Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to all who are still reading! I just finished my last Christmas project. A pair of slippers for my Aunt. Now I am off to bed and I am sure I will not get back here til after the holiday. If you get a chance go to www.noradsanta.org It's truly a wonderful site and my kids and I will be visiting it throughout the day. Have a blessed Christmas!

WOW! What a long month!

I can't believe that it has taken me so long to post! I keep telling myself to get on here and say anything but it hasn't happened. I have been busily working on tons of Christmas projects and I can't seem to get out of my own way. In any case I am getting closer to finished with all the items I wanted to make. I think I will have aceived my goal of one item for each family member. At least I hope so! I spent this morning blocking and ironing the scarves I made. I really hope to take pics of everything. Alot of it is really simple though. I will also have a few new patterns coming after I figure out what all my numbers meant. LOL Hopefully I will be back soon with pics!

Remember if you made any of the amigurumi I created please let me know. I would love to post them here!

Pattern for Ebeneizer

I *think* this is the last of the patterns for the amigurumi I have already put up. I do have quite a few more sitting here waiting for their stories and for me to take their pics. Hoefully I will get to it soon. But with the holidays coming up it is getting harder to do those things. I am working on a bunch of presents and other holiday related items so as soon as I can I will post pics of those things too.

But for now here is a pattern for Ebeneizer! Outside Shell (make 2) – R1: sc 6 into a circle. R2: INC (12). R3: Sc 1, INC (18). R4: Sc 2, INC (24).

Inside Shell (make 2) – R1: sc 6 into a circle. R2: INC (12). R3: INC (24).

Pearl - R1: sc 6 into a circle. R2: INC (12). R3-4: Sc around (12). R5: DEC (6).

Assembly – Whip stitch inside shell to outside shell. Repeat with other set. Sew pearl to bottom half of shell. Sew the two shells together using five stitches that are lined up on the backside.

pattern for Chuck the Frog

I know it's been a while since I posted a pattern so here is one for today. I hope I will be able to get another one on for tomorrow and I need to take a bunch of pics of the amis I created while I was not blogging. Hopefully all of it will get done.

Body - R1: sc 6 into a circle (6). R2: INC (12). R3: Sc 1, INC (18). R4-9: Sc around (24). R10: Sc 1, DEC (12). R11: DEC (6). R12: INC (12). R13: Sc 1, INC (18). R14: Sc 2, INC (24). R15: Sc 3, INC (30). R16: Sc 4, INC (36). R17: Sc around (36). R18: Sc 4, DEC (30). R19: Sc 3, DEC. (24). R20: Sc 2, DEC (18). R21: Sc 1, DEC (12). R22: DEC (6).

Legs – R1: sc 6 into a circle. R2: INC (12). R3-4: Sc around (12). R5: DEC (6). R6-15: Sc around.

Arms – R1: sc 6 into a circle. R2-7: Sc around.

Eyes - R1: sc 6 into a circle (6). R2: INC (12).

Enjoy your frog! If you make one please send me a link so I can see him!

Ninja Town

After I got the Cute Book of course I had to make more felt guys. CJ found this ninja in Nintendo Power mag. It is a guy from a new game called Ninja Town. So we quickly drew up a pattern and made him our own.

The Cute Book - Monkey

Here's another guy from the cute book. I made this monkey for my daughter. I wanted to make him into a pack pack hangy guy but she stole him from my craft basket as soon as he was finished. Now he is sitting upstairs on her shelf. LOL I guess he won't be going to school anytime soon. There are a ton of really great patterns in this book and I want to make a few more before I am through. They are tiny (about 3") so I think I will make some for present toppers for Christmas. The patterns that they use are making me think differently about some other things I have as well. All the paper piecing patterns I have from scrapbooking can be turned into these little felt guys and I am thinking that the drawings I make of my amigurumi can be turned into felt guys as well. I am excited to think of all the things I can do now but also sad because it means one more thing I am spending money on!!!! LOL

The Cute Book

I picked up this book back in September. I love it! It is called The Cute Book by Aranzi Aronzo. They have some of the cutest little felt patterns. I got to it right away. I didn't get to use any of the wonderful wool felt cause it is a little too spendy for me right now but I did use some craft felt that the kids had. I made this guy for my son's birthday. In the book he had a body LOL but for my guy I just needed the head and he became a magnet for his locker at school. A big hit! I also made a monkey from the book. All the patterns and instructions are super simple! I want to make all these little creatures. They are too adorable!

