Heart with wings and crown

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I originally found this pattern for a flying heart, here, but I didn't like the wings. I did however use that pattern for the heart though. I didn't know how to join the two parts needed in the heart and I found this tutorial, here, and it helped a lot.
So I used the idea from wings from the Snitch pattern, which can be found in the previous posting, but altered it. The pattern for the wings can be found below.
For the crown, I couldn't find a pattern the right size, so I made one up, it can also be found below.
I was telling my boyfriend about this one and as I described it I said it looked like those tattoo hearts with wings. I laughed and said I should make all the tattoos I want in amigurumis, because I can't have tattoos due to a metal allergy! So my quest will be to make tattoo amigurumis soon!
This is probably my favorite thing I've made so far! I absolutely love it!

St = Stitch
Sc = Single crochet
Dec = Decrease: Insert hook into st and draw up a loop. Insert hook into next st and draw up a loop. Yarn over, draw through all 3 loops on hook.
Inc = Increase: Work 2 single crochet into designated stitch

Crown
Ch 23, turn
Row1: 1 sc in each of the 22 stitches, ch1, turn
Row 2: * 1 sc in the next 3 stitches, ch1, turn
Row 3: Dec, sc, ch1, turn
Row 4: Dec, slip stitch in to the third stitch of second row, repeat from * three times
Finish, but don't cut the yarn too short. Use that yarn to sew the ends together and to sew the crown to the heart.


Wings
Row 1: Ch 2, 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook(needs to be like this NOT in a magic ring). Ch 1, turn
Row 2: *2 sc, inc, 1 sc* repeat twice (10 sc). Ch 1, turn
Row 3: *sc, [sc, inc] 3 times* sc 3times (13). Ch 1, turn
Row 4: sc across (13) turn, do not ch 1 yet!
Row 5: [ch 6, sl to in next sc] repeat twice, [ch 3, sl to in next sc] repeat twice, [ch 4, sl to in next sc] repeat 3 times, [ch 3, sl to in next sc] repeat 4 times, [ch 2, sl to in next sc] repeat twice

Crobot and Snitch

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A friend of mine really wanted SOMETHING, anything, as long as I crocheted it for her. So I made her this Bopbot from the book Crobots. I think he's kinda cute and I'm happy how he came out. I realized I missed one row, but I still like how it came out!



I made this Snitch for me. I love Harry Potter and when I found this pattern, here, I had to make it!

Finished Teacup gift

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These are the teacups I made for my, now ex-boyfriend's Nan.
I added a MB on the tea tag of the large cup for her initials.
I used the same pattern as posted in previous postings. The large teacup is my own pattern and can be found in my blog.

My first pattern, a Teacup!!

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I'm extremely excited to show off my first pattern. I took the idea from the previous teacups I've made from patterns that I slightly altered. But this one I re-invented and added so much to it!
It make a life-size teacup now.
I made this for my boyfriend's Nan. She loves tea and has a brown and tan living room. So I wanted to make it brown, but added blue to make it interesting. I love how it came out. I hope she loves it as much as I do!
Here are some images of the teacup itself and the pattern will follow the photos.
Before I added the bottom rim:


Here you can see the bottmo and bottom rim better.




I originally found a pattern for a teacup bookmark, I used that to make a few keychains. Well then I altered it so much, that I consider it mine. I made a medium sized teacup and made my own pattern. I wrote it all down. So here it is. If you don't understand please leave a comment and I'll try to help out as much as I can!

TEA CUP
MC= Main color
AC= Alternate color
4.5mm crochet hook

Cup
With MC, work 6 sc into magic ring. (6)
Round 1: 2 sc in each stitch (12)
Round 2: *2 sc in first st, sc in next st* repeat (18)
Round 3: * 2 sc in first st, sc in next 2*repeat (24)
Round 4: attach AC and continue with AC *2 sc in first st, sc in next 3* repeat (30)
Round 5: attach MC and continue with AC *sc in each stitch* (30)
Round 6: *sc in each stitch* (30)
Round 7: attach AC and continue with AC *sc in each stitch* (30)
Round 8: attach MC and continue with AC *sc in each stitch* (30)
Round 9: *sc in each stitch* (30)
Round 10: attach AC and continue with AC *sc in each stitch* (30)
Round 11: attach MC and continue with AC *sc in each stitch* (30)
Round 12: *sc in each stitch* at end of round 12 slip stitch to first sc of round (30)
Fasten off

When you are finished you will have 3 single rows of your AC, with 2 rows of your MC between them.

