[5 point]

Angels found! Thanks ladies!!

It is a 5 point swap.

Craftsters and kids in need of an angel:

SimplyFabulous! / Laramie being angeled by Troublet. Thanks Troublet!

SpencerTwins2007 / Tyler being angeled by kitkat_pro. Thanks kitkat_pro!

smittenheart / Ryan being angeled by kaz814. Thanks kaz814!

Please PM me if you are interested in angel for any of these children. They are all in the US.

Thanks!

I hope digital scrapbooking is welcome here. If not, I'll be happy to move or delete this post.

I have finally finished my son's first year album! I get so side-tracked with my seasonal albums every year that I always forget to work on the yearly albums. I would love to know what you all think. Anyway, here it is:

Introducing Ellery the Elephant!



She's about six inches tall, five inches wide at her widest part (ears). I love her! I plan on making an army of elephants for all my cousins at Christmas. Ellery is getting a pink sister as we speak!

For all those who read my post about how I had been doing my amis wrong, look at those stitches! I did her the correct way and I love it so much more than the other way.

Thanks for looking!

Hey everyone! I'm looking for five people ONE MORE PERSON to help me out by testing this pattern for Ellery the Elephant. Are you interested? Just pm me your email address and I'll send the PDF to the first five people interested.

FOUND TESTERS. Thanks everyone!

What you will need to crochet Ellery:

One ball of worsted weight yarn, like Red Heart Super Saver in light blue
Small amount of black yarn
Size D or 3.25 MM crochet hook
Yarn needle
Fiber-fill or similar stuffing
One pipe cleaner

Stitches you will need to know

*Chain
Slip stitch
Single crochet
Half double crochet
Double crochet
Increase
Invisible decrease

*I use the chain two method for all pieces worked in the round. Feel free to use the magic ring method if you are more comfortable with that.

Introducing Mini Malfoy, based on Draco Malfoy from the Harry Potter series:



I crocheted him following the corporate zombie pattern from the Creepy Cute Crochet book. His tie, robe, eyes and hair are all made of felt.

What do you think?

I just watched this video and realized that I've been doing my ami's wrong!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoK0C4wD-Z8

Does anyone else do them the other way? Was I the only one who didn't know this and did them wrong side out? 

Introducing my newly crocheted kitty friend:





I love kitties, but am terribly allergic. I suppose that crocheted cats are the next best thing. I got the pattern from delicious crochet on etsy (http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5162369). Her patterns are great. They use very basic shapes and combine them to make great looking ami's.

The only bad part about this kitty was putting her together. She had quite a few parts!



I'm thinking about making a black kitty with an orange bow for a Halloween / fall decoration in my house. What does everyone think?

[Everyone please remember to PM me when you send AND when you receive.]

We have our first sender!

Everyone please remember to PM me when you send AND when you receive. Please take pics when you receive, or communicate with your partner if you can't take pics so she can take some before she sends. It is probably a good idea to take pics before you send, just in case.

Action shots are strongly encouraged!


black - not sent
green - sent
Pink - sent late
orange - received
purple - sending late w/ communication
blue - sent and partner received
strikethrough - feedback given
red - contact me immediately


JanelleJ crafting for 1boy1girl1kitty2 / Inara
JanelleJ crafting for SAHMama / Cooper
JanelleJ crafting for RhymeswOrange / Corbin

leighi123 crafting for JanelleJ / Lailah
leighi123 crafting for SimplyFabulous! / Lincoln
leighi123 crafting for QuiltersBlock / Leith

crazyred crafting for leighi123 / Levi
crazyred crafting for rlynn / Aria

1boy1girl1kitty2 crafting for JanelleJ / Izak
1boy1girl1kitty2 crafting for crazyred / Lily
1boy1girl1kitty2 crafting for cuppiecakes / Ryleigh


rlynn crafting for leighi123 / Levi
rlynn crafting for crazyred / Heavyn
rlynn crafting for 1boy1girl1kitty2 / Decious

SAHMama crafting for leighi123 / Levi
SAHMama crafting for musiclady / Emily


polkadotts crafting for rlynn / Robin
polkadotts crafting for smittenheart / Shane

musiclady crafting for SimplyFabulous! / Ashlyn
musiclady crafting for SpencerTwins2007 / Katelyn

RhymeswOrange crafting for 1boy1girl1kitty2 / Imogene
RhymeswOrange crafting for MommyTheMaid / Athena

SimplyFabulous! crafting for polkadotts / Aron
SimplyFabulous! crafting for MommyTheMaid / Athena
SimplyFabulous! crafting for cuppiecakes83 / Tyler

MommyTheMaid crafting for JanelleJ / Nick
MommyTheMaid crafting for rlynn / Aria
MommyTheMaid crafting for RhymeswOrange / Peri


cuppiecakes83 crafting for musiclady / Emily
cuppiecakes83 crafting for SpencerTwins2007 / Lilly
cuppiecakes83 crafting for amaylikespunk / Leah

QuiltersBlock crafting for lindyv321 / Adia


SpencerTwins2007 crafting for MommyTheMaid / Troy
SpencerTwins2007 crafting for cuppiecakes83 / Kaylee
SpencerTwins2007 crafting for crosswind / Abby



crosswind crafting for theballandskein / Riley <-----smittenheart is angeling

DragonFly4 crafting for SimplyFabulous! / Laramie <---Troublet is angeling
DragonFly4 crafting for SpencerTwins2007 / Tyler <---kitkat_pro is angeling
DragonFly4 crafting for smittenheart / Ryan <---is angelingkaz814

tattooedcrafter crafting for DragonFly4 / Adelle

lindyv321 crafting for DragonFly4 / Ryan
lindyv321 crafting for bunnyface / Olivia

bunnyface crafting for theballandskein / Alora


amaylikespunk crafting for polkadotts / Aresia

smittenheart crafting for SAHMama / Dexter
smittenheart crafting for DragonFly4 / Cameron

theballandskein crafting for tattooedcrafter / Collin
theballandskein crafting for lindyv321 / Landon

This is one of the first amis I fell in love with when I started crocheting, but I didn't think I would ever actually make it because it seemed so complicated. I finally bought the pattern on etsy (fawn 2.0 if you want to find it) and it isn't all that difficult. I used a G hook instead of the super small hooks, so the end result is pretty big. I'm definitely going to be making more of these very soon!



Here is the WIP photo, which shows the curve of the muzzle a little better.



I hope you all like it! I absolutely recommend this pattern. It isn't difficult at all as long as you follow it line by line.

....not having at least one crochet project going? I started in March and I've had at least two things going all the time. I can't even imagine my life without a project anymore. What the heck did I do while I watched TV? lol.