Long Time No Post

OK I have about five minutes to say where I have been. Sick, hubby sick, kids sick. Got better. Had two Hlloween parties and still only have short time to play. Will be back later today with some new stuff. Have a great morning!

Carlos Pattern

Body - R1: sc 6 into a circle (6). R2: INC (12). R3: Sc 1, INC (18). R4: Sc 2, INC (24). R5: Sc 3, INC (30). R6: Sc 4, INC. (36). R7-11: Sc around (36). R12: Sc 4, DEC. (30). R13: Sc around (30). R14: Sc 3, DEC (24). R15-16: Sc around (24). R17: Sc 2, DEC (18). R18-21: Sc around (18). R22: Sc 1, DEC (12). R23: DEC (6).

Wings – R1: sc 4 into a circle. R2: Sc 1, INC (6). R3-5: Sc around (6). R6: Sc 1, DEC (4). R7-8: Sc around (4). R9: DEC (2). R10: Sc around (2).

Assembly – I freehand cut the feet and beak from orange felt and the body from white felt. The eyes are made with black fabric paint.

Quackers Pattern

Nathalie - as per your request, here is a quackers you can make yourself!

Body - R1: sc 6 into a circle (6). R2: INC (12). R3: Sc 1, INC (18). R4: Sc 2, INC (24). R5: Sc 3, INC (30). R6: Sc 4, INC (36). R7: sc around (36). R8: Sc 4, DEC (30). R9: Sc 3, DEC (24). R10: Sc2, DEC (18). R11: Sc 1, DEC (12). R12: DEC (6).

Head - R1: sc 6 into a circle (6). R2: INC (12). R3: Sc 1, INC (18). R4: Sc 2, INC (24). R5: Sc around (24). R6: Sc2, DEC (18). R7: Sc 1, DEC (12). R8: DEC (6).

Beak - R1: sc 6 into a circle (6). R2: Sc 1, INC (9).

Quackers

Quackers is a little suspect. He wanders the streets of Hyperbolia mumbling about meds and spoons. No one is sure where he came from. He just showed up one day. All we know is that since Quackers arrived Betty has become a millionaire.

Chuck

Chuck is a loose cannon cop on the edge. His motto is “Trust no one and shoot anything that moves”. He moved here from the big city. He wanted the quiet life but surprisingly crime is on the rise here in Hyperbolia. He is taking anger management classes at the local learning center. His best friends are a stress ball and his pack of Marlboros.

Betty

Betty owns the Hyperbolia Pharmacy. She spends her days filling prescriptions and dreaming of Chuck. She made a nice living at her job until the arrival of Quackers. Now she has moved out of her condo and into one of the biggest houses in town. Every man in Hyperbolia wants to date her but she only has eyes for Chuck. Ironically Chcuck doesn’t even know she exists.

Moose

I made this guy over the weekend. I'm still thinking about adding a red scarf for him. Anyway here's the pattern:

Snout - R1: sc 6 into a circle (6). R2: INC (12). R3: Sc 1, INC (18). R4-9: Sc around (18). Head - R1: sc 6 into a circle (6). R2: INC (12). R3: Sc 1, INC (18). R4: Sc 2, INC (24). R5: sc 1, INC 3x, sc in next 18 sc (27). R6: Sc 2, INC 3x, sc in next 18 sc (30). R7: sc 2, INC 4x, sc in next 18 sc (34). R8: sc 3, INC 4x, sc in next 18 sc (38). R9: sc in first 28 sc, DEC, sc in next 2 sc, DEC, sc in next 6 sc (36). R10: Sc 4, DEC (30). R11: Sc 3, DEC (24). R12: Sc2, DEC (18). R13: Sc 1, DEC (12). R14: DEC (6).

