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Today’s toy is a knitted love bug. I used Bernat sparkle yarn and Big twist value yarn to knit and crochet this bug. I also used Hobbii’s cotton 8/8 for the white hearts. The back of the bug was knitted using the pi percentage of increasing then after the 7 of 8 rounds, I bound…
Today’s crocheted toy is a butterfly. By Ana Velga, I used soft secret yarn from Hobby Lobby in violet and mist. 3 mm crochet hook The wings in the pattern called for slip stitch around the outside, but I did a slip stitch, chain 1. I prefer that edging. The eyes were done by stitching…
Today’s knitted toy is a bear that I knitted during a two hour car ride to the coast. The pattern says to start by casting on 32 stitches (it is a free pattern). I will not do that in the future because it is closed at the end, so I will just start it like…
Today’s toy is a knitted bear. I unraveled two squares I had crocheted in the variegated yarn and black. These squares were supposed to look like stained glass, but mine didn’t look that way. I would not have done anything with them, so rip it, rip it, rip it! This yarn is never ending! I…
Today’s crocheted toy is a mouse. I saw a picture of a mouse online and I just had to make it. I just made up the pattern. Yarns used: Hobby Lobby’s Soft secret in mist held double, and peaches and cream cotton in light pink. Jo’s web on YouTube has a tutorial for the eyes,…
Today’s toy is a crocheted angel that I designed from a picture. It has a lacy deign on the skirt so you can place an LED tea light inside. I crocheted them for my aunts and my step mom for Valentine’s Day. The skirt has a heart on it that I made by chaining the…
Today’s toy is the crocheted cuddle me puppy from Amigurumi Today. https://amigurumi.today/free-cuddle-me-amigurumi-puppy-crochet-pattern/ I used cotton, Scheepjes catona and some bamboo yarn. I like how squishy he is. The stitch definition is great for the cotton!
Today’s toy is crocheted eggs. One egg is made with two strands of fingering weight yarn and the other egg is crocheted with Mainstays chenille yarn. I then crocheted a hill and crosses with brown yarn for the larger egg. It wasn’t too appealing, so the smaller egg has embroidered crosses and hill with I…
Today’s toy is a butterfly that I had to size down since I was using Hobbii’s Honey Bunny Candy yarn that is a bulky weight. I crocheted with a 5 mm hook and used the blue and purple. I don’t recall what I did to resize the pattern and I didn’t write it down. When…
Today’s toy is a crocheted chunky bunny. It is a pattern by Little crochet farm, https://littlecrochetfarm.com/chunky-little-bunny-amigurumi-free-crochet-pattern/ I used Hobbii’s Honey Bunny Candy yarn and a 5mm hook. The ears are longer than in the pattern and I don’t think mine is very chunky. When I saw her release this pattern, I crocheted it that day….
