This is the hoop I made for the Hoopla Round 5 swap. My partner received it a couple of weeks ago, so I can post pictures!



My partner edenkitty had a lot of octopuses and squids in her wist, so I got the idea to do a kind of octopus tea party.



The challenge for the swap was for the hoop to be monochromatic, so I used seven different types of green. I used two strands of DMC embroidery floss throughout. The stitches I used were mainly satin stitch, back stitch, and long and short stitch. The hoop is 8" in diameter.



This was the first time I used such a huge amount of filling stitch! I'm happy with how it turned out, though.



I drew the pattern using a photo of an octopus as a reference. I may use this pattern again, maybe with different colors.



I love the way the tentacle suckers came out!



I was going to leave the eye plain, but my mom gave me the idea to embroider the eye with two colors. I tried to keep my stitches as tiny as possible. I like the effect it made.



This was also my first time putting a back on a hoop.



I free handed the lettering.



I loved working on this hoop so much, it was hard to send it off to its new home!

This is actually a project I knitted last year. But it took me so long to make, that by the time I was finished, it was too cold to wear it! It isn't cold now, so I was finally able to take pictures of it.



I designed it myself. I knitted it mostly in the round, so that I didn't have to worry about the front and back not matching. I used Tahki Cotton Classic.



Here is a close up of the neckline and cable panel. I was very happy with the way the neckline turned out! I split the center cable so that it flows naturally.



I figured out all the measurements, increases, decreases, and other parts of the pattern using this piece of note paper. Since I knew what I wanted it to look like, I just had to refer to the paper to check the number of stitches I needed, or the placement of the increases.



I love how my top turned out! It's exactly how I pictured it!

I was first really introduced to chain mail jewelry through the posts here on Craftster. I loved the look of it, so I decided to try it out!



This is the first piece I've done, just a simple 4 in 1 weave ring. I was running low on jump rings at the time, so I couldn't do anything big, but it was a nice starting project to get a feel for chain mail.



(Sorry about the blurry photos! My camera was acting wonky ) Since then, I've made a necklace with a chain mail center and dragon pendent for my brother. Unfortunately, I don't have pictures of that right now.
I can't wait to do more things with chain mail!

Cool skull!

I just received my hoop from edenkitty! It is gorgeous! I love it!



Detail shots!





It is now hanging on the purple wall in my room. My first hoopla hoop!

The week before Easter, I found out that my cousin was having a baby "sprinkle" (small baby shower) on Easter. That week, I knitted constantly, and the day of the sprinkle, I barely finished this baby hat and bootees. Talk about cutting it close! Yesterday, I found out that my cousin had her baby on Thursday! Yay!



For the hat, I used the Miss Dashwood pattern http://knitty.com/ISSUEwinter04/PATTmissdashwood.html, which I really liked! The only change I made was to omit the earflaps, because I was running out of time.



I used a simple bootee pattern from The Knitter's Bible. They were very quick to work up! I knit the hat and bootees with Caron's Spa yarn in the color Soft Sunshine. This yarn is so silky soft!



 Modeling the hat is the family skull, Yorick.

This is the first amigurumi I knit from the book Amigurumi Knits a couple of years ago. I have since knitted many other patterns from that book, but the Loch Ness Monster will always have a special place in my heart.





My little sister also liked it so much that she requested a Nessie in purple and pink for Christmas last year. 

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Hi everyone!
This is a gift that I knitted for a friend. She is really funny and sweet, and on my birthday she sent me a surprise box of merino wool yarn and a set of rosewood knitting needles. Friends like that are so worth knitting for!

She loves panda dogs, so I made her one of her very own!

I used Bernat Alpaca yarn in black and white for the body, and small amounts of other types of yarns for the tongue and collar.

I made up the pattern as I went along. This panda dog is about 8 or 9 inches tall.
Thanks for looking!

Hello!
This is part of a gift I made for a friend's birthday. He read Twilight and likes to make jokes about sparkly vampires , so my mom and I made a vampire kit for him. I knit this sparkly vampire doll to put in the kit.


He's kind of a mix between Edward Cullen and Dracula, complete with cape.

The body is knit in one piece. I used black yarn to knit his feet, legs, and cape, dark green yarn to knit his sweater/torso, and white sparkly yarn to knit his hands and face. I embroidered his hair and features.

I was very happy with how his hair turned out, even though it took me hours to finish. I tried to choose a color similar to Edward's hair.

Here he is without the cape! I didn't use a pattern for any of this, I just made it up as I went along. I even cut some toothpicks to look like stakes.

Uh oh! Looks like someone got too close to Van Helsing. 

Hello!
This is a nautiloid that I knitted from various colors of yarn from my stash. I got the idea from a pattern in knitty:http://knitty.com/ISSUEspring06/PATTnautie.html. I wanted the shell and stripes on my nautiloid to look different from the shell in that pattern, so I used a shell pattern from a book I own. I also knitted my nautiloid's eyes, instead of using felt.

Nautiloids were the first cephalopods to swim in the ocean, and their shells came in a variety of shapes. They are the great great great great great granddaddies of squids and octopuses. But this little guy doesn't look half his age, does he?

Hello everyone!

This is a Jackalope (a mythical antlered rabbit) that I knitted a few months ago.

I got the pattern from a book called Amigurumi Knits by Hansi Singh. I have made so many stuffed animals from the patterns in this book! I used Caron Country in a light brown for the body, Caron Spa in a lavender color for the paw pads and the insides of the ears, Mission Falls 136 Merino in a purple for the embroidered eyes and nose, and some random white cotton yarn for the antlers.
Here's a closeup on the face! (Sorry about the poor picture quality, I haven't been able to get pictures off my regular camera, so I was using a webcam.)

I love how the jackalope came out, and I think with a few tweaks I could adapt this pattern to make other animals!
Thanks for looking!