Body - R1: sc 6 into a circle (6). R2: INC (12). R3: Sc 1, INC (18). R4-11: Sc around (18). R12: Sc 1, DEC (12). R13-14: Sc around (12).

Arms - R1: sc 6 into a circle (6). R2: Sc2, INC (8). R3-9: Sc around (8).
Legs - R1: sc 6 into a circle (6). R2: INC (12). R3: Sc 1, INC (18). R4-5: Sc around (18). R6: Sc 1, DEC (12). R7: Sc 2, DEC (9). R8-12: Sc around (9).
Assembly - I made the antlers free form out of felt and put wire inside to keep them stiff and standing up. I used small black eyes for the nostrils and big black eyes for his eyes with just a piece of white felt behind each.

Tiffany

Tiffany is a flesh eating zombie bunny from hell. She has no friends because she doesn’t just steal your boyfriend she eats him too. Every Thursday she plays poker with her sorority sisters.

The Dust Bunny

This is the Dust Bunny I made for a friend who just moved to a new house. He wa s quite easy to make and I added a dust cloth for him to help out around the house. On his other arm is his intro tag which reads:

Species: imported dust bunny
Habitat: small, dark places
Grooming: self dusting
Care: Allow dust bunnies to multiply. That's when they are happiest.

Now onto the pattern:
Body/Head - R1: sc 6 into a circle (6). R2: INC (12). R3: Sc 1, INC (18). R4: Sc 2, INC (24). R5: Sc 3, INC (30). R6: Sc 4, INC. (36). R7-8: Sc around (36). R9: Sc 4, DEC. (30). R10: Sc 3, DEC (24). R11: Sc 2, DEC (18). R12: Sc 1, DEC (12). R13: DEC (6).

Ears - R1: sc 6 into a circle (6). R2: INC (12). R3-11: Sc around (12).

Legs & Arms - R1: sc 6 into a circle (6). R2: sc 2, INC (8). R3-7: Sc around (8).

Tail - R1: sc 6 into a circle (6). R2: INC (12).

Assembly - Embroider mouth, sew on button eyes. Cut small rag from felt and sew on.

Important Information

My son came home today and informed me of this: "Paper clips are the larval form of coat hangers."

Candy Corn

This is a candy corn I made for the September project at the amigurumi group on yahoo. Sorry for the bad pic but I had to take it with my phone. I have no idea where I put the camera. LOL Anyway, it was really easy to make and we watched Knocked Up while I did it. So at least I wasn't bored LOL.

Here's the pattern: Chain 12. R1: skip first chain and sc across (11 sc). sc 4X in the last stitch, sc across the bottom 11x and 4 more sc in the last stitch. You should have an oval. Slip stitch to top of first sc. 30sc. R2: ch 1. sc in next 11 sc, sc 3 in next sc, sc in next 2 sc, sc 3 in next sc, sc in next 11 sc, sc 3 in next sc, sc in next 2 sc, sc 3 in next sc. Slip stitch to top of first sc. 38 sc. R3 - 8: ch 1. sc in all 38 stitches. Slip stitch to top of first sc. 38 sc. *Switch to yellow.* R9: ch1. 18 sc, dec, 18 sc, dec. 36 sc. R10: sc in first 4 sc, dec around. 30 sc. R11 & 12: sc around. 30 sc. R13: sc in first 3 sc, dec around. 24 sc. R14: sc around. 24 sc. R15: sc in first 2 sc, dec around. 18 sc. *Switch to white.* R16 - 18: sc around. 18 sc. R19: sc in first sc, dec around. 12 sc. R20: sc around. 12 sc. R21: dec around. 6 sc.

Bobo and Jim

Bobo was a circus trained monkey before his tragic toxic waste accident. This horrible incident turned him a lovely shade of turquoise. He spends his life trying to track down his circus master, Jim, who mysteriously disappeared after the accident.

