Tales of Jenny

I haven't posted in ages...

2009-05-24T04:53:00.000-07:00

...But I have found a new favourite ami artist!!

Chiwaluv Has the most amazing patterns!! I especially love her momiji and kokeshi dolls, and her knitting sheep and chimpanzees are some of the cutest things I have ever seen!!

I also ADORE this Invader Zim "GIR" pattern!! I love invader zim, and I can't wait to find time to make this adorable GIR! (warning - links directly to a PDF!!)

Enjoy!!

DaWanda

2009-02-10T13:44:00.001-08:00

I now have some soot sprites, pygmy puffs and an Alice in Wonderland amigurumi pattern on sale at my DaWanda site!! Please visit!!

Pygmy Puff:

Soot Sprite:

More Patterns...

2009-01-12T12:05:00.001-08:00

Some more patterns I have found and really want to make!!

First this amigurumi chess set which is so cute, although looks pretty fiddly and time consuming!

Secondly, this 12-pointed star afghan

And finally, these crochet ballet slippers, which I am going to start making tonight!

2008-12-28T09:31:00.000-08:00

Well I've made a few things in the last few days...

Firstly, a carrot and a radish for my friend, jennyb, who sent me some crochet hooks and so I wanted to send her something in return!

Secondly, I made myself a case for my ipod.

None of these have patterns, I just made them up as I went along. If anyone wants patterns for them, let me know! Also, if anyone has any idea how to make the right hand corner of the ipod case square - it went curved as I had to turn to make the next row.

Basic crochet flower

2008-11-24T13:54:00.000-08:00

I wanted to make a little crochet flower to go on one of my amis, and I couldn't find a pattern I liked, so I decided to make one :)

1) 2ch, 5sc in second ch
2) slst, 4dc, slst in first sc.
3) repeat around (slst, 4dc, slst in 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th sc)
4) slst to join with first sc.

And you're done! Easy, huh?

2008-11-24T06:56:00.001-08:00

I have just found this adorable alley cat pattern! Isn't it gorgeous?!

Star-ghan

2008-11-01T11:11:00.000-07:00

I found this pattern on the crochetville forum just now and I love it!!

I think it's the same as one that amigurumiparadise made a while ago, and I greatly admired it at the time!

I also found this pattern for a penguin granny square. Isn't it the cutest? I think I may use this to make my baby cousin a penguin hat!

Little Red Riding Hood

2008-10-05T13:56:00.000-07:00

This is a little Red Riding Hood I made from this pattern. Again, I'm gonna be sad to see her go :(

paint set!

2008-10-05T11:41:00.000-07:00

How adorable is this amigurumi paint set?? I love it!

2008-09-20T03:05:00.000-07:00

Well it's been ages since I posted, and I've got lots of new things to show off :D

The Golden Snitch made from this pattern.

This cat is made from this pattern.

A lovely fuzzy little sheep made from this pattern.

And my yoyo blanket made from this pattern.

Totoro, Snow Dragon and Totoro plate!

2008-08-16T06:29:00.000-07:00

Well, I can finally post the picture of the Totoro I made as I've given it to my sister! And also the totoro plate I painted her, which I had to do twice as the kiln broke the first time around and the glazed crawled as a result.

Also, a baby snow dragon from this pattern sent to me by Ophelia73 on swapbot! Isn't he sooo cute?!

Tiny striped turtle

2008-08-11T13:50:00.000-07:00

I made this ami turtle from this pattern but I made the tail bigger because it wouldn't balance!!

Lord of the Rings

2008-07-21T10:48:00.000-07:00

I absolutely adore these awesome LOTR amigurumi patterns!

My fave is Gimli! :)

2008-07-20T03:04:00.000-07:00

How adorable is this little dragon? Definitely on my to-do list!

I found the pattern from BaPsy's flickr here

Patterns!!

2008-07-19T10:40:00.000-07:00

Ok, time for some more pattern discoveries!

This little star is such a cutie!

Unicorn -I love this sooooo much!! Looks kinda tricky though...

This acorn would be perfect to go with totoro!

