Crochet skirts

I love these skirts and not as hard to make. The lady is majovel on you tube. She is excellent in showing her knowledge. I have a shop on etsy so these will be good for twins. The white skirt is made in cotton. The blue one a mixture of half blends. It is a lovely skirt for winter.

Crochet orange dress

I had bought some orange cotton yarn and I thought it would be enough to make a dress. I liked this dress. It has a button at the back making it easy to put it on. It is from a free you tube that I used before. It is an easy dress to make. It is for a three month old baby girl. I am glad to finish the yarn but I keep buying more. Just spent $50 worth of yarn, this way, I will never run out . what an addiction hobby. If you only knew how much I loved sewing before liking crochet. Now I can't stand sewing. I think it is not possible to like two things. It is one thing at a time.

lovely crochet girl's ruffle skirt

I made this lovely girl's ruffle skirt from a free video too. You need to read diagram to follow this skirt as the lady doesn't show you all the way till finish. I love this skirt and I am making another one. I used 4 ply yarn, half nylon and half acrylic yarn. I don't have anyone to try it on, pity, I would have like to see how it looks. Strange, I seem to be making girls stuff, though I have grandsons. I had girls so I am more confident with girls stuff. I still need to put buttons on the band, so not yet completely finished. I didn't want to go to the shop just for buttons. This one you might find it hard to make the ruffles it was ok for me. I wouldn't used 8 ply acrylic yarn for this.  I added an extra ruffle for mine as I saw it small. I am very, very pleased with this skirt.

Amigurumi toys

I saw these lovely free patterns and I had to make them. The dog is not small but he is a cute dog. I like how it turned out. I made his overalls myself not from a patterns but the lady has overalls too. She has another type of dog and a cat. I simple loved this dog so I just made him for now. I might make them later. It is from amigurumi today If I'm not mistaken. I also made this teddy, he is tiny but the colour I've used is not as nice. They use different yarn to make this small teddy but I think it is not strong enough. I thought it was cute. I am very selective in what I make I have to like them. It is also a free pattern but I'm afraid this one is in different language. I don't put wires and safety eyes in my toys lately. I don't know what I touched to make it in italics. Here are the pictures of them.

Amigurumi Rabbit doll

This is a different language free pattern. You need to be experienced in crocheting to make this one. I wish to make a white one. I like the size of this doll. Where I didn't understand I used my knowledge. Like the boots finished different then mine. I think it was crab stitch but I did mine similar to picot but not exactly that. I also couldn't understand the first two rows of the dress so I made it as I know how. It actually look very similar. Sometimes I wish I can understand their languages there are some cute patterns out there. I make what I think I can do and leave the once that I think I can't do. In white it is nicer I think silly me I had white.

Lola

This amigurumi is from a video on youtube but I changed it so much that you can hardly tell it is from that pattern. Her body, head and hands are from the video. It is her eyes that were suppose to be very big and stuck with glue and I don't think that is safe for kids. I rather embroidered them and I also made a nose. I never separated the yarn for the hair so I will never do that again. I will have to separate the yarn at least in half. It looses strength when you separate the yarn into 4 so I will try in half at least. I added lashes as well. I liked how it turned up. I should try a bit of blush in her cheeks and knees she will look better.

 

Amigurumi Molly doll

I have been seeing this Molly doll often enough to finally make one. I always seem to change it to make it my own. So I changed the eyes the dress and the beanie. I like the way it turned up. I also didn't make any wires so it is child safe. I also didn't make shoe laces. I love her face it turned out pretty good. You can give it a try ladies and put your mark like I did to make it your own. It is a free pattern from pinterest.

Handmade Crochet Girl's sweater

I just love making these sweaters. They are so easy and they look so cute. I made these with 5 ply acrylic yarn. Easy free pattern from bernat and there is a you tube video instruction. I also love the combinations I used. The trouble with these are you need to be careful with the sleeves as to not loose stitches. I need to figure a way to also make the joining part straight somehow it comes slanting. I embroidered the eyes because buttons are choking hazards. I also put buttons at the back cause I saw the neck circumference small. I was saying about hazards but hopefully at the back is quite safe. still it is a nice project to make.

Crochet sweater

I had yarn and wanted to use it so I searched for something that I can do. I came across this beautiful sweater. There is also a video on you tube I think it is by Bernat yarn. I love the fact there there is something on the front. I like the combination of colours. It is really not hard to make if you can you can follow the video as well. This is made in 5 ply yarn I usually like to use 8 ply yarn. It is very useful to make it for kids. I thought the opening for the head is small so I did an opening at the back. You can alter how you please once you understand how it is done. I still have to attach the buttons on I bought them already.

Crochet handmade girl's coat

I saw this crochet coat and I liked it so much that I had to make it. I like the ears on the hood and the bow at the back. I had to follow a video and I wanted to use her colours yarns too but here we haven't got a big selection.It is not hard to make and since I have grandsons only it will be on etsy. I would like to make one in a single crochet but it might take forever to make. I still haven't found the correct buttons for it. I like to make them in dusty pink or purple pink. I am still looking for the correct buttons My last resolution is white. I love the ears on the hood. Here is the girl's coat.

