Crafty Pants!

More great finds! When I started this blog, I was doing it solely for my own use. I wanted a place to keep track of free patterns I was interested in making, and where I could make notes about the pattern. Since then, I have found so many amazing patterns, there is no way I can make them all! But I will continue keeping track of them, so I (and you!) have a place to look when I have a hook, some yarn, but no pattern:)

On to the patterns:

Amigurumi Bunny and Dress

The Ringed Seal of Saimaa

Cat and Mouse

Zequi the Bear

Cupcake

Little Fired Egg

Hope you enjoy these amigurumi patterns!

This Sock Elephants Pattern by L.B. Thoms is adorable! My local Goodwill has brand new patterned socks for only $1. I really should pick up a few pairs and give this elephant a try.

The spring issue of Crochet me Magazine is up! I especially love the the darling Dodo Bird pattern.

Easter is less than a week away, so you better get your crafting-self in gear if you want to make some easter inspired crafts! Here are some cuties to make to celebrate the Easter holiday!

My roommates and I are making a big easter dinner next Sunday. All of then expect for me are vegetarians, so it should be interesting to see what they make! I’ve never really been a big fan of meat, so I do buy a lot of veggie burgers and such, so we’ll see. Maybe they’ll succeed in converting me fully!

Sewn Easter Bunny Bean

Amigurumi Bunny

Felted Cashmere Bunny

Chibi Rabbit (and kitty) Sewn Pattern

Snoogem Bunny Neckwarmer

Baby Lamb

Sheep Crochet Pattern

Egg Babies

Little Duckie and Chicken

Baa the Sheepy Change Purse

Amigurumi Birdies

Can’t Knit? Can’t Crochet? You can still make tho most darling Knitted Octopi! Knit it up on a Knifty Knitter, and enjoy your own amigurumi style cutie in no time. The tutorial is a few posts down. The Icord tutorial is located here.

Right now I’m working on sewing the mouse from this pattern of Felt Cat Toy Critters. Never mind that usually I hate hand sewing with a passion… Once, I didn’t wear my nice wool coat in 10 degree weather   just because I refused to sew on the buttons myself. Luckily I had a thinner back-up coat.

I guess I just felt the need to do something meditative and not on the computer. I can barely crochet because my wrists are killing me. I think that is from one part crocheting and two parts programming non-stop. I’m also working on a hat, an amigurumi bear, and I just finished a purse.  I barely have time to eat, so I have no idea why I keep starting all these new projects! Hopefully I can muster up some energy to finish then and post some pictures! For now, enjoy this wonderful pattern!

Phew, there are a ton of amazing patterns out there! Here are some more of my favorite crochet animal/amigurumi patterns:

iMonkees iPod cosy:

Totoro:

Frog Hackey Sack:

Horse/Unicorn:

Not-so-Ugly Duckling:

Neko (cat):

Mouse:

Octopus:

Bunny:

I hope you find a pattern you like. If I had my way, I’d crochet them all!

I can’t get enough of these cute amigurumi animal patterns!

Dolphin:

Monkey:

Farmyard Finger Puppets:

Baby Snow Dragon:

Reindeer Ornament:

Baby Seals:

Elephant:

Striped Turtle:

Cactus (not an animal, but cute enough!):

Ok, that’s all for now, enjoy!

Crochetville is such an amazing resource for patterns! The people there are so very talented and generous. There you can find amazing patterns for:

A Bear

A Camel

A Mouse

A Bunny

A Pig

A Hippo

A Squid

A Horse 

And finally,

A Sheep

Phew! There’s even more there, so go take a look!

Ok.

So I’ve been gone a long time.

I can explain!

Well, I went on a very lovely vacation to Key West. Once I was back I started a new job that has demanded much of my energy getting settled into. Also, it has been HOT for Seattle, and I just haven’t felt like picking up a crochet hook.

However, I got the fire lit under my arse once again! I am making things as fast and I can for a small craft fair. I am going in on it with three other people, so between the three of us the booth price is very cheap! This is the first arts/craft fair I have ever done, so this will be fun. I have been crocheting, knifty knitting, carving stamps, printing, sewing, woodworking, you name it! Because the booth will be soo cheap, I don’t really care about mass producing anything. I’m using this as an excuse to sit and craft for 3-4 hours at a time. Now I can say, when people ask me what am I “going to do” with something, I can say, “sell it!”

I haven’t really been checking out the free patterns lately, because I can’t really sell the things I make from them. However, I did find these super duper cute Gnomes that I want to make as gifts. Anyone remember David the Gnome? Ahh, memories.

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