May 3: polar bear

Today’s toy is a crocheted polar bear. The pattern is Bruno the polar bear by Clotilde Dhenaut. It is amazing that this is a free pattern with all of the accessories. I had trouble with the strap on the sack. Using Big twist white and mostly soft secret from Hobby Lobby and a 2.5 mm…

May 2: toucan

Today’s toy is a knitted toucan bird. The pattern is by Loly Fuertes. It is very colorful. Using Big Twist and Red Heart Super Saver yarn to get the colors and size 3 needles, I am very pleased with the result. My BIL requested I make this because I like to make birds.

May 1: pig

Today’s toy is another crocheted pig. The design is by Lonemer Creations. This time I held the yarn double to make it larger. Same Big Twist yarn in purple marl. I think it looks more pink than purple. This time I also shortened the tail. Also, the eyes are blue on this one since I…

April 30: pig

Today’s toy is a crocheted pig. I was at my mother-in-law’s house and I had this dark pink marled yarn and I wanted to make a pig. When I completed this one, my MIL said that my SIL has a friend that loves to collect things that are pig themed. I made another pig while…

April 28, 2024 cat

Today’s toy is a knitted cat. It is my design. Using Hobby Lobby’s adore-a-ball and size 3 needles, I tried to knit a chubby cat with nothing to sew on. The feet are knitted bobbles. The only thing is that I used yarn for the whiskers and they are drooping now, so they don’t look…

April 27: whale

Today’s toy is a crocheted whale. I held two strands of Big Twist marls to make a larger size than the pattern. I ran out of yarn, so I only used one strand for the fins of the tail. It looks fine. This pattern is baby whale on the blog amigurumiallfreepatterns.com. This whale is so…

April 23: elephant

Today’s toy is a crocheted elephant . This pattern is from Esther Graafland, studiomadelaine.com. Using Hobby lobby Adore-a-Ball in pink white and a 4 mm hook, I just slipped stitched the pieces together. The tail was missing so I chained six. I also designed a knitted version coming soon.