Cupcake for Kyndal

I found this cupcake! pattern on Ana Paula's Amigurumi Patterns & Random Cuteness, which is an accurate blog name. I used leftover yarn to make a chocolate cupcake with strawberry frosting and bead sprinkles.

I added a few bells to the stuffing to make it jingle.







Thank you as always to my models Kayla and Lily.

Gir Hat for Robyn's Birthsmas

Robyn ~ Doubled Gir'd

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I found this original Gir Hat pattern on Mei Lynne Travis's Ravelry page.

I used standard Red Heart yarn in Apple Green, White, and Black. I used Red Heart Shimmer in Hot Pink for the tongue. The Shimmer yarn has a sparkly ribbon through the yarn that picks up the light, but you can't really see it in these pictures.

I first made the larger of the two hats, but I found it was a little too big and found it's home with my brother Tyler.

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Robyn in her new hat.

Silly Gir.

Thank you as always to my model, Kayla.

Cat Hat for Kayla's Birthday

The Birthday Girl

I made this cat hat for Kayla's purple-themed, 12th birthday from this monkey hat pattern from Easy Makes Me Happy.

I used Red Heart Shimmer yarn in Purple and followed the teen/adult pattern with the exception that after row 20, I hdc 2 extra rows. I also attached I-chords on the ear flaps.

Present pile

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We are going to decorate it with eyes and whiskers, so there are more pictures to come. I could only get this quick picture since festivities were in full swing.

Whale Tail Gnome Hat for Bri's Birthday

I found this Earflap Hat pattern on Lion Brand's website, so you won't be able to view it unless you are signed up to the Lion Brand site. The picture on the website doesn't make the hat look nearly as cute as it is. I skipped the loop thing they added at the top. I also refer to it as a gnome hat, since it comes to a cute point at the top.

I made this hat using Red Heart Country Blue worsted weight yarn.

I decorated with with white yarn and white buttons in a whale tale pattern, because Bri works as an educator at Sea World.

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The birthday girl in her new hat. :)

Pet Birthdays

Panzer, my Cat Tales Rescue rescue, is 2 years old this July.

He's still quite a handful. He likes to harass the dogs. He loves to lick Brisbie. And Brisbie? She's not a fan. She growls to warn him off, but he still tries to sneak in and lick her. He seems to be partial to her ears.


People think he is sweet because he is fluffy and squishy, but there is a wild raccoon inside of him. It makes me think of the Black Keys lyric 'The look on the cake, it ain't always the taste. My ex-girl, she had such a beautiful face,' from the song Next Girl. If I could get him to wear a collar it would read 'Watch your fingers.'

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Brisbie and Tatum's birthdays are in August.

They got old peanut butter jars of blissful happiness.

Tatum, a rescue from Nevada County Animal Shelter, is 9 this year. She survived a cancerous tumor on her paw last year and got quickly back to her status as FIRST! one to the ball.

Happiness is apparently a branch around your neck and a tennis ball in your mouth. Panzer followed her around keeping the world safe from the dangers of branch ends.



Brisbie, now 7, and her resident handler, Kayla. She gets Brisbie to perform acts I would never have guessed possible.

All eyes on the ball.

Blanket for my Dad

My dad is on the right. When I was little, I thought he was Tom Cruise. :)

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I found this winter blanket pattern for my dad in Leisure Arts first edition of Afgans for All Season. I followed the pattern, but I pulled two lines of yarn at the same time to make the blanket thicker and heavier. I also increased the hook size to J.

I used standard, worsted weight Red Heart Yarn in maroon, cream, slate, and heather gray.

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Me and my dad. :)

Pixie Bonnets for Kayla and Jocelyn

Another call for Pixie Bonnets!

My friend, Colleen, saw the pixie bonnets and wanted some for her girls, but they aren't infants any more and my pattern is only for infants. The pattern was easy to expand and these are the three products of my experimentation.

Kayla

Jocelyn

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Round four (I think) of the beloved Pixie Bonnet.

The bright pink, white and green bonnet was made from remnant yarn. It's the smaller of the three and I followed the pattern directions, but I increased the cast on to 66. It's decorated with a bright apple green ribbon woven around the back side of the bonnet, with a white button strung through the ribbon.

The grey bonnet was made using Loops & Threads Impeccable in True Gray. It's the medium sized hat and I altered the pattern by casting on 70. I crocheted a pink butterfly from one of the many patters on Crochet Pattern Central and added in a dark gray line of yarn for the body and antenna.

The pink, brown and cream bonnet was made using Loops & Threads Impeccable worsted in Neopolitan Ombre. It's the largest bonnet and I cast on 74. It's decorated with a cream braid that I sewed on to the crown of the bonnet and little, fuzzy pink flowers that I made up just goofing around and embellished with pink beads.

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The success of these bonnets is due to the adorable little heads they top. It doesn't get any cuter than Jocelyn and Kayla. Just look at the lovely faces I get to knit for.

Sisters at Play

*Thanks to Krisie, James and Kendra. Your generosity helped buy materials that made these gifts. :)

Fingerless Gloves for Kayla

I found the pattern for these Fingerless Gloves from a link on Knitting Pattern Central.

Using 3.25mm double pointed needles, I made these gloves using Premier Yarns Serenity Sock Weight in Amethyst.

I like this pattern for using sock weight yarn for something other than socks. However, the thinner the yarn, the more knits it takes to cover the same space. This was my first venture with a thumb hole and I'm happy to say that it went pretty well.

Kayla and Brisbie

*Thanks to Krisie, James and Kendra. Your generosity bought the yarn that made this gift. :)

Wristie/Coffe Cup Sleeve

From your wrist, to your coffee cup! No more wasting resources on a coffee sleeve with every cup.

All wristies were knit using size 8 needles and worsted weight yarn.

Skull for Liz

Skull Sleeve

Worked with:
Size 8 needles
Patons Classic Wool in Mercury (main color)
Premier Dream in Cream

I'm not sure why, but when I wrote this pattern, I worked the skull from the top down.

CO 33
Row 1 - rib stitch 1x1
Row 2 - rib stitch 1x1
Row 3 - k all
Row 4 - p all
Row 5 - k14, k5 in white, k14
Row 6 - p13, p7 in white, p13
Row 7 - k13, k7 in white, k13
Row 8 - p13, p1 white, p2, p1 white, p2, p1 white, p13
Row 9 - k13, k1 white, k2, k1 white, k2, k1 white, k13
Row 10 - p14, p2 white, p1, p2 white, p14
Row 11 - k15, k3 white, k15
Row 12 - p14, p1 white, p3, p1 white, p14
Row 13 - k15, k3 white, k1
Row 14 - p all
Row 15 - k all
Row 16 - rib stitch 1x1
Row 17 - rib stitch 1x1

Monkey set for Sara

(Can't find where I wrote the other patterns down. To be continued...)