Silly little egg! August 4, 2008

I saw this free pattern and when i made it me and Tasha just about died at how silly it is!!! 

The free pattern is here:

http://amigurumiparadise.blogspot.com/2008/07/mrs-egghead-her-husband-free-pattern.html

and you just click on the pic and either print or do ’save as’, but i was tired and just wanted an easy/brainless pattern and this is how mine turned out:

  sorry about the dark pic, but white yarn and camera flash don’t really work out!  I ran out of glue, so Tasha got the safety eyes and just stuck them in place~ this is such a fun pattern!!!!

Tasha filled the cup with buttons and stuck scissors in to keep it balanced:

  Last night i wanted Luis to get me advil cause i had a headache, so i pinned a note to the egg and threw it downstairs~ all i could hear was him laughing!!  I made another brown one, just don’t have a pic yet!!

Oh, and as far as free patterns go, Bittersweet has an awesome one again!!!!  It’s a beaver!!!!!

 

http://bittersweetblog.wordpress.com/2008/08/01/damed_beaver/

 

I am so making one for Steph (as soon as we get rid of the fleas!!!)  When we were growing up we had rather large front teeth, which of course prompted incessent teasing from other kids, but the one name that we were called most was ‘bucky beaver’~ cruel and traumatizing at the time but now we laugh at it!!

 

When Hamster was first born, i would take her out of her ’spot’ under the kitchen cabinet and make Sandy feed her on the couch next to me~ i just did not want to deal with another dead kitten~ and it was fine until Sandy decided yesterday that she liked the small couch better.  So when it’s time to feed Hamster, i move her and Sandy over to the small couch, but she sleeps with me:

 Awwww!!! 

With all the fleas in the house Adrian picks her up every hour to do a ‘flea check’, and i won’t let Twinkle on the couch at all cause he’s got fleas really bad ( i’m getting the fleas drops tomorrow!)

If i don’t have a cat on the couch then i end up getting bit, so this is Sandy and Super Cheeto Friend hanging out on me:

 

How about the baby kitties?  Well, they like to sleep on the kitchen floor in the ’sun ray spots’:

 

Another favorite spot is any coke box:

  This is Worry Wart and Alex. 

And let’s not forget the kitty litter:

  Scaredy likes it here.

 

Later!

Nathalie

One more thing! July 28, 2008

I totally forgot about this link, i found this today at womans day, and i’m working on the penguin now!

http://www.womansday.com/assets/download/Crochet-Creatures-Turtle.pdf

http://www.womansday.com/assets/download/Crochet-Creatures-Penguin.pdf

http://www.womansday.com/assets/download/Crochet-Creatures-Koala.pdf

In the words of Gomer Pyle: Surprise, Surprise!!!! July 28, 2008

And what is the big darn surprise??  Well, both Snowball and Sandy have an appointment to get fixed next week.  And while i’m watching tv some of the cats like to sleep/hang out on me. 

So, i’m laying there and Sandy keeps meowing at me and then all of a sudden my whole shirt is soaked.  (And this happened right after the power was out for a few hours~ super fun cause the 17yr neighbor came over we told ghost stories and he kept sneaking up behind Madaliene and shouting ‘boo’!)   Anyhow, it didn’t have that gross strong pee smell and then it hit me:  my god she’s in labor!!!  And the whole time i’m thinking there is no way cause she does not look pregnant at all~ i couldn’t even feel anything in her tummy!

So, i had kids make a super extra hurry mad dash for all available towels, i covered the couch (and my lap!) and like half an hour later she had her little girl:

Adrian said she looked like a hamster, so that’s what we named her!  The down side to this is that after her other two kitties died i’ve been having to put her and Hamster in my lap and pet her so she’ll lie still for long enough to feed her baby.  Thank god for pay-per-view!!!

