Hobbes

Made this for my 10 year old grandson, Aiden, for Christmas.

A Calvin & Hobbes book will accompany it.

I got the pattern here.

GO FISH!

Goldfish for my goldfish loving 1-year-old granddaughter. 

Mostly used cotton yarn and I got the fish pattern here. 

Also made a fishnet type bag to go with them.

Pikachu!

For my grandson Jo. 

Here's where I got the pattern:

Wolfdreamer

Frozen Flip Dolls

This are the cute little "flip" dolls I made for my 4 year old granddaughters. I used a pattern I bought from  Maggie Weldon's website, using a variety of yarn, mostly acrylic, but some cotton. The original pattern was for Cinderella, and I adapted it for Anna and Elsa. 

Princess for a Princess

Made this Princess Aurora (aka Sleeping Beauty) doll for my granddaughter. Used a random free princess pattern off this internet and customized it to fit the character. 

Various Grandkid Christmas Presents

Mostly free online patterns. 

Mermaid Doll

This doll was made for Christmas for my granddaughter Sarah. It's a little bit like Ariel, right? Close enough, anyway. The pattern was free online, and the yarn is mostly Caron Simply Soft. 

Rainbow Elephant for Michelle's Baby

I used various bright shades of Caron Simply Soft that I had in my stash (Yay for using my stash!) and this  free pattern.

Flip Dolls

This are the cute little "flip" dolls I made for our 3 3year old girl cousins. I used a pattern I bought from  Maggie Weldon's website, using a variety of yarn, mostly acrylic, but some cotton. The original pattern was for Cinderella, and I adapted it for Snow White and Tiana. 

Crazy Big Loopy Bear

I made this bear using Peaches and Creme worsted weight cotton ombré yarn (Purple Petunia) and a pattern from this Dover craft book: Crocheted Toys and Dolls

Not sure which grandkid is getting this one, it's a little big (20") and crazy. And loopy. :)

Pond Friends Stacking Toy

I made this stacking toy for a friend of ours, who had a baby not too long ago. The pattern was free at Lion Brand, which has a lot of great patterns, besides having some nice yarn. It doesn't take very much yarn to make, so I just used whatever yarn I could find in my stash.

This little guy is supposed to be a frog, but my grandson Josiah calls it a snake, which fits with the "pond" theme, so I'll just let it go at that.

The base should have been blue, with green lily pads, but I did it wrong and didn't want to do it over. So it's a green pond with blue and pink lily pads.

This little guy is a dragon fly.

This is a lady bug. I think I like they way this one came out the best.

Mr. Bee:

Apart:

Together:

Crochet Remy

Made this little "Remy" from the movie Ratatouille, for my grandson, Josiah, who loves that movie. The pattern was on Craftster.

Mice for Biz & Dexter...

I crocheted a couple of mice for my grand-kitties, Biz & Dexter. I got the pattern off the internets, but now that I'm looking for it I can't find it! anyway, it was super easy. I'll try to get the pattern posted later.

Lucky Lamb

I made this for my daughter-in-law Nicole, who wanted it for a little girl she knows who loves lambs. I got the pattern out of a book called Crocheted Toys and Dolls, by Susan Verkest. It uses a loop stitch that I have never done before but I like the way it came out.

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Little Things

Here are various little things I have made for people over the last few weeks:

This is a kitty I made for my great-niece Crystal for her 6th birthday.

This is a bookmark I made for my sister in law Susan. I like to make these little things to send in birthday cards.

These are two bracelets I made for my daughter-in-law Nicole for her birthday. The first one is crocheted with popcorn stitches, using gold and silver metallic crochet threads. The second one is also crocheted using stretchy nylon beading filament and multicolored glass seed beads. Both were fun and different.

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Mother's Day Presents

It's a little late, but here are the Mother's Day presents I made for Mary and Nicole, my daughter & daughter-in-law, the mothers of my grandchildren. :)

Crocheted Roses for  Mary, crocheted eggs & chick for Nicole:

I also stitched their names on the bags.

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Jonny's puppy

Another project from Amigurumi World. 

Pink Bunny

My granddaughter, Skye, asked me to make this bunny for her BFF, Juliana. Again, I used a pattern from Amigurumi World. I've probably done more projects from this book than any other.

Baby Bear

This is Aiden's baby bear. When we asked Aiden what he wanted to name him, he said "Baby Bear." 

I used Lion Brand Homespun yarn, which is pretty, but hard to work with when you are using a small needle - it's made to be used with a larger needle. I got the pattern from Amigurumi World. 

Penguin

This is Skye's penguin, crocheted from medium weight worsted yarn, using a pattern in Amigurumi World.