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Crochet Inspirations: July '12 baby theme

by 8:05 PM
During the Mother's & Father's Day seasons I kept thinking about trying to crochet for babies. So lately I've been focused on a baby theme for most of my projects.  For June and July it's become the summer to crochet baby stuff I guess.  I'm making July baby theme month.  This baby crochet craze started off with a nursery mobile: nursery mobile part 1: ami sun nursery mobile part 2: ami cloud nursery mobile part 3: ami rainbow nursery mobile part 4: ami

Lesson Woes: Amigurumi woes

by 10:08 AM
amigurumi using the wrong stitches (on the pink one) amigurumi using thread instead of yarn, wrong using tiny beads for eyes, strike three! Ami is japanese for knitted. Amigurumi means knitted stuffed toys. Who can resist such cuteness! In my first attempt I used lace crochet thread. Boy, did that look weird. lol. Well I didn't have the appropriate supplies for this. After trying a thicker yarn and substituting other supplies I'm still very dissatisfied with the results! Working a cupcake pattern my product looks nothing like

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