Amigurumi lion and mouse in harmony

More from the Japanese amigurumi collection books and from Elizabeth Doherty's Super Cute Amigurumi book

Donkey amigurumi

From one of the Japanese amigurumi collection books I made a horse, but it turned out looking more like a donkey, thanks to its long ears!

Crocodile amigurumi

At Craft magazine (www.craftzine.com) I found this pattern for a croc amigurumi, which I made in no time. It is easy and quick.

Amigurumi monkey

From a Japanese magazine, which is part of a collection. The ISBN # is ISBN4-309-28028-5. And the publisher is http://www.kawade.co.jp/np/index.html

Amigurumi Cat

Nekoyama copyrighted this Amineko pattern that can be found in English on her website:
http://www5a.biglobe.ne.jp/~mite/index.html

My version of the amigurumi cat turned out to be too cute to give it away as a gift to my little cousin.

I am posting this cat today in honor of my friend Sharon, who celebrated her "30 is the new 20" birthday yesterday.

Interweave Crochet - Necklace

This necklace stem out of an Interweave Crochet Magazine. Again, I substituted the hemp the pattern called for with Koigu wool.

Easy crocheted accessories - Necklace

From Carol Meldrum's book I made this necklace. I substituted the glossy yarn it called for with Koigu thin wool.

Amigurumi Bunny

From Lion Brand I got this Best Bunny pattern designed by Tamy at Roxycraft.

Another circles crocheted scarf

My all-time favorite from Vogue Knitting on the Go: Crocheted Scarves. As usual I changed the colors to match my wardrobe.

Suede Circles Scarf

I saw this scarf in a Lion Brand booklet for their Suede yarn, I decided to go for Berroco's Suede instead and changed the colors completely. I am thrilled with the results.

Shelly and Bryan Amigurumi Dolls

Gab from www.roxycraft.com created a pattern for Lion Brand which I downloaded for free. For the time being my amigurumis are bold as I haven't found the right yarn for their hair. I changed the colors a little bit and this is how mine turned out.

Amigurumi Owl

Lately I've been making toys (amigurumis) with leftover yarn. This owl was inspired by Elizabeth D's Gourmet Amigurumi pictures. I am eagerly waiting for her book to come out. You can visit her blog by following this link...

http://gourmetamigurumi.blogspot.com/

Toy: Yo-Yo Clown

Here is the first toy I ever made. I found the pattern in Crochet Pattern Central, it's from Priscilla Hewitt and the directions can be found at

http://hometown.aol.com/crochetalong/yoyoclown.html

Scarves craziness or how my crochet creations got started

My grandmother tried to teach me how to crochet as a child, her efforts proved fruitful in the long-term. As a child I was never able to remember all the movements and loops for sc, hdc, dc so I stuck with cross stitch. Finally, after 20+ years of schooling and a Masters in Operations Research*, I got a corporate job and found myself with lots of free time on my hands to spend on hobbies.

I took a class at Jo-Ann and started my scarf production. I must have done more than 15 scarves, and my entire family started making fun of me, but I learned to count, improved my gauge and learned intricate stitches.

Patterns for these scarves came from www.lionbrand.com

*If you don't know what Operations Research is, www.informs.org is a good place to start and learn what it is. Contrary to general believe it has nothing to do with surgery or medicine.