WoW Hearthstone

I play World of Warcraft and in my search to find WoW crafts online, I've noticed that people have made very cute things, but haven't posted any patterns.

I wanted to make a hearthstone (used to recall a character to it's home) and I tried very hard to document my wanderings as I made up this little plushie.

(fyi - hearthstones are kept in your bag.   /wink)

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Rambling pattern follows:

I used Lion Brand Vanna's Choice in Beige for the main color and Lion Brand Wool-ease Blue Heather for the rune.

US F hook

Chain 5 loosely.

Round 1 - 2 sc in the top of the second st, sc in the top of the next 2 st, 3 sc in the last st, (turning the work in a circle) sc in the top of the next 3 st. This should create a flat, oblong circle. {10}

Round 2 - 2 sc in the next 2 st, sc in the next 2 st, 2 sc in the next 3 st, sc in the next 3 st, 2 sc in the last st. {17}

Roundd 3 - 2 sc in the next 2 st, sc in the next 6 st, 2 sc in the next 3 st. {22}

Round 4 - 2 sc in the next 4 st, sc in 7 st, 2 sc in 4 st, sc in 7 st. {30}

Round 5 - sc in 2 st, 2 sc in 1 st, sc in 1 st, 2 sc in 1 st, sc in 5 st, 2 sc in 1 st, sc in 6 st, 2 sc in 1 st, sc in 1 st, 2 sc in 1 st, sc in 6 st, 2 sc in 1 st, sc in 3 st. {36}

Round 6, 7, 8 - sc around. {36}

This is the point that I embroidered the hearthstone symbol on the face of my project using the blue yarn.

Round 9 - sc in 2 st, (sc2tog, sc in 3 st) around and sc in the last 2 st. {29}

Round 10 - sc in 1 st, (sc2tog, sc in 3 st) around and sc in the last 1 st. {23}

Round 11 - sc in 1 st, (sc2tog, sc in 3 st) around and sc in the last 1 st. {17}

At this point I stuffed the hearthstone with polyfil.

To close, I went about another round of sc in 2 st, sc2tog. I started to loose track since the opening was so small.

I finished by sc2tog until it was closed.

Right before I pulled the tail through the last 2 stitches, I add a few poly-pellets to give the bottom a little weight. That was a messy experiment...

Donations for Whiskers, Tails and Ferals

Here are a few items I crocheted and donated to Whiskers, Tails and Ferals' Christmas Tree lot to try and help raise money for their cat and dog rescuing program.

Ava Hats

I made these Ava hats from a pattern I found at Hooked On Crochet using Bernat ultrasoft cotton yarn. I like to work with cotton yarn; it has a bit of grab when working with it (I sometimes have trouble with stitches sliding around) and the finished product has a bit of rigidity to it. The pattern worked up really quick and I just love the ribbon accent.

Baby Swirl Hat

I crocheted this newborn swirl hat with Premier Yarns Angel self shading yarn in the color 'Baby Daisy' from a pattern found at Craft Tutorials. The yarn is bouncy and light, but since it is made of two slightly puffy strands wound together, I had trouble accidentally splitting the yarn while working with it.

Also, I'm not too sure that I like the 'sinch to close top' style of hat. I never seem to be able to get the hole closed enough. I actually have multiple unfinished hats for this reason. In answer to the problem, I made a little pompom to cover the remaining hole.

Mushroom Pocket

This 'Shroom' pattern I found at Crochet Me was a lot of fun to make. It's my first amigurumi style creation. Mine didn't turn out as nice as the one in the pattern, but I'm going to try again and make a few small adjustments to the pattern. I'm hoping to figure out a way to make the lid separately and then sew it on, since my trouble was with getting the attached lid to line up correctly. I also think I might add a little filler to the base to help it keeps its form.

Amigurumi Knits by Hansi Singh

I got this book from the library and found that it wasn't the exact amigurumi I had hoped to knit. It's nice to try a book out before spending money on it.

The animals, mythical creatures, veggies and fruits were all cute, but not quite what I was looking for. I think size is my biggest concern. I'm looking to make tiny crafts; something smaller than my hand.

It turns out that some of the introductory information in this book was of more help to me than the patterns.

1. Washability. I always get absorbed by the color and texture of yarn and often consider whether it can be machine washed after I have already started a project. Is this amigurumi going to be a keepsake or a toy?

2. Resilient Fiber. Soft, silky fibers don't hold their shape like wool. Wool and wool blends hold a three-dimensional shape a lot longer than other fibers with less elasticity. It's a choice of 'hugging' over 'draping' yarns.