My Holiday Collection

Jolly the Snowman, Jingles the Reindeer, Pepe the Penguin

Presenting my 2012 holiday collection!  Jolly the Snowman, Jingles the Reindeer, and Pepe the Penguin!  These little guys all  sit at about 7″ high.  Little Jolly was the first creation..I just love cute little snowmen, so he was a no-brainer for me to make.  Jingles came next.  Originally named “Rudy,” he was a bit more of a challenge.  I wasn’t quite sure how to make his antlers, but with some experimenting, I think it came out alright.  I had a bag of jingle bells that I had bought maybe 3 years ago that I have never opened!   I am thrilled to finally put them to use!  The ribbon around the neck is also something that I saved from a previous Christmas present.  I had been holding onto for a few years now.  It’s funny how things come together.  I knew everything would come in handy one day! Anyways, a day before I was ready to post “Rudy,” a great amigurumi designer Josephine Wu (from a Morning Cup of Jo creations) debuted a reindeer with the same name!   What a coincidence! So on the recommendation of a lovely Facebook fan, I ended up selecting “Jingles” and I think the name fits wonderfully for my little guy!

The penguin is my most recent creation.  I wanted another character that reminds me of wintertime and I came up with Pepe.    Other characters I considered but didn’t become reality were an elf and a gingerbread  boy.  Maybe next year, for the 2013 holiday collection!    Pepe was a lot of fun to make.  I toyed with the idea of using a different color for him, something unusual.  I thought of using a light blue, or a purple.. but ultimately I decided to stick with classic black.  I have never made anything using black yarn before.  It makes photographing a little bit harder, because details can be lost in the darkness.  I love how colors just pop against his black body and white eyes.  I didn’t think I could go wrong with any color for his hat and scarf set.  To keep it festive, I chose Christmasy red and green.  I think purple would look great  too!  In general, after I make a doll, I pretty much have no interest in repeating it again…so I don’t think I’ll see how well other color combinations might work.  That’s why I LOVE seeing pictures of other crocheter’s finished dolls from my patterns.  It’s so much fun to see the creativity and liberties that others use to modify my patterns to create their own visions.

These three patterns are available in my Craftsy shop, Etsy shop, and on Amigurumipatterns.net!  Only $3.99 each!  Make your own version today!!

Happy Holidays 2012, everyone!!  Peace!!

 

Another doll completed!

Ok, so I’m finally done with the 3rd doll in this collection!  Now I’m completely at a loss as to what the 4th character should be… I’ll have to play around with some sketches and figure it out. It’ll come to me…. hopefully!  Anyways, take a look at my newest creation!  I’m pretty happy with it because all my previous attempts at making cows were pretty disastrous.  I don’t know what it is.. I usually mess up the snout part somehow, but thankfully it seems to have come out ok this time around!

Early on, I made this sketch of a few of the dolls I envisioned.  See how the 4th doll is missing? Even early on, I had no clue as to what I was going to make. All I know is that I want 4 in the collection. Why? I have no idea! There is no rhyme or reason for it.

Now I’m going to take a short break from this collection to work on a few other crochet projects that I have to finish up!  Talk to ya soon!!

 

Timmy the Amigurumi Turtle

So I’ve always wanted to make an amigurumi turtle but haven’t been able to come up with anything I really loved.  I did make one a while back but i wanted to try again.  Timmy Turtle is my newest version.  I’m sure I’ll be trying again. One day I want to try to do a turtle doll with an elaborate shell..I’m already thinking about some cool hexagonal shapes .. I just have to figure out how to make them and and put them together! Anyways, keep an eye out for it in the future.  For now, this little guy will have to do!  I think he’s pretty cute, with his shy smile.  I was debating whether to add the smile at all, but I think I made the right choice!  This easy to follow pattern is available now!