May 21: ballerina

Today’s toy is a crocheted ballerina doll. This is a pattern on Etsy by @workroomjulialitvin. Using Hobbii’s 8/4 cotton and Hobby Lobby’s Soft Secret in pink, this was a wonderful pattern and I love the hair. The ruffle is around the top instead of only on the sleeves. I just didn’t read the pattern closely…

May 20: crab

Today’s toy is a crocheted crab. It is the pattern, amigurumi crab by Lauren Espy. Using Red Heart super saver yarn in cherry red and a 3 mm hook, this was easy to make. I like how few colors are involved. It was a nice break from my usual projects. I highly recommend this book,…

May 19: shark

Today’s toy is a crocheted shark. This pattern is from the book, Animal Amigurumi Adventures, by Lauren Espy. Using Hobby Lobby’s Soft Secret in mist and a 3 mm hook, I held two strands of the yarn together. I am not sure what the white yarn is, maybe Jeans cotton. The teeth were in the…

May 18: clownfish

Today’s toy is a crocheted clownfish. The pattern is in the book, Animal Amigurumi Adventures by Lauren Espy. It calls for worsted yarn, but I had the perfect color in the leftover orange T-shirt yarn. I also used the gray instead of black because that’s what I had. Running out of the gray, I doubled…

May 16: tiger

Today’s toy is a crocheted tiger. Using T-shirt yarn I bought from Amazon and an H 5 mm hook, I used this orange yarn I bought for a commission of cat beds. I ran out of the orange and ordered more to finish the cute toy. It is supposed to be much smaller. The white…

May 14: owl

Today’s toy is a knitted owl I designed. I designed a bird and used the same body for the owl. The ears were difficult to make, so I just knotted some strands of yarn in the corners. Using Big twist, Hobby Lobby’s I love this yarn stripes, Jeans yarn, and a 2.75 circular needle, I…