Here are some ninjas I made for the "ninjas are sweet" swap on swapbot!  This was the first pattern that I made myself.  They are not perfect, but I am happy with how they turned out.  I even made some little trading cards to go along with them.  The black ninja is the "Shadow Ninja," and the red ninja is the "Crimson Ninja" who is his arch nemesis and little sister.


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Here's what I embroidered on a onesie for a co-worker who's having a baby next month.  Their last name is Jay, so I thought it was fitting.  Sorry about the crummy picture, but I was in a rush to get to work to give it to her.

I have been posting on craftster for awhile,  but I haven't had the guts to post one of my own projects until now.  Inspired by all of the lovely felt monsters I'd seen I decided to make this little guy.  I made him back in the Fall, but he still doesn't have a name.  I did make a bunch of shrink plastic keychains with him as a model, though.  He's been repeatedly attacked by my cats, so he is looking a little worse for wear in the back, but I like him.  What do you think?

I have been so impressed with the Japanese patterns, especially for stuffed animals, that I have seen people using on craftster, so when I went to China Town this weekend I found two really great pattern books for making crocheted animals.  They were Japanese originally but these have been translated into Chinese.  They are from the Petit DIY Series.  Most of the patterns are mapped out with graphs and diagrams, so I think I will likely be able to figure them out, but I am still pretty new at crochet so I wondered if anyone knows about these books and has any suggestions.  Thanks.