Mushroom Amigurumi

I like mushrooms, they're delicious. And cute.

I'm just going through my Ravelry queue right now and these knitted mushrooms popped up.  The pattern is simple and worked in one piece so you don't have to sew anything together.  I though that was pretty neat.

At first I used my smaller needles, I think they're a size 3.  This ended up with a tiny mushroom.  Then I decided to go ahead and make another mushroom with my size 7 needles.  

I ended up with a button mushroom and a cremini mushroom. Ehehehe.

Fingerstache Knits

So, for my friend Kait's birthday it was decided that mustache shenanigans were to be had.  One of my contributions was the knitted fingerstache!

Of course we have the classic handlebar mustache.  Probably the toughest part of this project is the color changes   It's not even worked in the round, and is a really simple/short project.  IT was worked on my size 3 needles.

There is also the Hitler-stache.  I had to.  (I so need a haircut)

Shrimp Amigurumi

At this point, I'm not even sure why I knit this.  Shrimp are just really cute, and this pattern was precious.

This was another quick knit, and again, really super easy.  For some reason I wanted to use safety eyes, even though there was not enough room for them. I really don't know.  The yarn is a mystery yarn, and the shrimp was knit on my size 7 DPNs.

As to the hook... I was watching too much Jeremy Wade and wishing I could go fishing.  I dunno' if the shrimpy would make good bait though....

Bird Amigurumi

I've made so many angry birds, I decided to make a less emotionally inclined avian...

After Hobbes I wanted to do a few quick knits, so I went through Ravelry and found this little pattern.  He's got a pretty lace thing going on with his tail, but you can't tell from the photos...  Knit with my size 7 needles with I Love This Yarn: Ombre.  It took me an hour or two to do, really fast and simple.  And not in the round.   Which makes it extra simple I guess.

Also, he fits perfectly in my hand.

Pear Amigurumi

I present: a pear among peers for a peer with peary fears.

I had to snap a few photos in the HEB and I bet someone was giving me odd looks while I did it... well, this is for my friend Kailey who harbors a mild distaste for pears.  He's so cute, how can she deny his love! I made him with Red Heart: Super Saver yarn on my size 7 DPNs from this pattern.  It was really simple and really fast!

Yes, I am really proud of the tongue twister up there...

Gargoyle Amigurumi

Gargoyles!  Apparently they're supposed to be scary... I'm a bit of a fail when it comes to scary.

For some reason I much prefer knitting to crochet.  I honestly have no idea why, especially when it comes to amigurumi.  Crochet is so much easier to shape... and you only have a single hook instead of knitting's 4+ needs where everything tends to slip off.  Anyways, this guys was entirely too much fun to knit!

The pattern is a bit complicated, but I like a challenge.  I remember there being a point at the feet where the pattern just didn't make any sense to me and I stared at my knitting with a bewildered face and made unhappy noises.  I managed to overcome that with a bit of improvisation.

I believe the yarn is I Love This Yarn, and it's peacock color. The bright blue is my favorite, especially when it stripes with the black... and this happened a lot!  It's one of the skeins I received in my "Mystery Bag of Yarn".  He was knit on my size 7 DPNs.  Also, he's got pipe cleaners in his legs and arms which makes him slightly pose-able. 

I think I will call him Wellington.  Hooray gargoyles!

Dandelion Amigurumi

Do you know what my favorite flower is? It's a weed. It's dandelions. (Or daisies, depending on the day.)

I found this pattern a long time ago, when I'd first started to crochet.  However, it was knit, and I was working on leveling up my crochet... levels.  Uh.  So I put the pattern in my queue and I finally picked it up last week.  They are adorable. 

Again, these are made with Read Heart: Super Saver yarn and were knit with my size 7 DPNs.  They're really quick and the pattern was pretty easy.

The little yellow guy's name is Danberlin, and the puffy guy is Dents de Leon.  They're just so cute, I cannot get over it.

Pop-tart Cat Scarf

I made pop-tart cat during the very beginning of summer, but it was missing something.  Its rainbow tail.  After seeing a picture of a pop-tart cat scarf... I knew what I had to do!

The pop-tart cat is of my own design.  For some reason I decided to crochet all the cat parts and... knit the pop-tart.  I'm still not sure why.  The pop-tart has little beads sewn onto it for sprinkles.

The scarf itself is just a simple ripple pattern.  I also gave it a little fringe on the end... because I wanted to.  Fringes are the beast.

As usual this is mostly made up of Red Heart: Super Saver yarn.  Except for the orange stripe of the rainbow, that's Red Heart: Soft.  I have no idea what the gray is.  The pop-tart was knit with size 7 DPNs and the cat was crocheted with a G hook.  The scarf was crocheted with an H hook.

Did I mention my little sister took these pictures?  Because she did.  I'm not as magical as she is with a camera.  She makes my stuff look awesomes.

I'm glad pop-tart cat finally got its rainbow tail; it felt so incomplete before.  A happy ending!

Traffic Cone Amigurumi

Oh hey, I do other things besides crochet... like knitting.

Okay... I might have some strange affinity for traffic cones.  They're pretty much the coolest thing ever.  I mean, that obnoxious bright orange shade is to die for!

This was the first one, made on a whim for a friend of mine from this pattern.  I took the liberty of giving them eyes so they could watch you with an accusatory stare.

Not satisfied with one cone, and extremely jealous of my friend's cone, I decided to make another.  He got stripes... because I wanted stripes.  These little cones were worked with size 7 DPNs and Red Heart: Soft yarn.

Family portrait!