How To Crochet Eyes For Your Amigurumi

If you still haven’t moseyed on over to the brand new HodgePodge Website, now might be a good time to do it!!

I’m still adding in old content from here to the new place but I’m also working on NEW STUFF!! If you’re interested in checking out my latest post, click the pic below and enjoy!

The Angels Take HodgePodge!

I’m SUPER EXCITED to share with you what has been keeping my crochet hooks occupied for the past couple of weeks!!! (And if you’ve been paying attention at all, you’ll notice a serious Doctor Who theme here, lol)

Introducing the Weeping Angel lovey!! This pattern is by Silverdragon Crafts & Critters and is GORGEOUS! If you’d rather have a doll, she also has a version for that!

Not into Doctor Who? <GASP> You can crochet this one in any colors and have a beautiful alternative angel for your little one.

Where can you get your hands on a copy?? Details follow below!!

Use Coupon Code: ANGELSTAKEOVER to receive 25% off your purchase on the individual patterns and pattern pack now through Monday night on both Ravelry and Etsy. No Coupon Code needed on Craftsy!

Links to the Doll pattern:
Ravelry: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/angel-doll-2
Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/listing/197573955/the-angel-doll-pattern-with-permission?ref=listing-0
Craftsy: http://www.craftsy.com/pattern/crocheting/toy/angel-doll/104867

Links to the Lovey Pattern:
Ravelry: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/angel-lovey-2
Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/listing/197562836/the-angel-lovey-pattern-with-permission?ref=listing-1
Craftsy: http://www.craftsy.com/pattern/crocheting/other/angel-lovey/104872

Links to the #weepingangel Pattern Pack:
Ravelry: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/angel-pack/patterns
Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/listing/197563722/the-angel-doll-and-lovey-pattern?ref=listing-2
Craftsy: http://www.craftsy.com/pattern/crocheting/toy/angel-dolllovey-pack/104873

Just Jiji

With Halloween fast approaching, I really wanted to turn my crochet attention to something fun, whimsical, and different than anything else I’ve done before.

For me, that meant diving into the world of the magical! But not just any sort of magic. It needed to be that special brand of tripping over yourself, bumbling through mistake after mistake brand of magic–and who better to represent that than Kiki.

For those who aren’t familiar with Kiki’s Delivery Service, you can get a small glimpse into her world down below!

Kiki is super cute but working ami figures isn’t something I love to do–trust me, I never finish the ami figures I start–so I decided instead to focus on her black cat, Jiji. He looked small enough for me to tackle–AND FINISH!!–and how can anyone resist an adorable kitty!

Isn’t he cute!!

What I ended up with was something that I think is almost as good as the real thing! 

Introducing Just Jiji: Cat Pillow!

You can find your Instant Downloadable PDF copy of Just Jiji on sale for $1.00 over in my Craftsy, Ravelry, and Etsy shops!!

 

The Whole Knit & Caboodle Presents: Free Video Tutorial- Joining Amigurumi Pieces Using the Mattress Stitch

My good friend Sarah from over at The Whole Knit & Caboodle is a magic maker with amigurumi!!(Seriously, if she were to be cast as a witch in the Harry Potter books–she’d be that one getting stunned looks from the professors creating magic never seen with a hook, some needles–she can KNIT too!!!–and yarn!)

She’s recently come out with several amazing patterns that you can find in her pattern shop over in Ravelry!!

Some of her awesome patterns include these AMAZING works of art:

See, I told you she was a magic maker!!

Recently she decided to open up a YouTube channel to school the rest of us muggles on proper ami techniques!! As of this blog post, she only has one–but it’s an AWESOME one!! It shows you everything you need to know about the proper way to join pieces using the mattress stitch!

Hurry up and run on over to her blog to check out the goodness!! Free Video Tutorial- Joining Amigurumi Pieces Using the Mattress Stitch | The Whole Knit & Caboodle.

If you like what you see, don’t forget to subscribe to her YouTube channel to keep track of all the new tutorials she has planned!!