Amigurumi Mouse and Rabbit

Here are a couple of cuties I made in the Summer

I sometimes wish I could read/write patterns as I would stand a chance of recreating the same thing again if I needed to but, as it is, I just start an Amigurumi with very little idea what it will turn out looking like. I suppose that way at least it's always a surprise!

Mopatop Amigurumi

I made this dragony-thing with some lovely bright green wool I bought. It just seemed to lend itself to dragonness. 

Once it was finished it accidentally appeared to resemble the TV character Mopatop that my daughter used to watch when she was little.

And here's the real Mopatop.

But maybe the amigurumi one was from his younger slimmer days!!

Crochet with marmite

Not the easiest of skills - to crochet with Marmite - but I had a go in the summer.

The result was a an amigurumi Marmite jar..

It was decorated with felt hearts as it was husband's wedding anniversary present (say it with Marmite!). The wool was black with little sparkles in.

And here is a sense of scale, with a summer of love jar and a tiny one we found in a pound shop, just made to come on holidays!

Brains and Websters

Here is the brain pic from the Webster's Pictorial before...

and after...

:)

Webster's Cheetah

Here's another from the Pictorial Webster's Gallery (see previous posts for the book that started it all).

The original picture was just the cheetah at the top of the page, I drew in the rest.

Mother's Day stuff

Here is what my lovely family gave me today to thank me for being Mum

Marmite (of course), a notebook (of course) and the uncannily accurate Ladybird book of 'The Mum'.

There was also a pretty blue mug to tie in with the new kitchen cupboard colour and become a new vessel to replace my much loved but unfortunately cracked blue and white hot chocolate mug.

Thanks Guys!

Amigurumi Hamster (/Cat?) Eating a Biscuit

Back on the Amigurumi kick, here's a little hamster one I made because my daughter and I had seen a giant furry toy one in a shop and thought the idea was so cute.

We were in a caravan and she was having an afternoon nap so I crocheted while she slept. Being on holiday alters the way you craft cos you can only take a limited supply of stuff with you and that dictates what you do... I make a holiday survival kit.. I'll show you what gets packed in mine sometime!

I finished it and tucked it in her hand while she slept so she woke up to find it!

Not a baby daughter having a nap, as you can see from the nails   = )