Useful Tricks

I was moaning the other day about how decreases are really obvious and it looks terrible and I didn't know what to do about it, well look what I found: 

http://www.planetjune.com/blog/amigurumi-help/invisible-decrease/

It really works!

And apparently I won't know what I did with the Magic Ring once I master it, which I've yet to do. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLuSVyKvoUg

This website has amazing eyes for amigurumi: 

http://www.suncatchereyes.net/

Edit: Finally cracked the magic ring with the help of this MUCH better video! It really is easy and so useful now I can do it =D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvjYPFBP85c

A present for Sy

Ssssnake

I'm a regular Eve.

TARDIS

I was asked by my sister to crochet something for her best friend, Katy as she loved the ami cactus I made for Genie. She suggested something Doctor Who related as it's one of Katy's favourites. I looked up what people had already made on that theme and found this:

I adore the Dalek! The little doll house accessories are so clever. But Genie preferred the TARDIS so I looked up cute patterns and found this:   http://close-encounters-crocheted-kind.blogspot.com/2011/03/dr-who-tardis-police-box-amigurumi.html


[insert pic of crappy one I made]
[link to Katy's blog??]

Golden Snitch!!

I found a pattern for crochet snitch! 

http://www.innerchildcrochet.com/patterns/files/the_golden_snitch.pdf

[insert pic of my snitch. Show horrible visible decreases]

I especially like the wings =) I bought sparkly white yarn specially for them. 

I am such a good sister

I made this for Genie to cheer her up during her exams. It's a cactus she can't kill =P 

It seems to have warmed her to crochet too.

Pattern from here: http://amigurumipatterns.blogspot.com/2007/11/thank-you-little-cactus.html

Edit: She called it Ty, as in cacti. 

Thank you

I made this for my grandma's friend that gave me her mother's old crochet stuff as a thank you. It's just polite and I thought she'd appreciate seeing how much I've learnt to make with it already so I crocheted a flower to adorn the card =) I think it turned out really well and I hope she likes it.

Little flower pattern from here: http://easymakesmehappy.blogspot.com/2010/05/materials-yarn-in-any-weight-and-color.html

Leaf pattern adapted from this: http://crochethealingandraymond.wordpress.com/2011/01/04/a-crochet-leaf/ as I couldn't follow it. 

Big Flower

Pattern from Gina Alton's Crocheted Finger Puppets

This explains what I'm trying to do

And helps me pronounce it =P 

http://berrysprite.blogspot.com/search/label/amigurumi?updated-max=2008-06-20T01%3A53%3A00-07%3A00&max-results=20

My first amigurumi

A Jellyfish!