Just thought I’d slip by here to show I’m still alive. I’ve been well and truly (and extremely happily) sucked into the Pinterest Vortex. Surrounding myself with beauty, ideas and like-minded people has fed my soul and my mind is occupied with all kinds of creative possibilities. From tentatively trying out crochet again on a simple blanket at the end of 2010, I’ve found that my love for it has grown and grown and my ‘pinning’ has given me the confidence to move ‘off piste’ and try a few ideas of my own.
Like most crafters, I’ve been left with a stash of extra wool after crocheting oodles of baby clothes in the past year – if I can get my act together I should photograph them and share them here. The obvious way to use extra bits of excess wool is amigurumi (toys) so with some leafy green wool staring me in the face every day from its place on the shelf, I thought I’d start with a dinosaur. My favourite dino has always been the Triceratops so I gave it a go making one out of wool (as you do).
No pattern here – I call my technique ‘sculpting with wool’ (I made it up as I went along). :) I also didn’t bother to write down what I was doing. I’m pretty sure I could give any crochet fans enough pointers to set them on the path of making their own Triceratops (or whatever animal) and if I received a boat-load of requests (hah!) I might just attempt to write a formal pattern for Tracy Triceratops. So here she is … she’s just a baby, hence the baby nubs of horns (which I thought looked cuter than the clunking great things of an adult).
Source: Uploaded by user via Jayne on Pinterest
You may or may not know that we’re officially in a drought here in the UK but of course saying that only tempted fate – the skies opened and it has now bucketed down with a vengeance for days on end. With gales to keep it all company we didn’t much feel like going out this weekend so what did I do? I turned to Amigurumi and came up with the fiendishly clever plan to immortalise our cats in crochet. I had spare cream and brown wool so I started with the most obvious target cat: Mollie.
Mollie is a veritable haze of fluff and fur so to convey that feeling I ran over the crocheted work with the cat curry comb in order to raise the fibres and make my Ami Cat look fluffier. Again, no pattern … just let me know if you want/need advice on this stuff. So here’s Mollie:
P.S. Only two thirds of my photos were showing up under my old blog lay-out. Don’t know what’s going on there but life’s too short for fiddling with blog foibles so I quickly plumped with this new theme …which may or may not look the same the next time you visit. Keeps life interesting anyway, doesn’t it?My next muse is Bo. 
Art:Rene Gruau
Art:Rene Gruau
It is good to know you are still of this world and doing well. Very creative, your little friends, and made without patterns! I must have patterns, I am a follower of written instructions. I can and will improvise a bit, but I need the basic help before me.
Miss your perspectives, but understand how other interests can trump blogging. I hope you have a super week AC.
you are incredibly talented and have inspired to pick up my crocheting again once winter hits. It was incredibly calming with the repetitiveness and the feel of the yarn. I can see how it can get addictive. I am happy you are pursing your crafts in earnest. You have a lot of creativity!!
Missed your photographs, but am glad you are busy with goodness. Love your crochet pieces.
Crocheted dinosaurs! Lol!
I also crochet without writing down what I’ve done. I make (or rather ‘made’ as I’ve not done it in ages) silly hats!
Move to Wales. We’ve got plenty of water here.
The Pinterest Vortex. Apropos. And I like the new theme. Different is good.
Wow!!! You are GOOD! I love the little kitten and am VERY impressed you can make things without a pattern!
Pinterest is heaven, isn’t it.
xo jj
That Triceratops is gorgeous – so cute! If you ever write down the pattern, let me know.