Such Sweet Hands

I have found the secret, how to transform a simple crocheted sphere ( what will it be or be a part of in the end? will it be part of an amigurumi creature? will one of the cats steal it? there’s just no knowing!) into something as sweet to the fingers as a bonbon of the finest decadent kind is to the mouth? Oh, it simple…

Here sits a humble sphere composed of single crochet stitches, stuffed with ends and stray bits of leftover Koigu from the Larger Than Life Bag. Some yarns are simply too nice and I can’t discard even the shortest strands that are too short to use. Until now I never thought to use these little leftover delicasies as stuffing. I suppose the strands of yarn make for a heavier stuffing. The weight combines with the squish of the plush yarn to make for a little crocheted ball with a bit more substance. I’m not tossing out the bag of fiber-fill in the closet, but now I want to play with other treasured fancy things as stuffing. . . .

Koigu’s Kersti Merino Crepe is the perfect weight for some sweet little amigurumi making. If I’m going to be working simple single crochet in the round over and over, I want yummy yarn in my fingers. Making amigurumi parts with this yarn is like baking cookies, you know it’s going to turn out sweet. On the other hand, I selfishly want to hold onto this yarn and never let it go. This colorway is gorgeous, spatters and speckles of color that season each stitch. Although single crochet can become monotous and it would be easy to speed through, I’m having fun watching the spatters of color move into each stitch.

Relishing in Koigu Amigurumi making has been my comfort project today. I’ve hit a wall on something that needs to be finished asap and am sort of hiding from it. So, time to get back to solving that crochet conundrum I’ve tiptoed around all day.

The little snowmen that I made during the summer heat wave can be found in the newest issue of Crochet Today!

I sent them the wreath with the snowmen arranged around it and they changed it around a bit to make my gang of snowmen into a family trio. I warned them it would need a ribbon and some sort of dressing up, they went all out, even gave one of the little guys a hat!

Here’s a close up of the little guys from back in July. Heat wave resistant snowmen!

The little one makes me smile…

Working on Snowmen for a magazine. Gimmie a kitchy holiday challenge to lighten up this July heat anyday!

Snowman Parts:

Yes, his face isn’t on yet. He’s a variation on the amigurumi pattern on Crochet Me. He’s a Kodama !