Craft Splurge!

The new school year is only a week away, and this means this is the last serious crocheting time I will have for awhile. So, for the past couple weeks I've been going crochet crazy! Here's a quick rundown of what I've worked on.

1) Wolf Dreamer OTH's Umbreon. Still have to finish this one up actually, but I've just got the circles and the eyes left!

2) Baby Elephant. Kind of on a whim while I watched superhero movies, I crocheted up this adorable little elephant. A pretty easy amigurumi pattern with almost no sewing, you attached the ears and legs as you go!

3) A matching hat and cowl set for chilly football games. I made these two from separate patterns, but they look pretty good together. For the hat, I added an extra row of increase (up to 48 sts) because as written it was turning out too small for my already little head.

4) Actually I just made a lot of cowls in general. The sage green cowl was the first time I'd done a foundation sc, and it turned out alright! There's a link to a video posted with the pattern if you've never tried this before either. I made the smaller of the two sizes. The other green cowl was a pattern I made up as my boyfriend and I watched Dollhouse. It's bulky yarn and basically just works alternating rows of sc, hdc, and dc. I may post up a quick pattern at a later date.

5) Colorful coasters! This is another pattern I made up that I will post when I refine and make a few more for my apartment.

6) A crochet bag for my momma! This pattern is available as a Ravelry download.

That is it for now, but stayed tuned for some possible new patterns!

That One Blanket I Worked on for a Year

Also known as the Avatar Blanket! I actually finished this blanket back in March, but never got around to taking pictures of the final product, so I am doing so today.

Ta-da!

Appa for scale

So this project took me almost exactly a year. Phew! However, the finished product was well worth the effort. It drapes across a twin really well and is super warm. I used Red Heart super saver yarn and so I just threw it in the wash (hang dry after) and it softens up a bit. Also, a lot of fellow ATLA fans have admired it and jokeingly offered me money for it (heck no!). But it's actually a pretty simple project. All in all, I'm very pleased.

Here is the pattern so you can make your own: http://kimby77.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/avatar-the-four-elements/ 

"Water,

Earth,

Fire,

Air,

Long ago the four nations lived together in harmony.

Then, everything changed when the fire nation attacked.

Only the Avatar, master of all four elements, could stop them

But when the world needed him most, he vanished.

100 years passed and my brother and I discovered the new Avatar,

An airbender named Aang.

And although his airbending skills are great,

He's got a lot to learn before he's ready to save anyone.

But I believe, Aang can save the world."

~Katara, ATLA opener