Cthulhu

He will terrorize your dreams. With cuteness.

 I've seen this online and around for a while now and wanted to try it out.

Surprisingly easy and came out impressive even though at times, it was quite difficult. I, again, made this for a friend of mine and I hope he enjoys it. 

I was even more surprised that he stood on his own with only a little adjusting to the bottom. If I could change anything for next time, I might give him little legs and red eyes. 

                             It's Cthulhu, after all. 

Wings!!!

Drawstring Bag... Now with flowers!

Front view, the strings are just chain stiches

I really enjoy drawstring bags, they're very handy. I usually enjoy making them, as well...

I have made a few of similar bags in the past and never had much trouble with them.

I decided to make this one for a friend of mine and figured I could add some flowers to them for decoration. 

Back view of the bag.

  It was easy enough to find a decent looking pattern online, but I should have trusted myself and used the method that I have in the past to make these bags. The pattern I started made the bag a little wonky and not up to my usual standards, but I think it came out cute in spite of that - I was able to fix and adjust the pattern on the fly, which was nice.

        I will say that if I had followed the pattern exactly, it would not have looked like the pictures they posted, so I have no idea what they were doing there, but it helps to have a little experience. 

       The flowers were an easy one row flower. I would have liked them to be smaller so I could add more to the bag, but I think they look all right.

Still, very cute and I really hope that my friend likes it!

Red Octopus!

              I did a blue version of this octopus last year as one of my very first projects and I was very pleased with how it turned out - I decided to make another one for a friend of mine as a gift and found out that for the previous plushie, I made a mistake. Not a crucial one, but I'm glad I caught the mishap. 

As it turns out the tentacles and body are one piece - I had finished off once I had the body done and crocheted the tentacles individually. I prefer the actual method as I can fit more tentacles in and they are nicely spaced. 

Also, I would prefer not to sew unless I absolutely have to. :)

Jellyfish!

I found this pattern online and it was very simple, but I think it came out pretty well. 
I apologize for the low quality of the pictures, but I was taking them quickly as they were a gift for my best friend - she LOVES jellyfish.

Very easy construction - the cap especially and very straight forward, only 3 pieces and then I added the extra string for the heck of it. Nice piece and it made a great gift. 

Deviled eggs - Easter style

I got creative with the dyed Easter eggs for dinner last night. All it took was a little food coloring gel. These weren't only delicious, but they were a huge hit.
Nothing beats egg-salad sandwiches as a way to get rid of all those hard-boiled eggs, but this worked extremely well!

Easter bird's nest cookies...

These cookies are half the reason I love Easter so much! My mom made them once for me when I was really young and every year I have wanted to make them. They're pretty easy and super adorable. And plus, they're crazy tasty, too :)

Some Bunny to Love

 

  Hello!

             Just finished this adorable little creature! Using another pattern off of the Lion Brand's website (fantastic site, if you've never checked it out the link is on the previous post). 

The only real trouble I had going about it was with the ears. They look simple enough, but the hook size they say to use is a larger one than I'm used to using, which makes the stitches really difficult to work in the first 5 or so stitches. After that, it's not so difficult.

The pattern was pretty easy after that though, really straight forward. The colors featured in the picture that they showed was orange and hot pink... I decided to use white and brown. I found that I was thinking about sewing spots on the body and head, but instead I decided to make an ear and its tail brown to give it that multicolored look. 

I also used pink to sew on a nose instead of what the pattern suggested, which was to sew a "Y" to show the mouth and nose. I think that just the nose turned out a lot better. 

This bunny didn't take too much time and I really like how she came out. 

The ears are too freaking cute!

A back shot so I could show the tail part.