A crochet toy chest is a brilliant directory of hundreds of patterns! I'm going to go through them and pick out my faves :)

Another site I use a lot is crochet pattern central which has things other than amis on there... brilliant :D

And just one more pattern archive from fairythreads.com

The power of photoshop

2008-07-12T13:41:00.000-07:00

I took a photo of a rainbow out of my bedroom window. The sky is pretty dark from the thunderstorm before it. Just look what photoshop can do!!

Before:

After:

Ok, so we rarely get a sky THAT blue in England, but heh, I think it looks good like that :) I wish the sky would be that colour!

My yoyo square!

2008-07-12T13:15:00.001-07:00

I made the crochet square out of yoyos and I really like how it turned out!! I think I might make a blanket over some time, just use scraps of yarn for yoyos in all different colours like they did here. (go to the bottom of the page!)

Crochet square

2008-07-07T10:10:00.000-07:00

I have decided that, instead of making a granny square for my crochet sqaure swap I am going to make a square out of yoyos!

I'd never heard of crocheted yoyos before, but I think they look really cool and easy to do! I hope it works well! :)

And all the patterns on this page are really cute!

2008-07-06T12:40:00.000-07:00

Just started my new job so haven't updated in a while...

Some more pattern... going to make them for some partners on Swap-bot :)

Turtle

Frog

Cat - I've listed this one before :)

The legwarmers are going ok, but slowly, and I've got a few more projects on the go at the moment but they've to be kept secret for now ;)

Well...

2008-06-18T02:32:00.000-07:00

I started making my legwarmers last night. Unfortunately I don't have enough of a nice pink wool so they're sort of orangey-pink... I guess that's ok though, we're meant to wear 'european pink' in ballet... which means orange! Eurgh, I wish it was REAL pink!

Last exam tomorrow!! woohooooo! I really can't wait! So revising biology this morning for my exam this afternoon, and then as soon as I get home I'll pump myself full of (more) sugar and caffeine and get on with chem revision for my exams tomorrow... and then FREEDOM!

Finished (again)

2008-06-17T10:29:00.001-07:00

I've just finished my second alice! I think she's cuter than the first one!

Here is alice finished:

Gorgeous Afghan...

2008-06-15T07:47:00.000-07:00

I can't wait to make this!!

I've never made an afghan before, but I'm hoping to make one over the summer so this might be the place to start! The pattern looks a bit confusing though... maybe I should try the crayon one first?

Mum freaked when I told her my sister had asked me to make her a baby blanket :) hehe!

2008-06-15T06:05:00.000-07:00

Well I've just had a re-vamp of my blog - doesn't it look funkeh? I thought it was kinda boring so I added some new things and links and music and yay!!

Amis going slowly.... made alice's arms... still legs, skirt and apron to go. Been too busy revising! Still, I'll be finished exams on Thursday so YAY!!

Had a great weekend with Giles :)

Some more free patterns...

2008-06-11T08:28:00.000-07:00

Cherries Keyring

Teddy bear keyring

Slippers (I hope to make these soon!)

Red riding hood/grandmother topsy turvy doll

Romeo The bubble of love! (This reminds me of puffskeins from Harry potter!)

Colour me crayon afghan

Dragon

Arm Warmers

Leg Warmers

iPod cozy

2008-06-10T13:20:00.000-07:00

Today I've started to make another Alice in Wonderland. I don't think the one I made before was all that good, and I think that may be the reason I haven't had any bites on the pattern yet. So I'm making another one, a better one, with brighter yarn and bigger eyes and so far she looks much cuter, so hopefully that might help me sell it!!

2008-06-07T12:01:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, I made a small cupcake that says 'eat me' on it to go on the jouney accross the world with Alice.

I also made another heart from amigurumiparadise's pattern.

Going to make another alice in wonderland for myself this week I think :)

Alice is Finished!!

2008-06-04T14:53:00.000-07:00

I've finished her and I love her!!
I'm going to put the pattern on etsy when it's finished!

Here she is!!

Alice

2008-06-04T08:03:00.000-07:00

Well she's coming along well now! I've finished the body, done the detail for the dress (lacing at the top) and am working on the skirt at the moment, which is taking a while as it's so wide!! Then just arms and legs which shouldn't take too long!

If she keeps going well, I'm hoping to sell the pattern on etsy! The doll is going to a friend on swap-bot (not saying who incase they read this!)