Jim managed the Big Top Circus. He was quite prosperous until a tragic accident befell his star monkey. Jim used the insurance money to move to a deserted island with the bearded lady and a few trapeze artists.

Secret Keepers Pattern

These are super simple and quick guys to make. Please let me know if the pattern isn't easy to read. I have never tried to put a pattern out for others to follow so I am just giving you my notes. All of my projects are worked the usual way with increases and decreases. And don't join the rounds as you go just work in a spiral. The one secret keeper is slightly larger because I used a different size hook and bigger yarn. All I added to them was the eyeballs (the small ones have doll eyes and the bigger one has two different sized buttons.) but Ithink they would look cute with big ears.

R1: sc 6 into a circle (6). R2: INC (12). R3: Sc 1, INC (18). R4: Sc 2, INC (24). R5: Sc 3, INC (30). R6: Sc 4, INC. (36). R7: Sc 4, DEC. (30). R8: Sc 3, DEC (24). R9: Sc 2, DEC (18). R10: Sc 1, DEC (12). R11: DEC (6).

Carlos is a sad penguin

Carlos

Carlos is a penguin from South of the Border. He migrated when his girlfriend broke up with him. Carlos spends his afternoons drowning his sorrows in cheap tequila and his evenings flamenco dancing with any bird he can find.

Quug and Schnoober

Quug is a creature sent from the fifth dimension to destroy all humans. But he had a change of heart when he discovered casinos, air mattresses and sneakers. Any place that could invent stuff like this can’t be all bad. Quug is looking for a roommate and hopes to settle down here on Earth.

Schnoober is Quug’s sister. She is a creature from the fifth dimension. She communicates with her brother using telepathy. Her stringy hair is actually a high tech tuning device. Schnoober just wants her brother to come home and play hopscotch with her.

Secret Keepers

Big Head, Hubert and Noodles are the Secret Keepers of Hyperbolia. They are entrusted to the sacred duty of keeping secrets. They know everyone’s bad habits and crushes. The Secret Keepers know all the wrongs that have been done. But you will never learn anything from them for they have no mouths.

Ebenezer

Ebenezer is a miser. He is the richest guy in Hyperbolia, yet he won’t share his pearls with anyone. He considered using them to make a necklace for Sally until he found out about her love for Albert. He is heart broken and alone. Sigh.

Patrice

Patrice loves to play Sonic on GameCube. Her friends call her “PuffMama”. Patrice’s best friend is Sally (the limbless bunny). They love to do lunch and spend the afternoon gossiping about Sally’s crush on Albert.

Sally

Sally hops from place to place. She is amazingly spry for a bunny with no legs (or arms for that matter). Sally is madly in love with Albert Yamashifufski and wishes all the cookies he steals were for her. His pastry snaggin’ powers simply intoxicate her.

Stealin' the Cookies

Albert Yamashifufski

Albert Yamashifufski is a CPA by day and a cookie stealin’ ninja by night. He stealthily stalks the kitchen to find delectable cookies to share with his friend, Charles. Albert likes the mushy cookies. Give him chocolate chunks and he’s a happy guy.

Charles

This is Charles, my first amigurumi friend. I found a pattern for him on the web but I didn't bookmark the site. So if you know where I got him please leave me a link so I can give proper credit.

Charles is a resident of Hyperbolia. He is an easy goin’ monkey who loves to eat cookies. Charles also loves to read Harry Potter books and wishes he could be a wizard too. He lounges in his hammock whenever he has spare time. Charles is best friends with Albert Yamashifufski, his faithful cookie stealin’ companion.

Edited to add: You can find the ChimuChimu pattern here.

hyperbolia

Hyperbolia is a small town nestled in the damp, dark recesses of my brain. It was discovered by my son when we began to name the little ami friends I have made. After they had names we needed to know more about them of course. Soon an entire town came into existence. Before we knew it, the critters had a life of their own, jobs, friends, even a little mystery. Read along to find out more about the residents and their lives.