Ninja Amigurumi

Well, I know a Ninja attack sound scary, but I promise you, this kind is not dangerous.

I made this little guy as a birthday present for friend. He’d been asking for a Ninja Amigurumi action figure (I’ll refrain from calling this tough looking little guy a doll), and I was ready for the challenge of finding the perfect pattern.  I finally came across this Little Gamers Ninja pattern at Somewhere Between the Stitches.

The pattern calls for a size G hook. I accidentally grabbed my H hook and by the time I realized I was using the wrong one, I was already half way through the project.  Rather than start over, I continued and was pleased that everything turned out just fine.  The project took me a total of about 3 hours from start to finish, but I guess the time just depends on your expertise level.  I’m 3 decades old to the crochet game, but have only about 6 months experience with reading patterns.   This particular pattern happens to be easy to follow and good for even beginners.

But the time I was finished, Little Ninja stood just slightly over 6 inches tall, which is pretty much on scale with the instructions.

Thanks Julia for such a cute and fun pattern. 

Rib-look newborn baby hat and a FREE PATTERN

I've been whining for the last 3 years about how I want to learn how to follow a crochet pattern, so I finally decided to do something about it.  Because Crochet for Dummies wasn't really helping me out (I'll save that story for another post), I decided to browse the web, and Etsy for patterns.  I purchased a pattern on Etsy that had a description reading "Easy". Guess what?  NOT easy.  So instead of wasting anymore money on patterns that I obviously wasnt going to get the hang of until I learned more terminology.  I browsed some more and realized that the web has lots of free patterns that I can get practice with. 

I found this pattern super Easy and user friendly. I was able to follow it all the way through without having to unravel even one time.  That's saying a lot for me.   Here's the deal.  If you how to Double Crochet, single crochet, and know what "through back loop only" means, the only thing left to do from there on out is count to 25.   This FREE PATTERN is listed at  http://www.piece-by-piece.net/Patterns/fp49.htm along with many others.   When you visit the website, please be sure to read the terms of use.  The designer is extremely gracious to share her knowledge for free, and  these should only be made for personal or charitable use.  

You can also see more information on this by visiting Character Crochet on Ravelry.com