Amigurumi Crochet New Toy

I had some cotton yarn to use so about a year ago I scribbled some designs. This was on the page but I changed the top part. I should have followed it exactly as I drew it back then. It is a toy that I was inspired to make by my grandkids. Also I did ask God to give me some talent to create something. I lack that. I would like to make a pattern one day but since I sell varieties of this design I rather not. I like to make two faces on the toy as it is more fun for kids to have something to look at. I think embroidery thread for this toy was ok. I used alot of blue in this toy on purpose. I wanted to add embellishments to this toy but it might not be safe for small children so I prefer not to. Anyway here it is

Wedding pomander

Kissing ball or pomander I found that these are called. I made two for the flower girls and since the ages were different I made one slightly smaller as she was only three years old. I never made these before so I searched on you tube how. I love you tube the things I learn from there, but I did a course for making fresh and artificial flowers. I think it is better to know how they are made though I was very, very challenged doing the bride bouquet and no one had a video about large one. I tried many Technics and errors before I came with the ONE. The pearl ribbon I love it so much for these kissing balls. I used smaller roses for these.

Crochet sleeping bag and new born pants

I  remember why I wanted to make this sleeping bag. I saw it on Facebook and I liked it. It was a free pattern but when I started the pattern I didn't think it was coming good. I had to make it as I knew how and kept going with the hood too. It would have been nice if I could have done that pattern but there was no video or anything. Anyway I had left over yarn so I gave the crochet pants a try. It was fairly easy and I was only left with a small peace of yarn. I saw a video on you tube how to make this pants in case any of you are interested. It is a new born size. Here are they for you to see.

Amigurumi mermaid

Amigurumi mermaid, how this came about is my youngest daughter's friend had a baby girl and she ordered me to make her a mermaid. I searched for a nice pattern similar to what she liked and I came up with this one. I  slightly made her a larger head. My daughter doesn't want me to make her a mouth. It didn't take too long to make except for the hair part. I embroidered the eyes since it is for a baby. I like it how it turned up.The tail looks great.What I would change if I had to make another one is, I would make the top part longer so the bra fits nicer. Didn't put a rattle in it too.

Amigurumi cat with skirt

I had to make new stuff for the market so I made this lovely cat similar to Mari-Liis Lille (lilleliis).
You can check out her website she is a very good designer and also has free patterns. I like how it turned up and I did end up selling this ONLY at the market. This lady wanted to pay only $10 for it which I priced it for $27 but I said no, sorry, then she went and came back after some time and told me I love that cat but I have to money to buy it mind you she had a stall. Then just before we closed up the shop here she comes again with short of change to $22 and then I said ok have it. It was a success I have to try and make another one but I never write down anything silly me. Here is the famous cat with a story by the way that lady came and passed by my stall many times checking to see if it was still there. She must have love cats but I need money too that is why I was there for.

Beret

How these beret came about is I saw a handsome man wearing a lovely light brown beret. He looked great, so I thought I will make one for my grandson. I made one and came small so I kept making to see what size will fit him. It turned out he doesn't like wearing them. Since I have too many now I will sell them at a market. The pattern I used is from you tube, she has two videos, so if you type flat beret it turns up. It is easy to make she has a good tutorials. you don't need much wool either. Here are the pictures of my berets.

Crochet Beanie slouch

I always like to try new stuff. I get bored doing the same things, this way I keep myself interested in this craft. How the beanie came about is my older grandson tried his father's beanie and I wanted to make him one. I actually made him two because I didn't have his brother's head circumference and I made the other one big enough to fit him too. One is brown and the other one blue and brown. just had enough wool. I got the free pattern from pinterest.com. I had to increase more as my wool was 8 ply. I'm so happy, I am using a lot of yarn. I need to buy new colours. Who knows what I will be doing next I know my daughter wants me to make her something so you might come here and check to see what it is. Till next time

Bunny boy and bunny girl amigurumi toys

I wanted to make something that my little grandson could hold without hurting himself. He likes to hold your finger. I was searching for something to make and voila I saw a girl rabbit and since it is for a boy I didn't make the skirt. I also made it longer then the pattern. I also made the girl rabbit cause my youngest daughter liked it. I already gave the toy to my grandson he loved it. It is fairly safe as it has no safety eyes. They are embroidered. I also made a small flower near one of the ear of the girl rabbit. I made a longer skirt  and changed where I started the skirt. Very easy to make and also quick not much sewing required. Here are my rabbits.

My second try of making a doll

I almost succeeded in writing the pattern for this doll. I need to write the head and the hat. I tried making bigger head but I think it doesn't look that cute. So I will make a smaller head and hat. The dress is also a little wider I think it looks nicer. So I still need a little work on this doll but at least I have a lot done for the pattern. I used less lines because the doll is small and I think maybe it looks better. The hair is also different. I used just a strand of wool for the first doll I untwisted one peace of wool into four peaces. the last one I left the wool as it was. I wanted to experiment and see which one will be cuter. I think the first one has better head, hat and hair. Here is the photo of them.

My very own amigurumi doll

I tried to make an amigurumi toy so I can write my first pattern. Mind you the draft I had for my toy wasn't at all the end of this doll. I have to try and make a pattern for this doll now. I actually didn't like her at first and also after I made her dress. I liked her with the hat. She looks pretty with that hat. The colours are green and red. It looks like there is white on the photo. I also did her hair thin I don't like it on her this thin. The legs and body are one piece. Twenty three centimeters  long. If I manage to make the pattern I will be very happy.