Timmy, A New Friend and The Stash

I crocheted my first ami of the year last week! Yay! Here's Timmy...

I crocheted Timmy for a customer on Etsy. She wanted a Uniloomph just like Stuart, my pattern Uniloomph, but also requested he had hooves (hoofs?!). So I crocheted the bottom of Timmy's feet black! I like him, and making him has given me new enthusiasm for amigurumi, which can't be a bad thing!

So I decided to finish an ami I started late last year...

I call him a Mini Pillow Pal, because he's a mini pillow and he's very friendly lol! I wanted to use this new Aran yarn I bought from Southend, so used a bigger hook than usual. I also used one of many cute buttons I bought in the same shop for the middle of his eye, and gave him pink hair. I was originally thinking about giving him arms and legs, but decided against it as I thought he looked cute enough. If anyone's interested I can write the pattern up and post it on here - it's super simple.

Oh, and I sorted out my yarn stash today. I counted over 60 skeins, then found I had another 12 hiding in a bag...

This obsession has got to stop - I bought a 35 litre bucket today to keep it in, along with the existing hold-all and big fabric box I already have, and it's taking over my room lol!

What I've Been Making

Blogspot doesn't want to upload my photos again, so I'm trying to do it HTML stylie through Flickr. I hope they come out ok!

I've been quite busy on the crochet front lately - I have several things on the go at once and it seems as soon as I've finished one thing there's something else waiting to be made! About 2 weeks ago I got an 'order' from one of my Aunties friends - she likes Shaun and Timmy The Sheep and wondered whether I could make her one of each. I didn't have a clue where to start making sheep, but thankfully I found a great pattern on Ravelry for Shaun! So I made him first - took me about a week, then I adapted the pattern slightly to make Timmy. Here they are - about to be sent off...

Shaun The Sheep Crochet Pattern


Next up was a really cute dragon I'd seen a pattern for on Etsy, by Sofiasobeide. I love him! I called my version Puff lol!

Crochet pattern PDF - Dragon


You can also see my pet fishie Kryten in the second photo lol! *waves*

I really liked this pattern - it was nice and clear and easy to read and follow. I'd love to make another dragon - maybe a girl dragon in pink yarn? So he can have a friend *aawwww!*.

Next up will probably be a pattern I'm working on for Happy Pills! I've already made the 'pattern', but need to make a few more actual 'pills'. When I'm finished with them I'm gonna put the pattern up on this blog so others can benefit from the Happy Pills! We all need a Happy Pill every now and again!