Penguin: Black and White

 

Amigurumi Frog: Kelly Green and Octopus: Grape Purple

A super cute little update.
 

 

I am so glad my safety eye delivery arrived on Friday.

Pepper and froggy hanging out.

They make me very happy!

Safety Eyes Arrived

My safety eyes arrived!  My safety eyes arrived!  Yay!

I ordered 25 pairs of 9 mm black eyes, 25 pairs of 6 mm black eyes and 10 pair of coloured cat eyes.  I ordered from Etsy at a shop called 6060 came from Maryland from a lady affectionately known as "the eye lady".  They took less than a week to arrive. :)

Look at that one orange eye staring up at me all cyclops-like.

Oh the fun I will have with so many eyes!

 

Amigurumi Frog: Kelly green

This is the first amigurumi I have started for the mobile (started Sept 16).  I have made the general shape and lightly stuffed it but I am waiting for my shipment of small safety eyes to close the frog body up. 

Hopefully the eyes will be here soon.

As a giraffe might say, "You won't get any leaves unless you stick you neck out"

My giraffe has feet, a tail and spots.  He has a long neck and is very friendly.








I had to make the head twice since this was a pattern written by a lady which I had never followed her patterns before.  Once I understood her way of writing a pattern I was happy to make the head again.







This guy quickly became popular in my office.  Apparently I work with many giraffe lovers!  I may have to make more.

So I was working on my monkey...

 Well I guess I should really start back in the summer.  It was a beautiful day, the sun was shining bright and it was definitely pool weather.  I went over to my in laws to swim while the men were working on the deck.  My niece was there (she is 8) and so we swam together and she was reading a story to herself while I crocheted.  She asked if I could make something for her... so that is how Rariyo came to be.

I made him for her while she was reading.

She asked if I could make her a sock monkey.  I didn't know how to make a sock monkey but told her that I would try to figure it out.  4 months later a sock monkey has emerged.  I recently found a really nice pattern with Patons (its free to sign up) and I have been working on the sock monkey.  A sock monkey toque has also happened, you know... as a companion to the sock monkey.

So I was working on my monkey...  on the bus today (I wonder what my bus patrons think of me) and realized I forgot to put the safety eyes on before closing up his head.  Luckily I had not cut the string off yet, so I untied his head and got those really cool eyes in!  Yay!

Shhh don't tell her, these will be her Christmas presents!