Boy's hair clips

I was inspired to make boy's hair clips because of my grandson. He was born with such lovely hair that it is a waist to cut it off. It was strange for me at first seeing him with long hair. I was asking my daughter when she was going to take him for a hair cut. She told me she wasn't so I quit telling after some time and started to live with seeing him having long hair. At first she was cutting his fringe because it was always in his eyes but now she wants to grow it for him, that was when we decided to make boy's clips. We tried to make the clips of the animals or stuff he likes. He definitely likes the bees and we haven't shown him the other new ones yet. They take awhile to make and they are fiddly when it is handmade. I together with my daughter made them out of felt and embroidery thread. Here are our creations. Once you start making them you become to be more creative.

Boys Hair Clips

Another new thing we have on Etsy now. Since my grandson has long hair, we just thought of boys with long hair. We came up with this design but we have more coming up. Here you can see our designs and creations for boys hair clips. They are funky and colourful. Amazing for boys long hair. We love crafting so we are always thinking and coming up with ideas. Here is our etsy page for these. They are copy right so please respect our wishes.
https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/475139113/boys-hair-clips-hair-clips-rocket-hair?ref=shop_home_active_1

Humpty Dumpty

I made this Humpty Dumpty my own pattern which I will try it out again. I searched and searched for a nice pattern and I found an excellent one at crochet creation by Alison. I msg her on facebook and she replied that she doesn't have the pattern yet that she will get back to it when she has time. it was late for me so I tried it out I unpicked 6 times in making the body I didn't even like the last one but I thought I would see how it finishes up. I was satisfied with the body at the end. I attached all the pieces which were many and made the hair. What I found hard is the eye brows and the white in the eyes. I tried different ideas for the eyes and at the end I made the ball separate and white on top. I could have done just the black and let the white show from underneath but I had trouble attaching the black thing.I also put a rattle inside. I am happy with the result at the end.

My little Lion

My little lion looks like a cat why, I need to find out why. My youngest daughter wanted a lion to give out as a present so that is why I did this lion. I did the pattern from Amigurumi to go but changed the muzzle because I thought hers looks like a bear but now mine looks like a cat. I added more mane around the face. This time I used safety eyes and I also used glue, so it is more safer. This took me about six hours to make it is fairly small good for a child to hold. I also put a rattle in it so it makes noise. The mane is the longest to make I did a separate head and I also did some on the actual toy. You guys should give this one a try It is easy straight forward once you know how to follow patterns besides Amigurumi to go might have the video to show you how to make this lion. Here is mine

Part of my childhood

We had to get up early and get ready for mass, that was a daily thing. Once in awhile, I felt like sleeping in so I played it sick. My excuse was a headache or a I didn't feel well. In summer though when we attended mass I often felt faintish and it wasn't just me. The special fun times that I remember where the Americans would collect all the institutes together and make us a very big party. there were the boys from the orphanage the girls' one and ours. We would talk to each other as we knew some of the girls from the other orphanages. We would eat plenty of food and playing games and Santa would be there giving us maybe lollies don't remember if we got presents.  We also went to Malta on the buses with the boys' orphanage to a lemonade factory. It was fascinating to see the bottles being washed and filled with lemonade, closed with a lid without no help from people. They gave each of us a bottle to drink, we ate like in a restaurant that they have organised for us and after that we went to a beach in Malta. On the way to the ferry, a boy sat next to me and we talked heaps. As a young girl talking with a boy was fun. lol. So far, I have seen a couple of girls that were with us and we treat them like sisters.

Hairpins for boys

My grandson has long hair so I hate it when his hair is covering his eyes. So my daughter thought we should make him some hairpins for boys. She made him two like robots, trucks and more. I made him this one of course it was her idea inspired from somewhere.I can't show you her hairpins because she gave them away.

Makka Pakka

I made Makka Pakka for my grandson and future grand children. I didn't have any pattern for it. Trial and error. I hesitated to finish it as I found oblong head hard to do. I made one and it came a little too small. I'm happy with the finished toy. I find it very satisfying that it looks a bit like the toy I tried to imitate. Here is a picture of the toy I tried to make and my one.

Some of the toys I did so far

I made these amigurumi toys, some from free patterns,I actually bought one pattern and about five I made without a pattern. I have gifted four. Since that photo I have made an extra five.I have made all these since about six months ago. I still have a lot of passion for this amigurumi craft.

Little Ted

I wanted a small teddy bear to attach it to a key clasp but this came big to use it for that. I made this little Ted from Sheep of Delight. I like it because I didn't have to do a muzzle separate. I wanted to try and see how it is made attached to the head. the pattern is easy so give it a try. The end results is cute. I made the mouth different to hers. Here is my picture.

large dolphin

I made this dolphin from Amidorable Crochet.

I had fun making this dolphin. It is made it with two yarns so it comes bigger. I made two tail so it is not floppy. It is easy to make once you know how to read the amigurumi patterns. I also put a rattle in it. It is 46 centimeters long. I am very happy how it turned out that I made another one with one thread.

It doesn't look like much of a difference but there is,the small one measures 36 centimeters. There is 10 centimeters difference.

In this photo is the picture of the smaller dolphin. I made that light blue.

Amigurumi monkey

I made this monkey from Amigurumi To Go tutorial.

I also made it a dress using no pattern, I just made it up as I went.

Amigurumi Dolphin

Using this pattern by Amidorable Crochet Designs I created a beautiful Blue Dolphin. It is 48 centimeters long. It is bluish green, and rattles. It has safety eyes. It was easy to make.