Two pairs of pears.

I created a new pattern for a large pear amigurumi. Pattern & tutorial coming soon!
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Cupcakes, birds, hats, kitties, snow and even more snow!

Ahhhh....time for some updates!

Nova Scotia has not seen this much snow in years. It seems like we've been dumped on by snow at least once a week. By the time we recover from one Nor'ester, it seems like another one is just around the corner!

The upside to all of the snow? Sledding! Although I went once about two years ago, it ended in a disaster. My first run down the hill resulted in me crashing, using my face as a brake and suffering a concussion. This time was a success though - no injuries and fun was had by everyone. And we went at night, which is fantastic for two reasons -

1. No small children. I always fear I'm going to run one of them over. Plus, they always show me up by never falling off their sled and they can go further than I can. They are tiny, little jerks I tell you!
2. Halifax is really pretty at night


Next update - my family has gotten larger! Don't get too excited though - I just got a new cat. My friend Angel found a tiny, malnourished cat outside of her apartment building a few weeks ago and I took her in as my own. Her name is Vega Bond! Although she's pretty cute and likes to snuggle a whole lot, she's finding it hard to adjust to The Captain and Weeze but she's getting there. And she likes to shred toilet paper...all the time. Hopefully she'll grow out of this.


Now for a few craft updates! I've made a few things recently but am behind on what I was to complete. I've started a lot of projects, but as per usual, am having a hard time completing them. I need to buckle down and get to to work.

First up, I made a pretty simple striped hat with a flower. The pattern for the flower can be found in one of the Stitch 'N Bitch books, The Happy Hooker.


I also whipped up a cute little amigurumi bird sometime last week. I found the pattern for a set of Love Birds on the Lion Brand website and made one but never got around to making the second. Click here to find the pattern but you will need to be logged into their site.


Tomorrow I am heading to a potluck at a friend's place and I decided to make cupcakes. It's been awhile since I made them, mostly because when I do bake them, I can't eat just one - I eat like five. And oddly enough, when you're trying to lose weight, eating 5 cupcakes doesn't help! I made up a batch of cookies and cream cupcakes with and vanilla bourbon buttercream frosting. They turned out pretty friggin' awesome. Can anyone say "Nom nom nom"? Oh wait, I can! Nom NOM NOOOOM!


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Cat vs. Mouse

I decided to make the cats a toy with the catnip that I had purchased last week. I found a super cute pattern for a mouse amigurumi and figured it would suit the purpose very well! I did make a few changes to the pattern though. I did both row 9 & 11 twice. Also, rather than doing two parts to the ears, which I know the pointy eared bastards would tear apart, I just needle felted some brightly coloured roving into the centres of the ears.


Cute, right? Well the cuteness didn't last for long - that is, once the boys got a hold of him!


Look at those mother-effing claws! They didn't name him Captain Claws for nothing!



Weeze seems harmless most of the time, but few realise that a killer hides inside of him!
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Merlin the dragon Vs. a Chinese dragon

He's made it all the way to China!

Who would win in a fight? Who would win in a fight? Merlin the dragon Chinese dragon view results

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Seamus the Seahorse

I love me some cute amigurumis and it's been awhile since I made one! So in honour of this, I made Seamus.



You can make him yourself with the pattern found here.
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A stroll in the forest!

First up, Sherwood Forest!



♪♫Robin Hood and Little John running through the forest, jumpin' fences, dodgin' trees and tryin' to get away♫♪



He's got a little staff in his hands too - he wants a piece of the action!

More travel adventures with Merlin the Crocheted Dragon ♥

Today he went seal watching on the English coast!



And look! Here's another! I can't decide if the seals or Melin is cuter. Tough call.



We're lucky he's in the UK and not Canada. If he were in Canada, he'd be clubbing the seals to death. Oh snap. I made a politically charged joke.

Until next time!

I'm on a pears craze!

I can't stop making them.

Mmmm....fruit!

I'm in the process of making a bunch of crocheted fruit for the bowl that sits on my dining room table. Yesterday I tackled a lime.

Bonus! Here's the pattern I made up for it!

