june at noon

Thank you, Ali, for testing out the Dolly the Dachshund pattern so quickly and letting me know about an error in the “head” portion of the pattern. It’s been corrected, and you can download the fixed up version of the pattern by clicking on the image below.

Believe it or not, Dolly the Dachshund is just about the same size as Snowball the Cat underneath all that fur. It’s a quick pattern to make up and uses minimal amounts of yarn. If you give it a try, share some photos in my flickr group, would you? Click the image below to download [...]

Yesterday found me Amigurumi-ing again. Veggie Tales characters, to be exact. They were much larger than I’d thought they’d be (read: they took all afternoon and evening to crochet), and thanks to a promise that I’d have them finished by morning, I was up late sewing on Larry’s eyeballs. They were met with enthusiasm in [...]

There’s nothing like a little time lapse slideshow, right? (Really, I just took way more photos than I needed and wanted to use them up somehow!) I’ve written up the pattern for this little guy, and it’s available for free. Just click the image to download it. If you make one, will you share it [...]

Well. Hmmm. Looks like I took a little blogging break there, didn’t I? I’m … not sure why. The days just ran into each other, with fleeting thoughts of, “Oh, it’s a blog post day, I’ll do it later,” and now here I am. The up side is you didn’t miss much, what with all [...]

“Mommy, Mrs. C. wants a cat for Christmas. I really want to give her one. Can we?” Discussion about why giving someone a live animal for a gift may not be a great idea. “Mommy, can you make one instead?” Furious Amigurumi-ing “Mommy, can you make a puppy for Mrs. L., too?” More furious Amigurumi-ing [...]

This post had to wait until after Monday evening, so that I didn’t spoil any giving of my goodies boxes, and by the time I got home from a Christmas party, I was too tired to write anything intelligible. I tell you, I’m really calm this holiday season (gifts are already wrapped, most everything is [...]

The crocheting is finished. The stiffening-with-glue is finished. The glittering is finished. The ribboning is finished. I am really, really pleased with this year’s Christmas ornaments. They are delicate and lovely and just a touch sparkly. But this is all you get to see for now, until I’ve handed out the goodie buckets! (Our Creative [...]

Every year I make ornaments to give as gifts to family and special friends, and this year is no different. I’ve got half of them crocheted and ready for the next step, which isn’t bad for a day’s on-and-off work. I’m feeling (a bit alarmingly) ahead of the game compared to last year, but that [...]

Twelve down. Sixty or so to go. And all loose ends tidily tucked in. (Will it last, Tania?) I think there might be some new illos in the works this week too. I hope your week is off to a good start!