a bit of crochet

A small bit of crochet has been going on here.  A very small bit.

But I'm gonna post it anyway b/c the patterns are so worth sharing.

I'm into mandalas.  They're appearing in my art journal, as doodles in notebooks, and now in my crochet.  They relax me: their repetitive, yet changing patterns, their circular shape.  This one is from the lovely Barbara from Made in K-Town {pattern h e r e}

I stitched it onto a fabric filled embroidery hoop for hanging.

And then there's this little guy.  Absolutely adorable, right?!?  You can find the pattern at Ravelry.  

I'll be hooking up a rainbow of these little guys for various loves in my life.

Finally, there's this project that has not been getting much love lately:

Heidi Bears African Flower Hexagon 
Join-as-You-Go technique

Shall we do a little compare and contrast?

Photo of this project taken 199 days ago (thank you, Instagram)

I'll save you the math.  That's 10 vs 16.  That's a difference of 6 little hexagons . . . in 199 days.  We can just round up to 200 (since I won't be adding any between today and tomorrow).  I'm averaging one hex every 33 days.  One hex a month.  Hmm, maybe I'll rethink the plan to make this a blanket and try this instead.

I have loads of other crochet projects, patterns and inspiration pinned on my 

i♥ C R O C H E T 

pinboard

Happy Creating!

More Amigurumi

I had the brilliant idea at 8:30 the night before Valentine's Day to crochet each of my boys a little amigurumi for the holiday.

This little guy came from the Lion Brand website (oh, the goodness of patterns there--and all for free!). He only took an hour to make, but the embroidered mouth took me about 30 more minutes to get just so (while I watched the Olympics, so that may have had a little something to do with it). My middle guy is just smitten with him.

This owl also came from Lion Brand.

And in order to save my crocheting sanity, I had to make some adjustments to Dogbot to give *her* a more *him* look (namely, ridding him of pink). Three little friends for three very happy boys. And one happy crocheting mom!

My Very First Amigurumi

Meet Dogbot, crusader for all things crafty and creative. She's fearless in the face of projects gone awry (there seems to be a lot of those around here these days!) and poo-poo's the site of blood from a finger pricked by a sewing needle (again, lots of that). Dogbot won't balk (or bark) when glue oozes from your projects, or your stitching looks like it's failing the sobriety test. And with those big 'ol ears, she's always there to listen to your crafting woes, even when they contain some less-than-suitable-words uttered under your breath.

This was a blast to put together. I am totally *hooked* on crochet (Dogbot came up with that little pun!). This pattern came from the adorable book Crobots by Nellie Pailloux.

I'm setting straight to work this weekend on a little friend for Dogbot. Don't want her to be lonely!