New "Baby-Friendly" Snuggle Bunny!

I just finished up a Snuggle Bunny to send to my cousin's new baby boy! I used that gorgeous new yarn I got from The Stitchin' Post in Midland, and I think it turned out pretty durn good, what do ya'll think? Snuggle Bunny pattern can be found here.

Hopelessly Addicted...

I know I'm broke, I know I don't need to be walking through Hobby Lobby's doors, yet I just can't help it. I'm pathetic *sigh* BUT at least I had my handy dandy 40% off coupon in tow! I actually made it out of the store after spending only 8.65! And it's only that high because the genius gal workin the register didn't input the clearance price on one of my hooks and charged me the full $1.99. After driving back to Midland, I finally realized what she did, and decided it wasn't worth the gas driving back to Odessa just to get $1.20... I think the part that pisses me off the most is that after she rung up all the items, I flipped that hook box over and asked her, "You got the sale price on this right?" To which she responded with a snotty tone, "Uh yeah...." *sigh* and people wonder why I'm not a fan of the general public... but on to better and happier things! I bought the smallest hook I have ever used or seen, and a double ended G hook. Dunno what on earth I'm going to do with them, but I'll figure somethin out!

So dadgum small!


Compared to a G hook.


Double Ended G hook.

It's amazing what you can find under a rock...

And I present to you.... *drum roll* Patrick Starr! I got him whipped up pretty quickly, and the pattern should be easy to follow, but if you find any mistakes or have any problems, please let me know :)

Materials:
1 skein Red Heart Light Raspberry
1 skein Red Heart Lime Green
small amount of white
small amount of lavender (light purple) ** see note at end of list
embroidery floss
small black safety eyes
H hook
E hook
yarn needle
fiberfill

** I didn't have any thin lavender yarn, so I used Lily's Sugar 'N' Cream in Hot Purple. The yarn wasn't thin enough to make small flowers, and since Lily's is made of 4 strands of cotton, I split the yarn in half, leaving 2 strands per side and using those for the flowers with the E hook.

Head/Body
with Pink, ch 2, work 6 sc into 1st ch
row 1-2: sc in each sc around (6)
row 3: 2sc in each sc around (12)
row 4-5: sc in each sc around (12)
row 6: *2sc in 1st sc, sc in next sc* around (18)
row 7-10: sc in each sc around (18)
row 11: *2sc in 1st sc, sc in next 2 sc* around (24)
row 12-14: sc in each sc around (24)
row 15: *2sc in 1st sc, sc in next 3 sc* around (30)
row 16: *2sc in 1st sc, sc in next 4 sc* around (36)
row 17: *2sc in 1st sc, sc in next 5 sc* around (42)
row 18-23: sc in each sc around (42)
change to Green
row 24-29: sc in each sc around (42)
Stuff head/body

***place a marker in your last stitch, count 21 stitches, insert your hook thru the 21st stitch and make a sl st, as shown***

start working on one of the legs in rounds:
row 1: sc in next 47 stitches
change to pink
row 2-3: sc in each sc around (21)
row 4: *sc2tog, sc in next 2 sc* around (18)
row 5: sc in each sc around (18)
row 6: *sc2tog, sc in next sc* around (12)
Stuff leg
row 7: sc in each sc around (12)
row 8: sc2tog around (6)
FO leaving tail
Sew closed

with Green, begin working at the stitch marker to form the other leg as seen here
then repeat the same instructions as the first leg

Arms (make 2)
with Pink, ch 2, work 6 sc into 1st ch
row 1-2: sc in each sc around (6)
row 3: *2sc in each sc* around (12)
row 4-5: sc in each sc around (12)
row 6: *2sc in 1st sc, sc in next sc* around (18)
row 7-12: sc in each sc around (18)

Eyes (make 2)
with White, ch 2, work 6 sc into 1st ch
row 1: 2sc in each sc around (12) FO

Flowers (make as many as you want)
with Purple, ch 2, work 5 sc into 1st ch
-sl st to connect the ring
-in same stitch, work [sc, 3 dc, sc, sl st]
- sl st in next stitch
repeat until you have 5 petals and FO

Remember that if you use safety eyes, put them on BEFORE stuffing the head/body! It'll make life a whole lot easier!

