Square One

I didn't really make any resolutions this year other than I want to learn a few things like how to snowboard and to expand my crocheting abilities. Nothing really profound, so over the past few days I've been thinking I'd like to make something over the entire year to remember it by. I woke up a few days ago with the idea to make a small piece every month and stitch them all together at the end of this year creating an afghan for our bed. I threw this one together last night and this afternoon without a pattern so I think I'm going to stick to that method. I'd like to pick up yarn on our various trips throughout the year to use as well. The two I've used here were really soft yarns I had left over from projects I've made recently so I just used them. The flower was fun to make and the green portion around it is a popcorn stitch that I've read about but never attempted--it came out quite well plus it's very squishy! I look forward to posting more as I go and can't wait to see what the finished product will look like!

Turtle Hats

An old friend of mine from middle school and I found each other on facebook a bit ago. She has this adorable little turtle that she's had forever. Well, she saw pictures of Clover in her little knit accessories and asked me if I could make something even smaller for her turtle. These little pieces are what I came up with. She now has a top hat, snow cap and bow on their way to her. I can't wait to see if these little crochetables fit her wee reptile's head!

Daidrie Apron

Recently I've met one of the sweetest people ever here in Seattle. She's upbeat, passionate and just an all around awesome person. I was a little late getting her gift to her because I'd never made one before so it took a little time to construct. Once complete it's probably one of my favorite things I've created to date. It's a miniature apron ornament/decoration complete with pocket and beaded hanger also made by me. I'm pretty thrilled with how well it turned out.

Squishy Ornaments

For a few of my lovely co-workers I made some amigurumi creatures to decorate their holiday plant life with. Neither were made with a pattern, just a mishmash of what I thought would look best considering the outcome I wanted.

One of my optical partners in crime has the cutest little chihuahua named Chico who was the perfect inspiration for this tiny yarnspiration.


My other co-worker is completely snowman obsessed so I made her a sweet little Frosty to add to her collection.

Gifts by me

This year I made some wearable gifts. I'm getting better with a crochet hook so I was able to complete these two fairly quickly and I'm very happy with how they turned out.

For my little sister who happens to be obsessed with purple I made a hat and scarf. The scarf was a pattern I put together by mashing a couple patterns I have used before. Her hat, on the other hand, was created as I went.


For my Mom I made a cowl out of some fantastic green yarn I found earlier this year(I used some of the left over for my sister's hat and Clover's bonnet from a previous post). She can use it to warm her neck or as a chunky headband. This pattern was a variation on this pattern I found: http://angryolive.livejournal.com/13767.html