Making things your own

When I started crocheting I had a very small inkling of what I was supposed to do. I knew that double crocheting meant one thing while a single crochet meant another. Honestly it was probably best that I went into this craft not knowing what I was doing because it gave me free reign to sit and play with what I thought would work and what might not.

After my previous post about the Mermaid Tail blanket I was finally able to give my sister her blanket and in the process made one for my roommate. Now these two are very different in their tastes and I wanted that to reflect in the colors I chose for their blankets. As you saw with the previous post that was my sister’s blanket. She is a classic Disney lover so I kept her blanket with the colors one might expect with a mermaid. My roommate on the other hand likes things to be a little darker, she is of the Disney villains spectrum. On the left my roommate and on the right the finished product for my sister.

                                   

 

A lot can be said for not sticking to the prescribed methods for patterns and that was extremely true when I created this happy hippo to throw my sister off the scent of what I was making her. I created the hippo first and then added the tutu, and if we are being completely honest I am not 100% sure how I made the hippo’s nose work.

 

Mermaids, Minions, and Ewoks Oh my!

So as most arts and crafts people will tell you it is possible for them to be working on multiple projects at once. I am no different. I am working on a crocheted minion from Despicable Me, a Mermaid Tail blanket for my sister, and an ewok hood scarf combination.

For the minion I am working out a pattern on my own and once I get it right I will post it for others who want to try making one like that (lets face it, if it isn’t perfect I end up taking it all apart and starting from the beginning again…..)

The first minion I made

As for the Mermaid Lapghan, I actually found the pattern on Mad Hooker Crochet (Pattern found here: https://www.madhooker.com/mermaid-lapghan/) and they have many cool patterns there but this one I am doing because my sister loves mermaids and welllll we all do what our family wants. The mermaid lapghan will take you some time but it is well worth the effort put in because it is already starting to look really cool.

The beginning of the Mermaid Lapghan

The Ewok scarf was fun and cool. I did it over the course of a weekend and while the ears may be a little lopsided no Ewok was perfect either! I got the pattern for this one from here: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/yub-nub-scoodie

My ewok hood

All crochet projects are time consuming but as long as you have a nice relaxing place to work you should be fine. 😀