Attatch flowers, eyes, and arms and stitch on a face.

And now you have your very own Patrick! Tomorrow I'll go to the Post Office and ship him to Florida to be with SpongeBob and Sidney! :)

So... I did a bad thing yesterday....

Well, with my boyfriend getting laid off, and me working for cash under the table at god-awful pay, money isn't exactly something we have a lot of... but I just couldn't help it.... I found out about The Stitchin' Post in Midland... I had to go... Yesterday was my first time in an actual yarn shop, not Michael's, not Hobby Lobby, Hancock's, or Wal-mart... an ACTUAL yarn specialty store! Granted they were a knitting store, and obviously didn't have anything crochet except yarn... but hey! they had yarn! So I splurged... Michael said I could have ONE thing... I got my ONE thing, and it wasn't even the $40 skein! So then I must have totally restrained myself! I only spent $8 and change and got this b-e-a-utiful Peruvian Highland Wool yarn! Now to figure out what to do with it... there's 220 yds, so whatever I do, it can't be anything too big.... I was thinkin Snuggle Bunnies.... what do ya'll think?

He Lives In A Pineapple Under The Sea!

And I bring to ya'll, the pattern for Spongebob! Keep in mind that the majority of him is in the pattern, but a few small things I just winged it. The tie I just decreased for the top "tied" part, and increased for the bottom. The eyes are different size circles worked in the round and sewn onto each other. The teeth are just small rectangles. And I think for the nose, I made a magic ring, worked 6 st into it, and then went around and around and around and around until it looked about the right length. Sorry for not getting everything in the pattern, but I was trying to make my deadline and didn't write it down :(. I've been thinking about how to go about making Patrick all day, so once I get some more pink yarn, I'm gonna test a few methods and see what I can work up. And finally (after all my blabbing lol) here's the pattern for Spongebob!

Materials I Used
1 skein Yellow (Red Heart)
1 skein White (Red Heart)
1 skein Light Brown (Red Heart)
small amount of royal blue yarn
small amount of red yarn
small amount of sky blue/cyan yarn
small amount of black yarn
black embroidery floss

Front and Back Body (make 2)
with brown, ch 36, sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc across (35) ch 1, turn
row 1-6: sc in each sc across (35) ch 1, turn
row 7: sc in each sc across (35)
change to white
row 8-11: sc in each sc across (35) ch 1, turn
row 12: sc in each sc across (35)
change to yellow
row 13-33: sc in each sc across (35) ch 1, turn
row 34: sc in each sc across (35)

Sides (make 2)
with brown, ch 13, sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc across (12) ch 1, turn
row 1-6: sc in each sc across (12) ch 1, turn
row 7: sc in each sc across (12)
change to white
row 8-11: sc in each sc across (12) ch 1, turn
row 12: sc in each sc across (12)
change to yellow
row 13-33: sc in each sc across (12) ch 1, turn
row 34: sc in each sc across (12) FO

Top & Bottom (make one in brown and one in yellow)
with appropriate color, ch 36, sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc across (35) ch 1, turn
row 1-7: sc in each sc across (35) ch 1, turn
row 8: sc in each sc across (35) FO

Pant Legs (make 2)
[bottom of pants leg] with brown, ch 2, work 6 st into 1st ch
row 1: 2sc in each sc around (12)
row 2: 2sc in each sc around (24) FO
[sides of pants leg] ch 25, sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc across (24) ch 1, turn
row 1-4: sc in each sc across (24) ch 1, turn
row 5: sc in each sc across (24) FO
With yarn needle, attach the sides of the pants leg to the bottom.

