Stuffing For Brains

My co-worker/supervisor/friend was sadly transferred to a different branch (I work in a library, btw) and, as a going away present, I made her this snake dude. Her Chinese Zodiac sign is a snake, which was sort of the inspiration. It was really just kind of random. She'd just had a baby, too, and her and her husband often referred to the baby girl as like... Miss Squirmy Pants and other such silly nicknames, which is where the name came from.

Mr. Snakey Pants was made from a pattern that comes from SA Planet, and is called Snooky Snake. The pattern is easy to follow and interestingly different. I originally bought the pattern because it reminded me of Slither from the web comic Boy on a Stick and Slither by Steven Cloud.

Yarn used: Caron Simply Soft Brites, Limelight

Mr. Snakey Pants was made in April of 2009.

Easter rolled around and I wanted to make my first holiday themed ami. I actually found the pattern for this egg somewhere on the internet, and I don't really remember where anymore. The pattern was a bit wonky, though, it had a few errors in it. The basket, though, I made up the pattern for.

I had this grand scheme that I was going to make eggs in all different colors and little baskets to go with them, doing little ribbons in complementary colors. Like most things when I'm crocheting, the ideas are often grander than the outcome. I only made a couple eggs, in the end (which I don't think I ever even photographed) and I think I only made the one basket. But I am in love with the basket I did make. In fact, here's a close up of it!

Those stitches are so awesome... they so resemble an actual woven basket. At least, to me. This is the same texture I use for cupcake tops and the reason I really like working in the back loops only.

I know this yarn is the same as the yarn used for the hedgehog, but I still don't remember what brand or color it was. :/ Sorry! The yarn for the egg, however, is Caron Simply Soft Brites, Rose Violet.

This egg and basket were made in April of 2009.

I honestly can't remember the pattern I used for this little guy... all I remember was that it was entirely in Japanese and I just luckily was able to figure out a way to read it based on the layout of the numbers. (I don't read Japanese... at all.) Most Japanese patterns use stitch diagrams, this one did not. I'm really not totally happy with the way it turned out, but it's still obviously a Mario star. At least, I hope it's obvious. ^_^

This star was made in March of 2009.

A friend of mine -- you'll find a lot of these start with "my friend asked for" or "I made this for a friend who" and so on -- anyway, my friend is an anthropologist and archeologist and works with bones all the time. So naturally, she asked me if I could make her a skull.  The pattern is from Crafster.org, by a member called NerdyCrochetGal (pattern found here). My friend picked out the buttons she wanted for the eyes, because she didn't want roses.

We realized, after it was made, that the skull actually looked a bit like the skull shaped entrance to a local burger joint called The Vortex. I actually don't know what kind of yarn I used for this, because my friend provided the yarn in a ball, which I used. I like this guy, and he hangs out on my friend's desk at work. :D

This skull was made in January of 2009.