Saturday, August 31, 2013

Crochet Electric Eel

I crocheted this electric eel for the Crochet-Arium by The Crochet Crowd for Crafts For A Cure



He is about 12 inches long
I used this free pattern
Eel Amigurumi 
I used a 5.5mm I hook and Neon Green Red Heart yarn and Neon Bright Red Heart yarn I changed the pattern on the back and belly fins to a double crochet. The Neon Bright yarn made its own block design.
I sewed a star pattern for the eyes with Black yarn instead of using plastic eyes.
I think he turned out pretty cute!

Crochet Jellyfish

This is Jewlya a crocheted jellyfish I made for the Crochet-Arium for Crafts For A Cure with The Crochet Crowd



I used Red Heart yarns in Sea Green and BonBon Print
I used a size I (5.5mm) hook
And 2 12mm safety eyes
Jewlya is approximately 12 inches long including her tentacles.
I made up my own pattern using 3 different patterns put together.
The base pieces are the begining of a beret pattern up to row 8 with 60sc


For the top pieces

    Starting at the center top of the beret, chain (ch) 4. Join with a slip stitch (sl st) in the first ch made to form a ring.
    Work 8 sc in the ring, do not join to the first sc. Tie a piece of contrasting color yarn or fasten a safety pin through the top of the last sc to mark the end of the round.

    step 2
    Work 2 sc in each of the 8 sc. You will now have 16 sc. Move the marker to the last stitch of this round.
    Work 1 sc in the next sc and 2 sc in the next sc. Continue this pattern 7 times more. You will now have 24 sc. Move the marker to the last stitch of this round.
    Work 1 sc in each of the next 2 sc and 2 sc in the next sc. Continue this pattern 7 times more. You will now have 32 sc. Move the marker to the last stitch of this round.
    Work 1 sc in each sc. Move the marker to the last stitch of this round.
    Work 1 sc in each of the next 3 sc and 2 sc in the next sc. Continue in this pattern ending with 2 sc in the marked stitch. You will now have 40 sc. Move the marker to the last stitch of this round.
    Work 1 sc in each sc. Move the marker to the last stitch of the round.
    Repeat Steps 7 & 8. You will now have 50 sc.
    Work 1 sc in each of the next 4 sc and 2 sc in the next sc. Continue in this pattern, ending with 2 sc in the marked stitch. You will now have 60 sc. Move the marker to the last stitch of this round.

Note: For the top piece. At this point you continue around 4 more times to form the lip on the top piece.
You can add a scalloped edge using a second color or leave it plain
Scalloped edge is 5dc, sl st into next ch, sk 2 sc , 5dc in next. repeat around

Note: For the bottom piece
Repeat all the rows until you get to 60 sc
The bottom will be a lot smaller. It is supposed to fit inside the larger top piece.
I joined the 2 pieces at the 4th row in from the edge.
Now the Tentacles! I made 4 short and 1 long
Longest Tentacle is 95 chain then 3sc in each. This will make it curl all by itself
Shorter Tentacles are only 80cahin with 3 sc in each.
Add eyes before stuffing
Sew around inside the 4th row to attach lower half to larger upper half
Now you have a Jellyfish

Just finished her brother Junior Jellyfish in blues and greens














Friday, August 30, 2013

Crochet Goldfish

This is my crocheted goldfish for the project Crochet-Arium for Craft For A Cure with The Crochet Crowd



I used a size G hook and worsted weight cotton yarn Lily and Sugar in orange and white multi. I know it looks like orange and yellow in this picture.
I used this free pattern
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/fancy-goldfish-amigurumi

Saturday, August 24, 2013

Crochet Heart Pillow

Just finished a heart pillow
For the front, I followed this pattern Valentine Heart Granny Square http://www.annoocrochet.com/2013/01/valentine-heart-granny-square-free.html 
For the back I made a 12 inch Granny Square changing colors each round.
I used 2 strands of yarn held together for the crocheted border.

Front
Back



Saturday, August 17, 2013

Owl Pillow

I made this 12 inch Owl Pillow for my other nephew using this pattern http://www.repeatcrafterme.com/2012/11/owl-granny-square-crochet-pattern.html
It turned out really different since I used chenille yarn instead of worsted weight.
I used regular worsted weight yarn in soft navy for the front and grey for the back in a solid Granny Square pattern http://www.crochetgeek.com/2008/01/solid-granny-square.html

Front
 I added a little blue triangle button for the beak.

 Back
I don't know if it shows up well, but I used a fun denim yarn ticked with silver for the edging.