I don't know how I found out about Amigurumi, but now it's my total addiction. I want to make thousands of Amigurumi, I want to give birth to cats, bears, bunnies and a whole new world of Amigurumi friends!
Check this webpage, aren't these pictures absolutely adorables???
Here is my humble and messy attempt to make my first Amigurumi...
I have decided to face a new challenge: Filet Crochet. Basically I wanted to make a little curtain for the kitchen window. So I went to Lacis, in Berkeley, and spent there like 2 hours asking thousands of questions, to a very very nice and patient young lady. After all the talking I felt discouraged by the tiny tiny sizes of filet hooks (so small I almost couldn't see the hook!) and the yarns. So I bought a very nice curtain and thought about it a little bit.
I didn't want to give up, though, so the day after I went to Barnes & Noble and found this book: A Creative Guide to Crochet, full of nice and easy projects for filet crochet. So I said to myself: you can do it! And I came back to Lacis, bought some yarn and a US 7/1,5mm hook and started a filet traycloth with snowflakes motif... So far I already made a big mistake, but I will go on until it's done!!!
A few months ago I went to Artfibers, in San Francisco, my favorite spot every time I'm in town. I didn't have any specific idea at the moment so I bought a bunch of leftover yarns (a big bunch, apparently, because I ended up spending 50 dollars!!!). Anyway among those leftover there was this magnificent green mohair. I wasn't sure of the amount of yarn, so I decided to try a very thin mohair scarf. 
Here is the pattern:
I used a hook US M / 9 mm
I started with ch 7 and on round 1, I worked 7 sc
Round 2, I worked 8 double chains.
Round 3, *1 sc, ch1*, and then I just repeated Rounds 2 and 3 until the end of the yarn, closing with 7 sc.
I must say that I really like this skinny scarf, so delicate and warm at the same time :-) Hooray!
I wanted to make a funny present for my nephew in New York. Having a look online I found some nice ideas and that's the result: a hat from outer space!
My first choice were the Monster Feet Slipper Socks, but I had no time for that. Then I found this The Flying Spaghetti Monster Hat and I decided to adapt it to my nephew small head, and make it simpler... So I look for a pattern for a baby hat, and found many online. I choose this one, the Bev's Bear Beanie. I just added the ear flips, to make it fit better, and teeth to make it more monstrous! It took me no time to make it and he loved it! :-)
I've been busy lately and I didn't work a lot, but before Christmas I did few more things, here they are:
Thanks to the pattern of Abigail Goss, I did those absolutely adorable fake Mary Janes. Aren't the cutest little shoes? I just added a little flower on the side so to make them even more feminine ;-)
Is it really Christmas without a Christmas Tree Pot Holder?
Unfortunately all the Christmas present I did on November and sent to my family and friends came back :-( I will re-send them but for now here is my mother Alpaca Scarf I had mentioned before...
