October 19: ghost

Today’s toy is a crocheted cat. My design. Using Premier Bloom chenille yarn and 4.5 mm hook, I wanted to see if the yarn shedded with crochet as badly as knitting. Yes, it does. I do not like this yarn, but love the bloom colorways. The tail was crocheted while crocheting the rounds, just chain…

Today’s toy is a crocheted bear. Design be Michele Wilcox. It is the January bear and it is supposed to be white, but I had one skein of Big Twist Living yarn. The yarn is worsted weight and I used a 3 mm hook. It is an older pattern so there is a lot of…

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…

Today I have a pig, crocheted and designed by me. I used acrylic yarn that was in a pack of minis from Amazon. Since there wasn’t enough to do the entire toy with just one color, I striped two shades of pink. I started with a circle and then I crocheted what I thought were…

Today’s toy is a crocheted bear. Design by Terry Kimbrough, in the book holiday bears. I used the pattern for the bee bear, but just used one variegated color for the tummy. Using King Cole Christmas chunky, Lion Brand Heartland, and 4 mm hook, this bear was fun to make. The pattern is quite old,…