 

The other cats were kicked off their usual spots that night, and here is Milkshake and Snowball chilling on the edge of the couch:

 

So, you know how the ‘red house’ had those 5 kittens, and four of them ended up at our house and they’re ours now?  Well, earlier that day Madaleine was walking up and down the street with her friend and when she walked by the ‘red house’ the fifth kitty ran up to her.  No big deal.  Then she comes home and the kitten follows her.  Again, no big deal.  We calmly bring the kitten back home like ten freaking times and now it seems we have another kitten.  Luis has not noticed yet cause it’s orange and we have so many and me and the kids haven’t said anything either.  I wanted to put my foot down and demand that the kids keep bringing it back till it stays, but the poor thing was so hungry, she ate tons of cat food and my god the dirt and crud filled her ears they looked black!  The first thing she ate before the cat food was a bowl of cheetos so we named her Super Cheeto Friend:

This is her next to Sandy~ you can see the towels everywhere cause it’s right before Sandy gave birth!

And here is Adrian and Hamster:

 

A couple days before this the temp outside was like 1,000 and it was so hot in the house that Tasha decided to make a kitty fort:

  Every single cat was under there sleeping!

And just for fun before i get to the crochet portion of this post, here is my favorite pic of Sunshine:

  I love my cats!!

 

As usual, i am always just thrilled to pieces when people make my stuff, and here are the latest creations:

 

En crochet from crochetville posted this pic of the fish she made with my go fish pattern (http://gnathalie2.wordpress.com/2008/03/31/go-fish/)

  I LOVE those smiles!!!

 

And Caroline made a fancy feast fish (http://gnathalie2.wordpress.com/2007/07/05/fancy-feast-tutorial/)

  Sweet!!

 

And this turtle is a wonderful version of afternoon delight by mymi30 http://gnathalie2.wordpress.com/2007/09/01/afternoon-delight/)

  The light colors look amazing!!!

GREAT JOB EVERYONE!!!!!!!

 

And now for another ‘clearing of the favorites’:

http://amigurumiparadise.blogspot.com/2008/07/tiny-ghosts-moe-chester-free-pattern.html

 

http://www.beansproutcreations.com/2008/07/09/crochet-breakfast/

 

http://donnascrochetdesignstheblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/moroccas-free-crochet-pattern.html

 

http://theanticraft.com/archive/imbolc08/catchhiseye.htm

 

http://yarnigras.blogspot.com/2008/05/little-jelly-please.html

 

http://undisthreadness.blogspot.com/

 

http://www.crochetville.org/forum/showthread.php?t=81943

 

http://www.crochetville.org/forum/showthread.php?t=82684

 

http://www.crochetville.org/forum/showthread.php?t=81755

 

http://www.aliciakachmar.com/blog/craft/safety-cone-to-the-rescue/

 

 

http://resurrectionfern.typepad.com/resurrection_fern/2008/07/making-a-fabric.html

 

 

not crochet, but extra awesome!

http://www.poopscape.com/projects/mushroom/mushroom.htm

 

 

http://www.crochetville.org/forum/showthread.php?t=2838

 

 

http://bloomingpatterns.blogspot.com/2008/07/sensational-scarf.html

 

 

http://mama24boyz.blogspot.com/2008/06/octopus-applique.html

 

http://www.crochetville.org/forum/showthread.php?t=82384

 

 

http://www.crochetville.org/forum/showthread.php?t=49733

 

http://www.mckcreations.com/freepattern.htm

 

http://needyl.com/crochet/monster-baby-booty-pattern

 

Later!

Nathalie

Pattern time!! July 15, 2008

Yup, it’s time to clear out my favorites list again!  First off, i just found this fantastic ‘how to’ site!:

http://www.hookandneedles.com/2008/03/22/amigurumi-tutorial-1/

http://www.hookandneedles.com/2008/03/31/amigurumi-tutorial-2/  (how to read patterns)

http://www.hookandneedles.com/2008/04/10/amigurumi-tutorial-3/  (assembly)

 

And warmfuzzies has a pattern for cutie pandas:

http://warmfuzzies.typepad.com/warmfuzzies/2007/11/giant-pandas.html

 

This is such an adorable keychain!!:

http://viyascorner.blogspot.com/2008/07/elephant.html

 

I’m sure i’ve posted this one before, but here is a cute little reindeer:

http://artangel-sol.livejournal.com/20232.html

 

I’m not usually super big on blankets, but this one rocks!

http://sarah-london.blogspot.com/2007/11/wool-eater-blanket.html

 

fuzzy yarn?  Awesome step-by-step tutorial for a fuzzy kitty:

http://www.rheatheylia.com/index.php?page=patterns&id=9

 

