Crow-Shay - Update

Looky looky! I moved to the big city (New York) in January and found myself in need of a new hobby. I simultaneously discovered all the amazing craft blogs that are out there, and became obsessed with amigurumi and other crochet craftiness.

I'm pretty sure I was shown how to crochet when I was younger but it had completely escaped me, so I signed up for some classes at The Point Knitting Cafe in NY's West Village. They were great, and the teacher Megan made it all really easy. 2 weeks later I was away!

Now I have a whole list of things I want to make, for myself and for others, namely a queen-sized ripple blanket. But first I need to finish all the birthday presents I owe everyone! Sorry buddies, you know I love you.

First I started with some amigurumi cupcakes - chocolate...


... then had to do the vanilla ones to match.


Followed by attempts at ripples and granny squares to see if I could...


...a few tries later it looks like I can.

Then more amigurumi...


... this guys name is Octavius.

And thanks so a super nice treat from M, my crochet book library is growing too! I am a very spoilt girl.

Fruits from those books and the birthday presents so far will be posted once they have been sent to their owners - stand by this weekend is going to be a big one on the hook.

UPDATE: Forgot to include links to the patterns! Naughty.
Cupcake by Ana Paula Oli
Octopus by PepperKitty on Craftster.org
Ripple pattern here
Granny Squares from Stitch & Bitch: The Happy Hooker book by Debbie Stoller available here. If anyone is thinking of taking up crochet this is a really good book to help you.