FO (Crochet): (Not so) Lil' Baby Unicorn

When the fantasy swap came up in the Geek & Nerd Swap Group and my partner had unicorns on her list of favourite fantasy creatures I knew immediately what I would make for her. I've had this cute Lil' Baby Unicorn pattern by Rachel Hoe in my queue for quite a while, because I wanted to make a baby unicorn for my daughter. I think I will have to make another one for her as a present for her upcoming birthday. These unicorns are just so darn cute!

The pattern calls for 8-ply yarn and a 3 mm hook (5 mm for the mane and tail). I used 10-ply cotton and went up to 4 mm and 6 mm hooks - resulting in an actually Not So Lil' Baby Unicorn. Forgot to take measurements before I sent it off, though.

As it always is with Amigurumi, the individual body parts worked up really quick... but when it comes to sewing those parts together I slow down... because (as you might know by now) that is the part that I still don't like a bit. The thing that always keeps me going is knowing that it will be worth every single bleeding finger...

... and it was!

FO: Shadowboxing Socks and Crochet Dragon

Just want to show you the last two projects I finished in May.

Shadowboxing

The first one are my HiyaHiya Shadowboxing Socks. I absolutely enjoyed knitting these. The lace pattern is really easy to remember, making these socks a nice relaxing knit. Only thing I modified was the heel flap - I used a slip stitch ribbing rather than the regular 1x1 ribbing the pattern called for. 

Here be dragons...
My last May project was a little dragon I crocheted for a swap. I actually finished it a good two weeks ago, but didn't want to post pictures before the parcel had arrived.

I found the pattern in a magazine (Simply Häkeln Spezial Amigurumi Vol. 1), and I knew I had to make that dragon at one point. Then the D'Clutter Swap in the Geek & Nerd Swap group came up, my partner loved dragons, and I figured it was the perfect time to use up all that green cotton yarn that had been sitting in my stash for months. As it always is with amigurumi, I loved making all the individual parts, even the tiny bit of embroidery for the face... but sewing it all together... oh, that's the part I don't like. And it seems to take ages... mainly because I don't like it and work on other projects between sewing on limbs. But it's so worth it in the end. Because... well, just look at that cute little dragon...

WIP of the week: Colour Waves Blanket

Let me start by showing you my oldest WIP - the Colour Waves Blanket.

The Colour Waves Blanket is a simple crochet ripple blanket that I started working on in June last year. It's based on the pattern Ophelia Buggy Blanket from the book Cute and Easy Crocheted Baby Clothes by Nicki Trench. I just decided to make it a little larger...

At the time, I had bought so much inexpensive cotton yarn that I needed to do something about it. I had been crocheting for about 4 months and felt confident enough to start a larger project. Also, a colourful throw to cheer up my daughter's nursery sounded like a good idea. I did make good progress for a couple of weeks, but then got sidetracked by other (less repetitive) projects towards the end of the year. So, long story short - this project has been lying dormant since December. Shame on me!

Now, I still like the idea of the blanket - still love how the colours have worked up so far. I WANT TO FINISH IT!

As of this day, the blanket measures 110cm x 80cm (44" x 32"). My initial goal was to make it at least square (unless one of the colours runs out first) - and that goal still stands. There is no way this will be a finished object by the end of the week - but I intend to add at least a couple of a couple of inches. I do not want this blanket to celebrate its first anniversary as a WIP in June...