Yummy yummy cupcake pincushion:

http://valerie.corner.over-blog.com/pages/Piqueaiguille_gateau__Pincushion_cupcake-570350.html

 

Meow!:

 

http://www.mountainweaver.com/blog/

 

More cupcakes!  But this time it’s in necklace form!:

http://www.crochetville.org/forum/showthread.php?t=81130

 

Awwww!  Cute, fuzzy little thing!!  (sorry, can’t get the pic!)

http://www.geocities.com/bassethound04/Masha.html

 

neat-o scarf:

http://www.limenviolet.com/blog/?p=3479

 

Guppygirl has a super cool tutorial on crochet flowers and that nifty knitter spool thingy:

  Love these!!!

http://guppylovesshark.wordpress.com/2008/04/14/lets-decorate/

 

Again, soooooo not a ’square’ fan, but this one is so pretty! 

http://members.aol.com/gandal195/katiesbliss.html

 

When Tasha saw this she made me promise to make her one!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://jaybirddesigns.blogspot.com/2008/07/july-free-pattern.html

 

This site has lots of really good patterns: http://donnascrochetdesigns.com/

 

Fuji dolls!!  Michelle over at suncatcher eyes designed this:

http://www.suncatchereyes.net/Fuji%20Dolls%20Free%20Pattern.html

 

These felted fish are knitted, but i love them!!

http://www.craftstylish.com/item/4006/feel-like-felting-a-fish

 

Cutie little monsters:

http://www.crochetville.org/forum/showthread.php?t=81145

 

Crocheted bird puppet:

http://www.learn-how-to-crochet.com/galah.html

 

Bella dia has a cool tutorial on how to write a tutorial:

http://belladia.typepad.com/bella_dia/tutorials/index.html

 

A coiled snake:

http://www.geocities.com/bassethound04/Ayame.html

 

Squid!!!

http://crochetme.com/patterns/amigurumi-squid

 

Once again, Amigurumiartist has translated another one of her AMAZING patterns!

http://amigurumiartist.blogspot.com/2008/05/translate-to-english-dragon-pinkie.html

 

In the sewing catagory, i found a tutorial on making a sock monkey!

It’s super step-by-step which is perfect for me!

http://www.web-goddess.org/writing/tutorial/Image0.html

 

 

Alice in Wonderland:

http://mojosamis.blogspot.com/2008/06/finished-again.html

 

Translated japanese patterns:

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&langpair=ja%7Cen&u=http://www11.ocn.ne.jp/~yagurun/amizu/pi-nattukaeru.htm&tbb=1

 

Japanese patterns

cute baby rattle:

http://www.gosyo.co.jp/img/acrobat/28ss/BK1.pdf

 

http://www.gosyo.co.jp/img/acrobat/27ss/G741M.pdf

 

http://www.gosyo.co.jp/img/acrobat/amikomo2008/9.pdf

http://www.gosyo.co.jp/img/acrobat/amikomo2008/10.pdf

 

http://www.gosyo.co.jp/img/acrobat/2728/555E.pdf

 

http://www.gosyo.co.jp/img/acrobat/27ss/amikomo/528-10.pdf

 

http://www.gosyo.co.jp/img/acrobat/27ss/528W.pdf

 

http://www.gosyo.co.jp/img/acrobat/27ss/27-528I.pdf

 

http://image.rakuten.co.jp/gosyo/cabinet/ss/528-p11.gif

 

http://www.gosyo.co.jp/img/acrobat/27ss/27-kujira.pdf  and  http://www.gosyo.co.jp/img/acrobat/27ss/27-k2.pdf

 

http://www.gosyo.co.jp/img/acrobat/iroiro/175/kame.pdf

 

http://www.gosyo.co.jp/img/acrobat/iroiro/175/kuma.pdf

 

http://www.gosyo.co.jp/img/acrobat/iroiro/175/tomato.pdf

 

http://homepage3.nifty.com/omura/shugei/amigurumi/nana/nana-chan-1.htm

 

With this site, just click on the pic and the pattern comes up: http://www11.ocn.ne.jp/~yagurun/amizu/amizutop.htm

If you need to translate any of these patterns, use this site: http://babelfish.yahoo.com/

 

Later!

Nathalie

Silly blue whale July 2, 2008

Awesome!  Free pattern time!!!  Yea, me!!

