From 2 balls of yarn to this!

I finally felt I was confident enough in my crochet skills to risk money on a pattern, previous to this I had been learning using free patterns or from youtube. This is the one I chose, please meet Johnny the Monkey!

I am so so so pleased with this. He is super cute and not too difficult for a beginner, but you do need to be familiar with working in a spiral and make sure you have some stitch markers!

I found him here -  https://www.etsy.com/listing/105941111/amigurumi-pattern-johnny-the-monkey

My only notes are that the pattern is american and I wasn't sure what 'sport weight' yarn is. I used DK weight and he came out absolutely perfect. 

Cupcake!

See I can do things other than crochet...!  Whipped this little cutie up for a friend's birthday whilst dinner was cooking this evening.  Just a little card.  I think it means so much more than a shop bought one.  I hope she will like it. 

I printed the free template from here http://wildolive.blogspot.co.uk/2010/06/ooohcupcakes.html?m=1 . I just printed this onto card and over stitched. Simples!

Little Lenny

This is little Lenny. I am so pleased with him. Really getting there with this crochet thing! Still trying out some free patterns from around the web to help with my learning. I don't want to risk money on a pattern that I can't do. But safe to say I am getting more confident :)

This was his little legs being made - 

Lenny's eyes have been made with a circle of crochet, I am not quite sure about them as I think he looks a bit spooky. He may get an upgrade... 

Lots in of increasing and decreasing in this pattern which was a bit of a test for me, but a good way to learn a skill I guess! It is all single crochet so it takes quite a while to grow in size. 

Back soon with another creation.