Lower rim
Ch 31 with color of your choice, I used my AC so it lined up with that row.
Sc in second ch for hook and sc in each ch across (30)
fasten off and leave long tail for attaching.
Sew the chain side to the cup. I lined mine up with my AC so it matched.

Handle
Ch 4, Sc in second ch for hook and in next 2 ch, turn
Row 2-12: Ch 1, sc in each sc across, turn
At end of row 12, fasten off and leave long tail
Using long tail sew the long ends together, then sew to cup

Teabag
Leave long tail, this will be used for the string of the tea bag and attached to the cup
Ch 4, Sc in second ch for hook and in next 2 ch, turn
Row 2-4(or to your desired height): Ch 1, sc in each sc across, turn
At end of row 4, fasten off and weave tail into piece
Using long tail from the beginning, attach to top rim of cup where ever you'd like the tea bag to be coming out of the cup.

Tea (will be sewn into cup)
With Tea color, work 6 sc into magic ring. (6)
Round 1: 2 sc in each stitch (12)
Round 2: *2 sc in first st, sc in next st* repeat (18)
Round 3: * 2 sc in first st, sc in next 2*repeat (24)
Round 4: *2 sc in first st, sc in next 3* repeat (30)
Round 5: *2 sc in first st, sc in next 4* repeat (36)
Round 6: *2 sc in first st, sc in next 5* repeat (42)
Fasten off, leave long tail for sewing to cup
Stuff cup
Attach tea to cup

Strawberry

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My mom's other co-worker can't have strawberries because of allergies. So I thought it would be funny to give her a strawberry that she could actually have! I made the stem a bit longer by just chaining a few more and then brought it back down and slip stitched it to the top of the strawberry to make a loop, to make it a keychain.
I followed this pattern, here.
I didn't know how to carry a color on, so I searched it and found this great link, here.

Small teacups

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So I updated my keychain from before. I added a teabag!


I then made another for my mom's co-worker who LOVES tea. It was her idea to make the teabags!




Teabag
Leave long tail, this will be used for the string of the tea bag and attached to the cup
Ch 4, Sc in second ch for hook and in next 2 ch, turn
Row 2-3(or to your desired height): Ch 1, sc in each sc across, turn
At end of row 3, fasten off and weave tail into piece
Using long tail from the beginning, attach to top rim of cup where ever you'd like the tea bag to be coming out of the cup.

Severed witch finger

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So I made my mom a severed witch finger, then turned it into a keychain!
She LOVES it!
I made it from the same patter as before, here. I did however make the nail a bit longer.
For my nail I did something like this, I didn't count my rows as I went so this is approximate, but should be very close to it:
R 1 (AC[red]) - ch 2, 3 sc in 2nd ch from hook, turn
R 2 - ch 1, 1 sc in each st
R 3 - rep r 2, 4 times
R 6 - ch 1, 1 sc, 2 sc in next st, 1 sc, turn
R 7 - ch 1, 4 sc, turn
R 8 - rep r 3, 4 times
* To finish nail off, sc around entire nail and fasten off with enough yarn to sew onto finger


I didn't know how to do a spike stitch so I found this video that really helped, here.

Teacup keychain

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I originally wanted to make this bookmark, here. However I had a larger hook, 3mm, and larger yarn. As I finished the teacup I liked the size for a keychain instead, so I chained a few, like the pattern called for if I was making a bookmark. Then after I chained about 10 I slip knotted into the stitch next to where the chain begain, and I used this for the loop to make it keychain. I did my best of what I understood of the handle as well. The tea color I followed but left out that last row that the pattern called for using the teacup color.

