Crafty Pants!

This little guy needs a bit of an explanation…. A few weeks ago, some good friends of mine gave me a brand new bottle of Grey Goose vodka, for no reason at all. So to show them my appreciation, I decided to crochet them some things. The girl was obvious; I made her some cupcakes (because she is so sweet) and plan to make an ice-cream cone when I can find the right yarn. The guy was a little bit harder… What would a guy like?

He is quite an unusual person, the kind that tells bizarre stories and you cannot quite tell if he is telling the truth or pulling your leg. I am usually hoping he is pulling my leg but I have a feeling most of the stories are actually true… So I had to think: what is the weirdest, craziest thing I could ever crochet?

And then it hit me. Inspired by this chick, I decided to make… Balut!

For those not familiar with balut, it is:

A delicacy of Southeast Asia and especially the Philippines, a balut is a fertilized duck egg with a nearly developed embryo inside that is boiled and eaten in the shell. Their high protein content is complimentary to the consumption of beer.

From Wikipedia.

I used a blue-ish fuzzy yarn from Target and a pale yellow yarn. Everyone I show him to gives me the weirdest looks…

He can come out of his shell to play.

He likes to wear it on his head and pretend he is a soldier.

He also likes to play superhero and pretend to fly!

I made two more birdies. I love the white and green one, but the brown one didn’t turn out as well as I had hoped. I made it in the car, so I guess that’s my excuse. I love these little guys so much, but I couldn’t keep them:( I sold them at the local craft fair to help fund raise for a group I’m in. I set the price at $10. They took a lot of work, so I didn’t want my efforts wasted. They all sold, which was good for the club but sad for me!

I finished my fat little birdie using this pattern. This was my first crochet project ever! I improvised on the wings because I didn’t like the original ones. She (my boyfriend insisted it was a girl) was actually pretty quick to crochet, and I only messed up a few times. I’m loving crochet; I never really got into knitting. Knitting hurt my elbows for some reason, and it felt sloooow.

This is the wing pattern that I used:
ch 10
treble in 3rd ch from hook, treble, dc, dc, hdc, hdc, sc, in last stitch before turning(sc, sl st, sc)
sc, hdc, hdc, dc, dc, treble, 5 treble in end st. Join with sl st in top of 1st treble.
finish off.

Here’s another owl I used using roxycraft’s patterns. I used a thicker yarn for the wings so they turned out huuuge. I didn’t even bother finishing it, and I think she is laying around somewhere in my apartment!

Edit:  Apologies to anyone who had to read my original post. I was having a bad day, and I didn’t have enough experience to understand the work that went into creating an original pattern.

I made this little guy using the pattern by roxycraft.

Here is my koala. He honestly looks worse in real life :/ I was happy to give him away!