 

 

Materials:

size F hook

ww yarn in blue, black and white (i used Caron Simply Soft)

yarn needle

fiberfill

 

 

Body:

rd1: 4 sc in a ring

rd2:  2sc in each sc around (8sc)

rd3:  2sc in each sc around (16 sc)

rd4:  2sc in first sc, sc in next sc around (24 sc)

rd5:  2sc in first sc, sc in next 2 sc around (32 sc)

rd6-19: sc in each sc around (32 sc)

rd20:  (2sc in first sc, sc in next 15 sc) 2 times (34 sc)

rd21-23: sc in each sc around (34 sc)

rd24: (sc2tog, sc in next 2 sc) 3 times, sc in next 8 sc, (sc2tog, sc in next 2 sc) 3 times, sc in last 2 sc (2

rd25: sc in each sc around (28 sc)

rd26:  (sc2tog, sc in next sc) 3 times, sc in next 8 sc, (sc2tog, sc in next sc) 3 times, sc in last 2 sc (22 sc)

rd27:  sc in each sc around (22 sc)

rd28:  (sc2tog) 2 times, sc in next 14 sc, (sc2tog) 2 times (18 sc)

rd29: (sc2tog) 2 times, sc in next 10 sc, (sc2tog) 2 times (14 sc)

rd30: (sc2tog) 2 times, sc in next 6 sc, (sc2tog) 2 times (10 sc)

rd31-36: sc in each sc around (10 sc)

rd37:  sc in next 4 sc, dc in next 4 sc, sl st in next 2 sc (10 sc)

rd38: sc in each sc around (10 sc)

rd39: sc2tog, sc in next 6 sc, sc2tog (8 sc)

r40:  fold rd together and sc across both thicknesses (4 sc), do not fasten off!

 

Fin:

chain 4

r41: *2sc in 2nd chain from hook, 2sc in next ch, 3sc in last ch*, sc in next 2 sc, sl st in last sc.

r42:  chain 4, repeat from * to *, sl st in next 2 sc, **sc in 1st sc, hdc in next sc, 2dc in next 2 sc, hdc in next sc, sc in next sc**, fasten off.

r43: reattach yarn at base of next fin, repeat from ** to **, fasten off, weave in ends.

 

 

Side fins (make 2)

Chain 4

r1: sc in 2nd chain from hook and in next 2 chains, ch 1, turn (3 sc)

r2 & 3: sc in each sc across, ch 1, turn (3 sc)

r4:  2sc in first sc, sc in next sc, 2sc in last sc, ch 1, turn (5 sc)

r5 & 6: sc in each sc across, ch 1, turn (5 sc)

r7: hdc in first sc, dc in next 3 sc, hdc in last sc, sl st and fasten off.

 

 

Eyes (make 2 of each)

With white, 4 sc in a ring

rd1: 2sc in each sc around (8 sc)

rd2:  (2sc in first 2 sc, sc in next 2 sc) 2 times (12 sc)

rd3:  sc in first 2 sc, 2sc in next 2 sc, sc in next 4 sc, 2sc in next 2 sc, sc in last 2 sc (16 sc)

rd4:  sc in first 4 sc, 2sc in next 2 sc, sc in next 4 sc, 2sc in next 2 sc, sc in last 4 sc (20 sc)

fasten off

With black, 6 sc in a ring

rd1: 2sc in each sc around (12 sc)

fasten off

 

 

Finishing:

1.  Sew on side fins to the sides of the whale.

2. Sew the pupils (black) onto the eyes (white), then sew the eyes on the sides of the head.

3.  Using yarn needle and whatever mouth color you like, embroider the mouth onto the whale.

4.  I also used a tiny amount of black yarn and embroidered a small ‘x’ on the top.

 

 

Enjoy!!

Nathalie

Me again July 1, 2008

Sucky title, i know!  So, first up we have a couple kitties staying with us:

 Still doesn’t have a name, but he’s all black and no, Midnight is NOT an option!!!  I hate obvious names!

This is the second kitty, we named him Scaredy Cat cause he growled and hissed whenever you would go to pick him up.  Or if you just looked at him.  Or just walked by him. 

They are the brothers of Milkshake and Alex, and they followed Tasha home and keep coming back!!  It’s fine with me if they stay here for a while!

