Baby stroller toy thingy

A friend who was expecting a baby asked me to make one of those chains to hang across baby strollers, with a puffin theme, and here’s the result:

She was expecting the baby at the end of January, but around mid-January I heard that the baby had already arrived, and suddenly I was in a hurry to finish! 😀 By then the puffin itself was maybe half done, but I fortunately had already finished the fish and the heart and the big orange ball. I finished the rest, assembled it on a nylon cord and shipped it off so fast I forgot to take pictures of the finished chain… Heh. But I guess you get the idea from this picture:

I put little clips on the ends of the chain to clip it onto the stroller, which seem to be working well 🙂 I have received pictures of the thing in action from the new mother, but I won’t share them without her permission. Plus, the baby is in them as well, and I’m not too big a fan of sharing baby pictures. I hope you understand 🙂

I have no pattern for the puffin, but I might make another and write it up some day. I’ve always wanted to make a puffin pattern, but I sadly didn’t have time to make a pattern as I made this one. Hopefully I’ll have patience to crochet it again 😛

So, this is why I was too busy to post my New Year’s summary post in January. Now I’ve moved on to projects just for myself 🙂

Crocheted ewok

Brethupp the Ewok says hi! 🙂

This was a commission from a friend (same friend who asked me to make the minion a couple of years ago). One of her kids really wanted an ewok for his birthday, and of course I couldn’t turn down an opportunity to crochet some Star Wars. A win for everyone 😀

His birthday is today, and I’m told the ewok was well received – it even followed along to kindergarten 😀 Success!

There’s no pattern for this guy. There are other ewok patterns out there, if you want to make one, but I don’t want to get into any trouble making licenced characters. And besides, I wanted to be different and make an ewok that isn’t Wicket 😛

Mushroom rattle

My first project for the Ravellenic Games is finished! Entered in the event WiPs Wrestling, where you finish projects you haven’t worked on since May 2012.

This toadstool has been hibernating since September 2009. Three years! About time I pulled myself together and finished it. Seriously, all I had left to do was sew the two parts together. Took me about five minutes… Heh.

The pattern is from the book Virka Amigurumi by Mia Bengtsson.