Lime Amigurumi Pattern

1. 6 sc in ring (6)
2. sc around (6)
3. inc around (12)
4. sc around (12)
5. inc every other (18)
6. sc around (18)
7. inc every 3rd sc (24)
8. sc around (24)
9. inc every 4th sc (30)
10. sc around (30)
11. sc around (30)
12. sc around (30)
13. sc around (30)
14. sc around (30)
15. sc around (30)
16. sc around (30)
17. sc around (30)
18. dec every 4th sc (24)
19. sc around (24)

I stitched the face, added the eyes and added most of the stuffing at this point

20. dec every 3rd sc (18)
21. sc around (18)
22. dec every other sc (12)
23. sc around (12)
24. dec around (6)
25. sc around and bind off.

Weave in ends and you're done! I also needle felted the rosy cheeks at this point.

I also made a pear from a pattern I found online. It can be found here.



I'm thinking I need to make more of the pears because they are just so bloody cute!

Greg & Lil' Greg

It's all about the hair. And the smirk.

Lil' Greg is complete!

Another project where I designed the pattern is complete! Man, writing patterns can be bloody frustrating. I probably made the head three or four times before I was happy with it. The shoes, I totally guessed how to make as I couldn't find a pattern for tiny shoes online. Luckily, I wrote the whole thing down so if I ever need to make another, it would be so time consuming. When my brother is in the city next time, I will have to get a picture of the two Gregs!

Also, yesterday was my birthday! I am now 27 years old. Eeeek! I went to visit my family down in the Valley and had a great time and got some awesome presents. Plus, it was Canadian Thanksgiving so I gorged on turchicken and all the fixings. It was also my parent's 25th wedding anniversary as well. Needless to say, it was a busy weekend. Luckily, I am on vacation all week so I plan on getting started on making Christmas presents while I have the time.

Greg & the Cobra

So my brother asked me to crochet him a doll in his likeness for his girlfriend. Generally when I crochet amigurumi dolls, they are animal shaped so I wasn't quite sure how to go about it. Well so far, so good. Obviously it still has a lot of go. A face would be nice. Oh, and limbs. Maybe some ears too. I'm creating the pattern myself as most of the amgurumi doll patterns that I found online were waaaaay larger than what I wanted or just didn't look quite right. And yeah, that's a bottle of whiskey with a cobra in it. My brother picked that up from a guy that makes it himself somewhere in France. So effing disturbing. Due to my immense fear of snakes, there is no way in hell that I will be drinking it!

♥♥♥ :3

So I tried to make the Roxycraft heart ami way back when I started crocheting but unfortunately at that point, I really couldn't read crochet patterns. I tried, I really did, but I just didn't get it. Well I decided to try again. This time success!

Tomorrow night is Glee Night and my brother will be joining us. Should be interesting....Muhahahahah!

Merlin around the world!

So back in March I made Merlin the Dragon for my brother before he started a new contract on the ships and he was kind enough to take pictures of Merlin throughout his travels. The lil' guy has seen more of the world than I have!

Merlin at the Acropolis at Athens, Greece.



Merlin in Nice, France



Merlin out on the open ocean!



Merlin chillin' on a statue in Livorno, Italy.



Merlin enjoying some pizza (which my brother proclaims as the best in the world) in Naples, Italy.



And after pizza, he stopped at this castle/fortress thingamabob in Nice, France.



Merlin enjoying a litre of beer in Civitavicchia, Italy.



Le voici à Cannes, France!



Merlin is enjoying both his and Greg's favourite meal - Rare Beef Noodle Soup in Villefranche, France at Chez Hien.



Drinking some Lemoncello at the Colosseum in Rome, Italy.



Who knew that dragons were lightweights when it came to alcohol? I didn't!



Luckily he's a trooper and survived!


He's the most badass of all crocheted dragons. Guaranteed!



He's thinking about taking a dip in the Trevi Fountain in Rome, Italy.

Thanks to Greg for all the cute photos!

I'm back. I think.

Oh, it's been an interesting couple of months. Quit one job, started a new one, hated that job with a passion, went back to the first job. Oh, and a month later, was given an 8 week working notice that we all were being laid off. I changed apartments. Then I lost my creative spark. I just wasn't interested in making anything. Sigh

But I think it's back! My first project was Polo 2.0! I made Polo 1.0 back in May for a friend's birthday and I was never quite happy with it. He looked odd in colour and at the time I didn't have the right safety eyes so he looked kinda wonky. So I tried again. This time I decided to do him in black and white so that he looked more like he does in his drawn form.

Here he is in drawn form.



So cute. And here he is in amigurumi form!