 

I made this a few days ago, and Tasha put the face on:

 

And here the the silly whale i finished this afternoon:

 

 

Free pattern coming soon!!!!!!

 

Nathalie

 

 

Sad. June 15, 2008

So yeah, i know, there’s too many cats in my house.  I love them all, but it’s hard to find homes for them especially since it’s summer and there’s kittens all over the place.  So me and the kids and their friend all grabbed a kitty and headed over to the pound.  No big deal, i’ve brought cats there before and they’ve all been adopted out.  I also always write in huge letters ‘DO NOT KILL, CALL ME’ and leave my number. 

Well, i walk into the door and you know what they said?

“We have absolutely no room today, but we’ll have space tomorrow’.    That made me feel so sick.  They used to have a kitty/puppy rescue van that was part of the humane society, but i guess not that day.  And i know the downstairs playroom smells like kitty poo, but there is no way in hell i would ever drop off any animal for that pound’s weekly murder spree.  Bastards.

But on the plus side, Sebastian picked Milkshake to give to his girlfriend for an anniversary gift (and yes, i assured him that i do have a ‘return’ policy!)  And i found a spay/neuter van that comes by here once a week so let’s guess who’s getting fixed first?  Snowball!! 

I let James use my camera to take kitty pics, and here is the group shot he took:

  I totally understand the whole overpopulation of cats, but to think that kitten massacre is a policy of the pound is just sad.  And Snowball was still nursing the last litter when she got pregnant with these so getting her fixed then would have killed both litters. 

And this is my favorite Alex pic that James took:

  Surprise!!

Nathalie

More stuff May 29, 2008

Sorry, my head hurts and i can’t think of a title for  this post!! 

I finished some projects this week, the first being an elephant from a noah’s ark crochet book:

 

 

Next i made a pear:

 The free pattern for this is at www.amigurumigirl.blogspot.com

 

And i ordered a German ami book ( http://www.amazon.de/100-kleine-H%C3%A4kelfiguren-vielen-Anwendungsideen/dp/3772465730)  and made the snake:

  I followed the directions fine, so what’s wrong with it?  Well, my color choice!  You know when you take that test at the doctors for like ulcers or whatever and they have you drink that nasty barium stuff?  Well, this snake is what your poo looks like!!!  Gross!!!

 

Here are my kitties while i’m trying to crochet:

 

  That is Sunshine in my lap while i’m trying to read the german patterns!!

And how about some cool stuff other people made?!!!

   A turtle from mccrowthers!!

 

Want another one?!

  This one is so tiny!!!

 

Keep up the great work everyone!!!

Nathalie

Kitty beds! May 25, 2008

Adrian is so addicted to the computer that anytime it’s not his turn, he throws a big ole’ baby hissy fit.  Not cool.  So, to keep him from driving me crazy while it was Madaleine’s turn, we made a couple kitty beds with the sewing machine!  His favorite part was ‘driving’ the machine while i fed the fabric through.

This is the first one we made, and it’s specifically for Alex and Milkshake:

  Milkshake LOVES it!

  And if you’re wondering why the kitties tails are usually wet in the pics, it’s cause they keep stepping/sitting in poop after they go and i have to keep rinsing them off!!  Barf!!

 

 I know! Awwww!!

 

Then i remembered that i had some fishy fabric from a while ago, and Adrian thought it would be perfect for a giant bed for the baby kittens!

 

  Can you see where the kids ‘tried’ to help me paint when we first moved in the house?!!  Under the desk in Adrian’s room is where the kittens live.

 

Tasha was also playing with my camera today, her favorite thing to do is take loooooong movies of her walking around the house talking.  And taking bad ’surprise’ pictures of me.  Here is a ‘booby’ shot when i handed her one of the kittens:

 

 

I’m also almost done with a crocheted elephant, so i’ll post that a bit later~ i.e. when i’m done!

Here is the elephant!

Nathalie

Seeing what’s up May 24, 2008

Madaliene took a photo series of Hostile Bunni checking out the baby kittens.  He swears he won’t be defeated again, so he’s gotta see what he’s up against!

 

 ’Have to find a way out!’

 ’Kittens not that big.  They will be mine’

Yeah, we’ll see about that bunni!!!

Nathalie