(Oh hi! Don’t ask me where I’ve been. I don’t really know myself.)
I was uploading the very few pictures I took the past three months and found this gem. “Oh”, I thought, “that would have been a good one for the blog. Cute, but his face isn’t recognizable.” And then I realized I could just go ahead and post it.
So there you have it. My very cute grandson (in May, he already changed so much these past two months) and the cat I made. The little tail was in his mouth at that point. Glad I made sure it was attached really, really well.
I made an Easter bunny. Yes, I know, a bit late. I actually finished it on Easter Monday, but that would be a bit late to the game too. Oh well, I had fun making him. No pattern, I just made it up as I went and I think it turned out quite nice. Well, actually I have a list of things I don’t like about it, but I have been reminding myself that this is only the third little animal I ever crocheted. I can hardly expect things to be perfect, isn’t it?.
I think I’m getting the hang of it. This one looks a lot more like the one in my head, though there are still some things I’d like to do different next time.
The face gave me a really hard time . I feel like it’s the face of a rabbit, not a cat, but I’m not sure what to change. And I don’t think I can change it anymore without damaging the head.
Oh well. I guess it’s close enough. it’s just a toy after all.
Although I love knitting very much, I have been trying to get myself into crochet for a long time. I started with a set of potholders, proceeded to learn granny squares and then kind of got stuck there (you can find all my crochet posts here). I did make my father a scarf in a different stitch a few years ago and I enjoyed that very much, but I always got back to knitting.
Since we moved to Curacao, I have been looking at other ways to craft. When you’re in a colder climate only a few weeks every year, it just doesn’t make sense to knit sweaters, hats and scarfs so much. So I have been thinking about crochet, and specifically amigurumi, a lot. And since we knew we had a little grandson coming, the idea of making toys became more and more attractive.
But the thing is… patterns scare me. There, I said it. I can read knitting patterns, but I prefer them in English. Dutch knitting patterns confuse me. And crochet patterns are even worse. Did you know dc is a whole different stitch in the UK than in the US? Yeah, that kind of confusing.
So – you probably guessed where I was going if you’ve been following my blog for a while – I winged it. I mean, how hard can it be?
Meet Cat. My very first crochet toy. There is so much that I would do different a second time, but I also learned a lot figuring out how to make him. It was fun. I’m definitely going to try again (to be honest I already started).
NOT A STATION 