Less blogging, some new amigurumis

I have not been into blogging lately and I'm sorry for this week of quietness. I know that there are some who have been waiting me to update (Hannes and Elina). I have been enjoying my last days of holiday, that means crocheting amigurumis.

J.R. got an Amigurumi! Super Happy Cute Crochet book for Christmas, and I have already finished few smaller projects from it. I really like the book. The amigurumis are cute, the patterns are clear and I have even learned a few new tricks from it.

So here is my "Mighty L'il Mouse", though I call him "Fatty Mouse" instead. It was really quick and fun to crochet. It wasn't just single crochet after single crochet, but there was double crochets too.


J.R. is knitting socks for me!

I also made "Skellie Fish" from the book. It's a skeleton fish. I think it looks rather nice, but I know it's not OK. My stitches are all over the place. According to pattern I was supposed to join the rounds, but I suck at joining. I did it wrong, so the head is a bit misshaped. I'm going to crochet a new fish when I have nothing else to crochet. And I'm going to make it properly, with correctly joined rounds.


I love the tail. It makes me want to crochet mermaid amigurumis.

The little friend in the picture is a Tamagotchi charm. They sell them in a set of three, and you're supposed to attach them to your Tamagotchi (it's like a virtual pet), but they're perfect as stitch markers too. (If you're interested, I bought them from Anttila.)

I gave Stitch 'N Bitch: The Knitting Handbook for J.R. as a Christmas present (among other things) and he's now learning to knit too. In theory I know how to knit, but I have never knitted anything beside legwarmers with circular needles. I have no idea how to knit socks, for example. And I don't like knitting because my stitches are always too loose. It doesn't look pretty. But I'm willing to give it second chance if J.R. teaches me how to knit something cool. Like amigurumis.