Feet (make 2)
with black, ch2, work 6 sc into 1st ch
row 1: 2sc in each sc around (12)
row 2: *2sc in first sc, sc in next sc* around (18)
row 3-10: sc in each sc around (18)
row 11: *sc2tog, sc in next sc* around
row 12: sc2tog 4 times
stuff firmly
sc2tog until closed, FO

Legs (make 2) [you might consider making the legs shorter by removing a couple of rows from the white socks]
with white, ch2, work 6 sc into 1st ch
row 1: 2sc in each sc around (12)
row 2-11: sc in each sc around (12)
chg to red
row 12: sc in each sc around (12)
chg to white
row 13-14: sc in each sc around (12)
chg to blue
row 15: sc in each sc around (12)
chg to white
row 16-19: sc in each sc around (12)
chg to yellow
row 20-30: sc in each sc around (12)
FO

Arms (make 2)
with white, ch 2, work 6 sc into 1st ch
row 1: sc in each sc around (6)
row 2: 2sc in each sc around (12)
row 3: sc in each sc around (12)
row 4: *2sc in first sc, sc in next sc* around (18)
row 5-6: sc in each sc around (18)
row 7: *sc2tog in first sc, sc in next sc* (12)
row 8: sc in each sc around (12)
change to yellow
row 9-22: sc in each sc around (12)
row 23: *2sc in first sc, sc in next sc* around (18)
row 24-25: sc in each sc around (18)
row 26: *sc2tog, sc in next sc* around (12)
stuff yellow part of the arm firmly, being careful not to stuff the shirt sleeves. If the shirt sleeves are stuffed, his arms will stick straight out lol.
*sc2tog until closed and FO*

Fingers (make 8)
with yellow, ch 2, work 4 sc into 1st ch
row 1-5: sc in each sc around FO
stuff each before attaching to hand

Make eyes, tie, and teeth. [Just wing it! I did :)]

Then start assembling! Sew the eyes, tie and teeth to one of the large body pieces. Using black embroidery floss, stitch on a mouth, eyelashes, and shirt collar.

When assembling the body, I whipstitched the edges together, leaving the seam on the outside to create the "square" look. I tried putting the seam on the inside, but he looked too rounded. Assembling the body parts together should be pretty easy since the colors will match up, but if you need any help at all, please let me know, I'd be glad to help!

Sorry again for the imcomplete pattern, but I can help ya'll out if you need me to! :)

Snuggle Bunny

And here he is! I used this pattern from Stormy'z Crochet.



He's just too darn cute! I've got some more baby yarn in my stash that would work up really pretty as a Snuggle Bunny. And that one I'll embroider the eyes and nose on, so I can actually give it to someone for a baby :)

It seems like baby season...

Well, it seems like everyone around me is either having a baby, adopting one, or celebrating little one's birthdays, so I've been working on two baby projects. The first is a Snuggle Bunny I'm making out of Bernat Satin I found on sale at Michael's, and the other is a baby blanket for my boyfriend's sister's soon-to-be-born boy. Once I get em finished, I'll post em up for ya'll to see and tell me what ya'll think! :)

Gotta Love Goodwill!

Or Salvation Army if you wanna get technical... but either way, you can find yarn for practically NOTHING at a thrift store and at garage sales. I bought this giant afghan at Salvation Army, the tag said $1.99 and apparently there was a sale on the "home items" section of the store, so I only paid $1.10 for the afghan. While I was visiting with my aunt and uncle, north of Abilene, we went to a few garage sales and there were some doilies for sale, made of lots of colorful acrylic yarn! I saw them priced at $0.10 each and couldn't help myself, I had to buy them! I just saw all these different things I could do with the colors.

It was about 2 months ago when I bought the afghan, but I finally got around to unraveling it the other day, and took some pictures to show you the result! (I didn't think to take a "before" picture until I was partially finished lol)


magically turned into.........................................




A little amigurumi alligator I whipped together for my dad for Father's Day. I'm also crocheting him a payara fish, which ought to turn out rather.. erm... interesting... but once I finish the payara, I'll post up the pattern for ya'll to make your own little vampire fish!

SpongeBob SquarePants!

I just finished up a giant (well, maybe not giant, but pretty dang big compared to what I usually crochet) SpongeBob for my cousin's 1st birthday, June 12. My aunt asked me last week if I thought I could make a SpongeBob for Sidney by tomorrow, and look! I met my deadline! Woohoo! I'm anal anyways, so of course I found lots of things that could of been done better, but hey, I got it done and it looks pretty durn good! I wrote down the majority of the pattern, but winged it on the facial features, so if ya'll want the pattern to this big lovable SpongeBob, leave a comment letting me know and I'll post it up!