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.

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.

My first projects.

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I started crocheting Febuary 24, 2011. I learned everything I know now from videos I watched on youtube.
I first created a kind of zombie from a book that my mom baught me called Crobots.
The pattern can be found here for this one. The author of the book posted this.

The white one was my first go at crocheting. The black one was my second, I made it on Feb 25. I was progressing. I knew the mistakes I made in the white one, including a few rows. Their arms are supposed to look like that, they are supposed to look like ther're falling off. I tried to follow what the pattern said for that. Also the eye on the black one is also supposed to look like it's falling off.
I then made a witch hat and broom for the black zombie doll on Feb 27. These I created from a pattern that I found online that I altered slightly so they would fit him better.

The pattern for the broom and hat that I altered I found here. I followed the directions for the hat through round 11. I made round 12(Sc in next st, 2 sc in next st) around. Then round 13 (2 sc in every st) around. Then I bent the top of the hat and sewed it to the doll.

For the Broom I followed the pattern for the broom on the same site as above. Except when it came to "Rnd 3-13: Sc in each st around, join with sl st in first st. Fasten off" I just kep sc around not counting until I got the length that I thought looked right for my doll. I also judged the amount of "Bristles" by what I thought looked right for the size of my broom and doll