Shamrock bookmark

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I'm in a pick 3 swap on swap-bot.com and I didn't know what to send my partner, I needed one more thing. Well one of the choices to send was a bookmark. Since it's a few days before St. Patrick's day I thought I'd make her a shamrock bookmark.
So I found a pattern online. Then I found out I had to learn how to Tr = treble crochet and Dc = double crochet. So I found videos online that explained how to do that.

-LINKS-
These are the videos I used.
How to Treble crochet video
How to Double Crochet video
Here is the pattern I used, here.

This is the final result. I made the small one from the pattern. I used a 3mm hook though. I don't know what the size yarn is that I used, because I don't know how to read German labels, but I think it came out alright. This is the bookmark shown in one of my books, it's a standard paperback book, to show the resulting size. Also, as you can see I didn't add the tassel that the pattern recommends either.

Severed finger

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This is a great pattern, here. It's a lot of fun. I added strands to the
end of mine to make it look like blood dripping. lol
I used a white for the finger, I wanted it to look a bit more natural, but it ended up too white. lol I used blue for the fingernail, tan for the joint creases, and a bumpy red yarn for the blood. As a side note for the red yar, I will NEVER use that for amigurumi again! lol
I didn't know how to do a spike stitch so I found this video that really helped, here.




At what poing does a pattern become yours, even if it's free? After one change to the patter? 15?! I would really like to know because I've changed something in almost everything I've made.

I've been busy!

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A devil, snail, ladybug

The devil was made from the same pattern that I used to make the previous devil (Pattern here), but instead I used the head shape for the body and the body for the head. I think it turned out nicely actually. I don't know why the sizes still seem wrong, but they are what they are.



I then made my mom a snail from this pattern, here.
I didn't realize until after that I should have made the body much longer, to go all the way under the shell. But live and learn, and that's what I'm doing with my crocheting!



And last but not least for this post. One of my favorites so far. A ladybug for my mom! I didn't add the legs as suggested by the pattern, but you rarely see ladybug legs any way, and I think she looks better without them any way. I also used 2 different hook sizes on the circles on her back, and I added a line down her back to make it look like the line that seperates the wings. The pattern can be found here.

About my art

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-Sewing-
I love to sew. My grandmother taught me how to sew. I like to reconstruct clothes, use old tshirts for material and reuse many other things for my sewing projects.

-Crochething-
I taught myself how to crochet using videos I found on youtube. I will post the links to the videos when I find them again so that they can help others too.

I only know how to start Amigurumi with a magic ring, so if it says something different or says "Ch 2, 6 sc in first ch." I simply just make a magic ring with 6 single crochets. I don't know how to do rows yet, but I want to learn.

I wanted to be able to share my progress, patterns I find and use, as well as videos I have used to help me learn.

Eve from Wall-E

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This is my favorite so far! I LOVE how Eve came out. The pattern can be found here on sukigirl's blog.
Side view

Front view


I still want to figure out how to make her eyes look better, but I like them for this one. I will be making more of these, they're too cute!

Little devil

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I love this little guy he's so cute! I made him using this pattern here.
Th pitchfork I didn't sew on to his hand, but actually stuck it through his hand, it really looks like he's holding it now. lol

I added a tail, I just made a long tube that started with magic ring of 6 sc and just kept making single crochets until I liked the length then put a red pipe cleaner inside before sewing it to the devil, that way I could bend the tail if I wanted and it helped him stand up better.

Before his tail and pitch fork were added. That's my mom's tattoo by the way lol

Side view

Front view

I also used buttons for his eyes instead of the safety eyes that the pattern called for, I didn't have any. And I sewed a little mouth on, when I tied the knot on the mouth I was going to pull it through, but I liked how it looked as goatee. lol

Skull

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I like making creepy things, well what other people consider creepy. lol
I found a pattern online for a skull and wanted to try my hand at it. Here is the pattern if you'd like to try. The only thing I changed was for the eyes I just made a magic ring with 8 single crochets.
Side view, so you can see the bump where the brain would be. lol

Front view