. 😦 I’ve had ideas and pictures for blog posts….buuuutt…somehow I just haven’t been able to get them together into anything yet. I guess I’ve been suffering from a typing block.

But I’m back! Complete with pictures of my new doll that I mentioned I would be working on a couple posts back. Yeah, yeah, I didn’t exactly get pictures of it put up soon, but in my own defense, this doll took me a while.  Even my family noticed. They were like, you’ve been working on that one longer than most things. “You noticed? @_@” Hahahaha! Anyway, here she is.

 Miss LuLu.

Now a side view.

And up close.

When it comes to crocheting, (anything, actually) I have a short attention span, (which is why most the projects you will see on this blog are small, relatively fast ones) and this doll, due to her being larger than most things I make, and the hair curls, nearly surpass my limits. As I was in the middle of making her, I was thinking I. am. NEVER. making this pattern AGAIN. But after I finished her, she was so cute that I’m actually wanting to make another one. 😀

Here is the free pattern I used for her if you care to give it a go. I generally stick to using realistic colors when I’m making dolls, but since it was my first time making this one, I decided to stick with the quirky color combination idea from the original doll. Hence the bright pink hair. I was really afraid I was going to regret that color choice, but in the end, I really liked it!

Let’s see….a few final thoughts on the pattern, I added her little nose (it wasn’t included in the pattern), and when I made her hair, (not the ringlets, but the cap part) it came out too big when I was following the pattern. Not sure if I made a mistake while reading the instructions, (probably) or if there was a mistake in the pattern….but either way, that wasn’t too hard to fix.

If I make this pattern again what color hair should I do?

Hope you’re having a beautiful Autumn day!

~A

~yet another crochet doll~

So yes, today we have yet another crochet doll. I made this one up without a pattern, just taking ideas from a few different dolls, and while there are some things I would change about her body shape if I make another one, I think she came out pretty adorable. I believe I shall call her AnnaMarie. Don’t ask me why, the name just popped into my head. 🙂

I really like her little hat.

Her hair is actually more red, and less brown, but I didn’t quite capture the actual color with the camera. Aah well.

I have a pattern picked out for another doll I plan to start today, so maybe there will be pictures of that one coming soon.  🙂

~A