Crochet - The Thing Of The Moment

Crochet seems to be the craft of choice for me at this minute in time. I have finished several amigurumi animals and started a couple of granny squares. The granny squares might grow into a blanket sometime.

From Crocheted Flo...

A couple of Avid Crafter's friends have been very interested in the amigurumi critters and expressed a desire to learn to crochet- so it has been crochet all round. The granny squares will slowly grow into a small blanket. I love how easy it is to do and how many colours you can incorporate into each blanket.

On top of one of the squares you can see another crocheted flower that I created. It has two layers that have been stitched together. On the right is the single layer flower that I created the pattern for last year. I am not sure what the flowers will be used for yet but in the meantime they can sit and look pretty.

From Crocheted Flo...

From Crocheted Flo...

The amigurumi obsession appears not to be abating and several more have just been created. A new Simple Arts Planet pattern was purchased and promptly tried out. It is called Inkie and Inko and has the instructions for two owls. The designer of the pattern writes at the start that the inspiration for the design came from a close encounter with a white owl.

From All Things Owl

It was a quick little pattern and there were lots of photographs for me to look at and check my progress. This is the third pattern that I have purchased from this designer, through her Etsy shop, and each time she has been incredibly quick to e-mail the PDF pattern to me.



Two other amigurumi lined up for the photo shoot as well. I gave away the last tortoise that I had sitting around and so another one was quickly made using some lovely hand dyed yarn that I found the other day. I was unable to walk away from the lovely colour combination -- it just had to come home with me. Unfortunately it is all gone now. One tortoise body, one little owl, one granny square and two little flowers!

One more owlet made it's appearance to add to the parliament. With this one I crocheted in the back loop only on the round that starts the side of the body just to give a bit more definition to the sides. I also added some toy pellets to the base as well as the stuffing. This just gave the little owlet a bit better sense of balance.

From All Things Owl