Progress...

2008-06-03T08:30:00.000-07:00

Well Alice is going really well!! The head is done, and I think it looks great. Just working on the body at the moment. I hope to get her done by the end of the week :)

THEN I'm going to try to write a pattern for GIR from Invader Zim. w00t!!

Plus I still have to make totoro for my sister lol.... I've got a lot to do!!

Disaster!

2008-06-02T03:07:00.000-07:00

Well one of the patterns I'm planning on making calls for felting the finished thing, by washing it in the washing machine... so I decided to try it on the cat I made a few days ago and... well it didn't work at all. The wool sort of came apart but then just stretched... so the legs were like 2x as long, and then head was dangling off... I don't know what happened, but it didn't work! So I'm not going to try felting again, at least not on an ami! Poor kitty had to go in the bin :(

Alice in Wonderland

2008-06-02T01:48:00.000-07:00

Well I'm starting to write my first pattern for Alice in Wonderland! It's going okay so far, I've done the head and that's ok (well it's just a ball, right?) and started the body, but have to get some more blue wool for her dress.

I haven't decided yet if I'm going to post it on here or try to sell it on etsy - I think probably post it as it's my first one, it probably won't be all that good!

Anyway, I won't have pictures for a while as I'm trying to work slowly to get it to work well! I hope she works well!

2008-06-01T09:56:00.000-07:00

I made this bunny today for my boyfriend, I think it worked really well!!

It's made from this pattern again, same as the purple one I made before, but I think it turned out much better! It's weighted with beans which gives it a nice weight as well!

How to make keychains...

2008-05-31T10:34:00.000-07:00

There was a question from someone on swapbot asking about crocheted keyring patterns and so I thought I'd post about how to turn tiny amis into keychains!
I'll post pictures later - I need to upload them to my computer first :)

First, choose your pattern. Some great tiny amis are here.

I have chosen this heart to make into a keyring :)

First, crochet your chosen pattern.

Then, put your hook through one of the stitches where you would like your keychain to be hung from.

Hook a piece of wool, about 30cm long, with the hook and pull it through around the stitch.

Keep the loop on the hook and use the doubled over wool to chain stitch about 7 times to make your chain (Ch as though you're using 2 pieces of wool).

Finish off, and then hook a keyring onto the last Ch. Alternatively, you can make a loop at the end of the chain instead of attaching a keyring.

Voilá - you have turned your ami into a keychain!!

Tiny Amis perfect for keychains:
Ladybird
Mini kitty
Duck/Chicken
Cup of Tea - edit to just make one for the keychain if you want, or shorten chain between them :)
Heart
"Kiss"

I'll post more as I find them - pics of my keychain still to come!

Bumblebee

2008-05-30T10:23:00.000-07:00

Another ami made from this pattern

My favourite patterns to buy

2008-05-30T08:52:00.000-07:00

Cupcake fairy doll
Ally the Cat
Smiling Bee
Cupcake scarf (not amigurumi)
Chess Set
Harry Potter
Pirate
Kittens
Nessie
'Foffo' Bunny
Pirate Panda
Sprite
Elephant
Flying Pig
Little Red Riding Hood
Moomin

And all the little cuties from this seller!

My favourite free patterns

2008-05-30T07:18:00.000-07:00

Just a quick list of my favourites of the free patterns I've found for amigurumis:

Hippo
Hersheys Kiss
Penguin
Robot
Flying Pig
Reindeer
Rubber duck
Little duck/chicken
Alien
Heart
Cup of Tea bookmark
Butterfly
Bunny
Blue Totoro

And this blog is great for free pattern listings!

I'll hopefully add some more soon!

My first amis

2008-05-30T07:09:00.000-07:00

These are the 3 amis I have made so far, and I'm having loads of fun! I'm making a bee at the moment, and hoping to make some more pretty soon!

Pig:
This pattern is here but without the wings!

Rabbit:
The pattern is here

Cat:
The pattern is here

I hope you like them all!!

Amigurumis

2008-05-30T06:57:00.001-07:00

I've just started to make amigurumis, and so I've started a blog to show pictures of them, post my favourite patterns and artists and hopefully one day, post my own patterns! I will probably also post ATCs and current swaps on here :)