Hat 64

Hat 64 done in Sapphire Vanna's Choice Yarn and some yellow and blue fuzzy yarn that I had just a little bit left.

Half the year is done and I think I'll be able to make it so I have 25 hats when I drop them off. I've been doing other projects and somewhat feel no creativity when it comes to making hats. But I did buy a book that of edgings and trims so was thinking I would just make a bunch of beanies with some pretty trims to make life easy until I feel that spark again.

Hat 63

Not too long ago I bought a bunch of yarn from a lady. It had all kinds of fun yarn of varying color and amount. This was one of the yarns in that bunch. Since it was a striping type yarn the top of my hat turned out much different from the bottom. I thought it came out pretty neat looking overall.

Hat 62

Hat 62 is simple and soft with a little sparkle thrown in. The black is Caron simply soft yarn and the other is some yarn I had around. You can't see very well, but it has some nice pastel shades and a little bit of gold going through it. Simple and pretty, it's how I like it.

Hat 61!

Happy Mother's Day! Here is hat 61 I did recently and it has become one of my favorites. I've always loved crochet flowers but have a hard time actually doing them. I found this pattern, Butterfly, Flower and Leaf, over at Craft Passion and they were just so fun and easy to make I made a few just to keep around. So I made a simple HDC stitch hat with some off white yarn and put a few flowers on it with some of the same yarn tied around to make a thin band. I think it turned out very nice and plan on doing a few more with the flowers since I love those small little flowers.

Princess Peach Amigurumi

So after making those Mario Mushrooms and sending them out, my friend's daughter requested a Princess Peach. I only found a couple patterns online but nothing that I really liked since I wanted something a bit more simple. So decided to try it out using a different pattern.

First I tried using the Kokeshi Dolls pattern to make the Peach doll. I figured something a little different. It turned out okay, but not exactly what I was looking for. So that little princess went to my niece who seemed to love it.
I then took that same pattern and fiddled with it a bit and added arms. I even made the arms movable which I thought was pretty neat. I sent off the Princess Peach and I'm hoping she likes it. I'm very happy with the way it turned out. Both dolls I used the Caron Super Soft since it has so many bright colors.

Cthulhu and other Amigurumi

So decided to try out some Amigurumi since I always think they are so cute.
All of these are from Patterns and I'll put the links on the bottom of this post.

Cthulhu - The first one was the big green one which I used some Red Heart Supersaver. I showed it to some friends and a couple requested their own so I made another green and a purple one. Those were made with the Caron Supersoft which I thought turned out much cuter since they ended up being much smaller than the first one.

Mario Mushrooms - I made the mini one and then a friend asked if she could have it. So I made her 2 more to go along with it. All done with Red Heart Supersaver yarn.

Striped Turtles - I made the big one first and gave that to my nephew but they were so cute I had to make more. I made them a little smaller than the pattern said and used Red Heart on both of the smaller ones.

Octopus - He was a nice and easy guy to make. I haven't given him away yet, but he's pretty darn cute. Red heart yarn again!






































Thank you to everyone that posted free patterns!
Tiny Cthulhu -http://cthulhucrochet.blogspot.com/2008/05/tiny-cthulhu-free-pattern.html
Mini Mario Mushroom - http://amysodyssey.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/mini-mario-mushroom-amigurumi/
Mario Brother's Mushrooms - http://wolfdreamer-oth.blogspot.com/2009/05/mario-brothers-mushrooms.html
Tiny Striped Turtle - http://kristieskids.weebly.com/patterns1.html
Octopus - http://www.knit1mag.com/patterns/2007/winter/k1w07_30.pdf

Hat 60!

Hat 60 was made using the Lion Brand Easy Sideways hat pattern (need to sign in) with a little change on the end of the pattern. Instead of weaving it together I made a cinch tie on the top and attached a couple of pom poms. It can be worn as both a hat and a cowl and I've seen similar patterns online before. I would like to do this type again but next time using the Convertible Hat pattern. Yarn used was Michael's Loops & Threads in Neopolitan.

Hat 59

After doing Hat 52, I still had a little of the poofy yarn left over. So figure I'd just finish that last little bit off by pairing it with some regular green yarn I had. Nothing too complex, just something simple.

Hat 58!

So about a month ago I saw someone on craig's list selling some yarn. I went over to her place and she had a nice big tupperware full of all different types of yarn, from expensive silk to red heart. I gave her one price for everything and went home with all types of new yarn! This was one of the yarns that was in there.

Hat 58 was done with a HDC stitch. The yarn is actually a few yarns plus threads to make up a nice bulky yarn. I loved how the pattern in the colors turned out in this hat. I added a bit of simply soft Caron in natural to add to the overwhelming pink. There are a couple of rolls of this type of yarn that I have so expect to see similar yarn in future hats.

Hat 57

So I'm a bit hooked on joining yarns together. It makes the work go so much faster and I love the looks of 2 different yarns twined together. Here on hat 57 I had a very pretty pastel yarn and paired it with some Caron simply soft eco in Natural. I especially love joining yarns with the Caron simply soft line since I always found it to be slightly too thin but always loved how soft it felt. Whole hat done in a HDC stitch.