Cthulhu

The stuff of geek legends..The terrible, mystical beast, best described as a sea demon. Who this? Why, Cthulhu of course!

Looking quite adorable and cuddly, really. Last year I made my boyfriend a d20 for his birthday, and this year I had to try and match that by making him some equally geeky and cool. I had seen this pattern on Ravelry and decided it was perfect, and I am very pleased with the results.

The pattern calls for an F hook, but I decided to use a G hook to make him cuddlier (it's also easier to work with.) The pattern was relatively easy to follow, and the wings were definitely the most difficult part.

In order to get the ribbed, more wing-like look, I crocheted in the back loops only on the way back from the chain. This means you only crochet in the back loops in one direction, aka every other row.

My boyfriend was very pleased and his nerd friends jealous, so I suppose I accomplished my goal!

Waffle Hats

Over spring break I was walking around in Hobby Lobby while waiting to pick up my boyfriend from class and I saw some bulky yarn on sale. Now, if you partake in the fiber arts you know that this yarn is more expensive than "regular" yarn, so I jumped on the opportunity and got green, gray, and teal. I'd been wanting to make some hats that needed bulky yarn and now I could make some!

These are waffle hats! Aka they have a mesh pattern.

I made the green one first, following the pattern exactly and it took me one sitting (while watching Skyfall). Only problem was, the hat didn't slouch.

Probably because I crochet tighter... So I decided I needed to make another one.

For the gray hat, I added about 5 rows to what the pattern calls for...

And huzzah! It turned out! 

The pattern was very easy to follow, and like I said before, very quick! It was a nice breather from the blanket. (I'm halfway done with the earth (2nd) square!)

Some clarification for those of you out there who might be in the dark like me: apparently slouchy hats are hipster.

Waffle Cone Hat Pattern: http://www.gleefulthings.com/blog/?p=3258

Don't have bulky yarn? Sugar Cone Hat Pattern: http://www.gleefulthings.com/blog/?p=5569

Octopus Army

As the pattern says these octopuses are cute. Very cute. They do only have 6 tentacles though. These were made for my friends for Christmas and I've still got about three more to make...

I hot glued buttons on for the eyes since these are all going to young adults I don't need to worry about them being torn off and eaten (at least as far as I know). The mouths were made using black yarn and a yarn needle. Each octopus is different.

This one is for my friend who is studying abroad in New Zealand so I had to get her's done. The bow could've been a little higher but still very adorable.

For my boyfriend. Holding a quick and easy crochet heart :)

My first octopus. He didn't have a home so he will be staying with me, which is very ok. Since he was my first one I couldn't get all the tentacles to fit (oh no!), but I figured it out for the other ones. Needless to say, when the pattern says you have to squeeze them in to get all of them to fit, it's not kidding.

These are the other three octopuses!

This one is for one of my guy friends. And no, I had nothing to do with the color choice, it was all him. I am a huge fan of the top hat.

This one is actually for the same friend that received the dinosaur I made. The dinosaur's name is Ned and now he and this octopus can be best friends!

The last one! Yes he has three eyes. He's based off the purple pentapus from an episode from season 2 of Avatar: The Last Airbender.

These guys!! Adorable.

Octopus pattern: http://whimtasticalcreations.blogspot.com/2011/04/cute-little-octopus-amigurumi.html
Top hat pattern: http://whimtasticalcreations.blogspot.com/2011/04/top-hat-and-bows-pattern.html

Neon Green Beanie

As eluded to in an earlier post, I was working with a friend's basic beanie pattern, and I've finished!

Yay! I did modify his pattern a little due to the fact that I crochet tighter than he does. I looked a lot of places for a beanie pattern that I liked but didn't find any, so here is my friend's pattern with my edits.

Materials:
1 skein 4 weight yarn (you won't use the whole thing)
size I crochet hook
stitch marker
yarn needle

Directions:

Mark your last stitch in a each round with stitch marker, this pattern is worked continuously so don't join your rounds!

Rnd 1: 10 sc in magic ring (very helpful tutorial here! http://www.planetjune.com/blog/tutorials/magic-ring-right-handed/) (10)
Rnd 2: 1 dc in each sc (10)
Rnd 3: 2 dc in each dc (20)
Rnd 4: *1 dc in dc, 2 dc in next dc* repeat (30)
Rnd 5: *1 dc in next 2 dc, 2 dc in next dc* repeat (40)
Rnd 6: *1 dc in next 3 dc, 2 dc in next dc* repeat (50)
Rnd 7: *1 dc in next 4 dc, 2 dc in next dc* repeat (60)
Rnd 8 until end: 1 dc in each dc around (60)

Continue the hat until it reaches the length that fits your head!

IMPORTANT: When you reach the last four stitches of your last round. 1 dc in next 2 dc, 1 hdc in next 2 dc, 1 sc in next 2 dc, slip stitch in last dc. Fasten off and weave in loose ends.

Congrats! You finished! :)

In the very near future this hat may receive ears and spikes and become a dragon hat. Stay tuned!