Amigurumi Lizard

This is so far the only crochet pattern I've spent money on and the only reason I did is because lizards are my favorite animal... but there are hardly any patterns for them. I bought it off of planetjune.com, which has several other cute patterns as well. This guy was kind of hard. I didn't have any trouble with his body except that I wound up making his tail slightly shorter than I should've. The hardest part were probably his legs. Crocheting tiny tubes is hard! And one of them is inside out because I forgot to flip it before it was too late. I enjoyed making his feet, but the last one didn't want to come out right so I got it somewhat decent and declared him ready to stitch together. However, he's still cute despite his flaws and he's my favorite. ♥

Now I want to alter him for an iguana or something.

Amigurumi Owl

My mom absolutely loves owls. Owls and wolves, but she's loved owls for longer. So I found this adorable owl pattern. It's super quick to make and super cute. There was a bit of a delay in completing him because I had to find some eyes. I should've gotten the 20mm ones... but oh well. The stores around here have a very small selection of eyes, only brown ones and green cat eyes. I may have to order different ones online.

Amigurumi Snail

My somewhat ambitions second project! After finishing my Badly Crocheted First Scarf I decided to do what I always wanted to do: make an amigurumi plushie. In order to get myself leveled up enough to pull it off, I brought some yarn and hooks with me to game night (we play Exalted) and practiced basic stuff and attempted to figure out how to crochet in the round. I failed. It wasn't until later that night when I was at home that I figured it out and decided to make one for a gift. I came across this handy amigurumi pattern directory and found the snail pattern I would use. Thank you very much, Knotty, for making such a wonderful pattern!. The next day I went to Michael's because they were having a yarn sale and bought a bunch of little skeins of Sugar 'n Cream yarn for 4 for $5 and began work! I had no real trouble except that I lost count a few times and I failed to use markers as much as I should have. Thankfully, it turned out decently in the end! Except... that I didn't know there was a right and wrong side for these things... so he's inside out. But he's still cute, right? So it's OK.

By the way, the recipient loves snails and she thought it was adorable. Merry Late Christmas!