Tag: amigurumi

The Vault: Part 7

My next project was the small apple ornament that appeared here early on and has been expanded into a whole fruit salad. I also free-handed a couple of additional finger puppets.

small creatures

After that, though, I got back to the embroidery floss amigurumi with the mighty & ferocious dragon. I really liked this project and the way the variegated floss looked with it.

dragon dragon

This dragon was given to a friend of a friend to be a cross-country road trip mascot. I may have to make another one.

At this point we have essentially caught up with ourselves. I hope you’ve enjoyed this walk down Memory Lane as much as I have. When next we meet it will be 2014 – happy New Year!

The Vault: Part 6

The next project also gets a post all its own. The mini turtle is an adorable pattern, and since my sister and I have both had turtles as pets, I made one to send her. For whatever reason I didn’t photograph that one (it was in yarn), but I made another in embroidery floss and got lots of pictures of it.

turtle turtles 'n' frogs turtle fell out

One summer in my mid-twenties, when I had two turtles, they had two goldfish that had been intended as food but left to grow to the size of my hand. I named them Hansel and Gretel, figuring the turtles were fattening them up. I returned from a trip out of town to a traumatized roommate and a filthy tank: “They ate Gretel!” Except they had only partially eaten Gretel; her head was still on the floor of the tank, one big eyeball looking up at anyone who came to investigate the state of affairs. That memory led to this:

turtle grin smug turtle

Sorry, Maig.

To be continued…

The Vault: Part 4

The next project in my crochet prehistory was Kreinik’s penguin ornament, to which I added feet that I freehanded. He’s standing on some wintery hand towels, and the backdrop is from a book of Robert Frost poems with lots of nature photos.

penguin penguin

My next project involved color change, which I did incorrectly. However, the pictures are great! Falwyn’s little fox plus a textbook example of what happens when you delay color change by a loop.

fox fox

fox color oops

To be continued…