Captain America Mask

My friend Tasha's birthday is today so I decided to make her a crocheted piece along with her other gifts: a light saber laser pointer (she is going to be a teacher) & a usb missile launcher (should've gotten one for myself!). She loves superheroes so originally I wanted to make her a Batman mask but I soon found out that she really loves Captain America so I decided to do that instead. It came out really well and it was a pretty simple pattern. I found the pattern on Etsy.com and used a larger crochet hook to make it adult size. Although you can also just add another round of increase.

I wanted to take pictures but I also needed a model to wear the hat. None of my family members wanted to model it for me so I put it on and attempted to get some good photographs of myself. I don't look as good in the mask as Tasha does. For some reason she can pull off geek chic really well ;P

Crochet Jolie: Super Hero Mask Hat

Graduation Bear

I had made this bear almost a month ago but I forgot to post it so...here it is! :D

This bear was made for my friend Tasha for her college graduation. It's amazing how fast time flies. Now we have to be adults and look for grown-up jobs. <sigh> But that can wait until after the summer. We plan to do some fun stuff before my sister and I move to California so that allows us to be irresponsible, immature, lazy, and carefree for at least a couple months.

This pattern is from All About Ami. I've been finding a lot of cute patterns on there so check it out.

All About Ami: Graduation Teddy

Spring Bunnies

I'm kinda slow at posting new blogs but I just finished a couple bunnies that I made for my parents. My mom was having a hard time deciding what she wanted me to make her and decided on these cute bunnies. She wanted two, of course; one that represented her and another for my dad. I found the pattern on All About Ami; the same website the Sweetheart Bunny pattern is from. These bunnies were pretty fun to make and are pretty freakin' adorable.

All About Ami: Spring Bunnies

Oh and in the picture, it looks like a hat on the white bunny but it's actually a flower.

Darth Vader

It's been a while since I've posted. Over a week ago, my cousin Mindy requested a Darth Vader doll.  It was hard trying to find a good pattern but I found one on Etsy for a couple bucks. The pattern wasn't particularly difficult but I did learn some new techniques that made the process a little more slow going. The end result came out well. And I'm sure I've said this before but I dislike sewing the little details, such as the buttons on Darth Vader's belt. I thought it would be cool to make a light saber too but I didn't want to have to pay more to get a pattern so I created my own pattern. (Gasp!) ...I know. It was really simple but I'm still proud of it since it's my first original pattern.

Darth Vader pattern

Bunny

I made this amigurumi bunny at the request of my cousin, Amy. It's a cute doll but painful to make because it uses such a small crochet hook. And the safety eyes were really hard to find. I went to all the craft stores in town to find the right size but none carried it so I had to order it online but it wasn't until after I paid for it that I noticed it would take approximately 3 weeks to deliver! 

So I started out slowly, waiting for the eyes to come, then when it arrived I worked on it continuously until it was completed and my fingers were stiff. The pattern itself was pretty easy though. Amy found the pattern on this awesome website, All About Ami. It has a lot of cute stuff on there so go check it out!

All About Ami: Sweetheart Bunny

Koala

This is the latest crochet doll I made for a family friend, Rachel. It was an easy one to do but I always have some trouble with sewing all the parts together. For some reason this one was particularly difficult for me, especially the head. I had to keep redoing it so it looked right. And the ears keep folding down, covering its face. With little adjustments, squishing and twisting the doll, it looks pretty good.

The Koala pattern was found on Craft Passion. It is originally from the Woman's Day website.

Finn the Human

I'm nearing the end of my list of past crocheted projects! I'll have to get start on a whole bunch of new things soon! I have some items planned but a few of them will take a while. Especially the one I am currently working on. I didn't realize that the safety eyes I ordered online would take 3 weeks! Blehhh... Oh well. At least this gives me some time to give my fingers a break.

A couple weeks ago, when I posted some of my crocheted items on Facebook, my cousin Casey requested a doll. She watches the cartoon, Adventure Time, and wanted either Finn the Human or Jake the Dog. I told her if I could find a good pattern then I would make one for her. I found a good one on Ravelry. It's a very cute doll and the best one I could find because it even came with the backpack. So I got started on it.

When I was in the middle of crocheting Finn, Casey called me. It was so hard not to tell her about the doll but I wanted to keep it a surprise. She mentioned on the phone that if I could find a Finn pattern then she would really like for him to have a backpack too. I had just bought the yarn for the backpack that day so I was having a hard time suppressing my giggles.

When I was nearing the end of the pattern, I noticed a couple things. First, there was a piece of the beige yarn for Finn's skin that was dirty-looking. I tried to snip some of the dark pieces but I was afraid that I would cut too much. I tried bleaching that part but it didn't work. Finally, I sewed over it with clean yarn to cover up the dirty spot and it worked. (Phew!) I didn't want to have to redo the doll just because of one dirty piece of yarn. Secondly, the backpack came out slightly too small for Finn's body. In order for the backpack to fit, I had to sew the straps far apart. It doesn't look too bad but it definitely could've been better.

All in all, Finn came out really good. I changed the pattern a bit by using felt for his face instead of crocheting it. I thought it looked better that way and it also saved me some time. And despite some of the setbacks I had with Finn, Casey loves the Finn doll and recently posted some funny pictures of Finn doing various things, like riding a bike, reading a book about rifles, drinking alcohol and then throwing it up, and of course watching Adventure Time.

Here are the pictures of Finn before I shipped it out.

Finn the Human pattern