Today’s toy is Sunburst the sunflower, a crocheted creature. It is a free pattern on the Hobbii website. Using Scheepjes catona cotton and a 2 mm hook, there were 16 petals! At least for the larger ones, you connected them before sewing them onto the head. But the nine on the front row were sewn individually. Love the idea though I prefer the donut daisy I made.
Today’s item is a crocheted stuffed pumpkin. Design by Craftingintx. Using Bernat blanket and a 6 mm hook, surprisingly I could use the bigger hook and no stuffing shows through. I recall the Christmas bear I made and the stuffing shows through on the legs. I should have gone down a hook size or doubled…
crochet and knit hearts today. I used patterns and made up patterns for many different sizes of hearts to put into a bouquet for my sister, display on my entertainment center and give as gifts to family. Different yarns were used, just any white, pink, red, or purple I had on hand. Sometimes I used…
Today’s toy is a crocheted duck. Design by Nina Leon. Using Hobby Lobby’s soft secret, acrylic yarn from Amazon, and a 2.5 mm hook, this was a quick make. I would love to see it in a blanket yarn.
Today’s toy is Cynthia, a crocheted little bunny doll, pattern by Serah Basnet. I used many different yarns for this doll, mainly for the colors. Mainstays cotton, Scheepjes Catona cotton, Yarn Bee soft secret. The white, red, black, pink, and green colors were acrylic minis from Amazon. I often add a shell border to the…
Today’s toy is a crocheted panda. Using Big Twist in black and white, Charisma yarn, and a 3 mm hook, this panda was easy to crochet. The pattern is by Julia Chiang. I love the ruffle and the bag over the shoulder which I did sew onto the panda.
Today’s item is a set of crocheted cat coasters with a swirl of Halloween colors and black. Design by Atty van Norel, but I made changes. Using Lucky ball yarn from Amazon and 3 mm hook, I added another row to the body. I finished the head and the just continued around the body with…
