Friday, April 15, 2011

Calla Lily Crochet



I have a dear friend who loves the Calla Lily so, i was curious to see if i could find a pattern and make one for fun.
I'd used this pattern and only completed the Calla lily and Pistil part.
I added the stem and made it into a bookmark.
I'm going to try and modify the pattern and make it a little bit smaller and send it to her as a gift.

See if you can have a go. It's so nice.

Here's what the completed flower part looks like.

Adding the pistil to the Lily.

Attaching the pistil to the middle part of the Lily.


Adding the stem.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Muno-Amigurumi

I made Muno this week after watching my girls dancing to Yo Gabba Gabba.
The pattern by Soulmom was free from this site.



Wool: Red, white and black
Hook: 3MM

This pattern is done is rounds so i recommend you use a stitch markers to keep track of the rounds.


BODY-Red
rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring (6)
rnd 2: 2sc in each (12)
rnd 3: *1 sc in next, 2 sc in next, rep from * around (18)
rnd 4: *1 sc in next 2, 2 sc in next, rep from * around (24)
now is a good time to weave in your tail
rnd 5-25: sc in each around (24)

* you can make the body longer by adding extra rounds, i added an extra 5 rounds for my Muno.


CROTCH and LEG - Red

rnd 26: ch 2, sl st to the 13th sc of the last rnd, sc in next 11 and mark the rnd
rnd 27: sc in one side of the first sc, sc in one side of each of the ch 2 sts, sc in the next 11 (14)
rnd 28-40: sc in each around (14)

BOTTOM OF FOOT
To reduce sts in the round instead of skipping a st I would draw a loop through as if to sc and then sc in the next st and draw the hook through all three loops.



rnd 41: slst into next sc, in the back loop- sc in next, reduce around until you get to the center. Leave a long tail
finish: with a yarn needle, work the tail around in the last rnd and pull to the center to close it up tight. Weave in end.

STUFF BODY + LEG
Use some polyester fiber fill to stuff the body and leg until nice and firm, but not hard.

OTHER LEG
Attach yarn with slst in center st of crotch
rnd 1: sc in next 12, sc in the other side of each of the ch 2 spaces, mark rnd (14)
rnd 2-14: sc in each around (14)
Make sure legs look even and adjust number of rnds if needed. Looking even is more important than the actual number of rnds.
STOP-STUFF LEG
rnd 15: rep rnd 41 to close foot.

ARMS - make 2
rnd 1: 6 sc in ring (6)
rnd 2-3: sc in each (6) weave in tail
rnd 4: ch3, sc in each (6)
rnd 5: skip ch3, sc in each (6)
rnd 6-10: sc in each (6)
rnd 11: 2 sc in next, sc in next 5 (7)
rnd 12: sc in each (7)
rnd 13: 2 sc in next, sc in next 6 (8 )
rnd 14: sc in next 3, slst in next 3, sc in next 2 (8 )
rnd 15: sc in next 3, slst in next and finish off
Leave a long tail for sewing onto body.

STUFF ARMS and SEW TO BODY
I used small bits of batting and used the back of my hook to push it down into the arms.
Sew arms to side of body about 1/2 way between the top of the head and the crotch.


FACE
Decide which side of the toy you like better and make that the front. I embroidered the face on but feel free to use any means to create the simple eyeball and a mouth with 2 teeth.



Enjoy!
I'm making another two for my friend's kids!