Tired, sooo tired!

About a month ago, I realized I'm pregnant! Really happy news, of course, but I've been so terrible tired ever since, so I havn't been able to crochet anything at all. Hence the lack of updates. But at least I've found a place for my creatures - they're now sitting on top of our book shelf in our living room. Looking pretty good, actually, even though Totoro still got his crazy eyes ;)

The rain is pouring down outside, and I'm going to bed. Dead tired.

Ooooops!

Ooops! I've been wondering why I hadn't got a single comment on my posts - and then my friend Zarah pointed out that she couldn't leave comments in the blog. And when I checked it out, I realized that no one could leave comments, 'cause the code was wrong. Hence the lack of comments, I guess ;) But after about a hour of mind killing blogger work, it should now work :)

Le Dunno monstre est mort, vive le Dunno monstre!

I wouldn't say I've killed the Dunno monster, but when my husband asked me if I was making an ashtray, I got second thoughts. He got far to big, and I didn't get any feelings for the creation I was making. No, he won't become a monster, right now he's more like a little basket or maybe a boat that my fuzzy koala is sitting in. Problably I'll just throw it away.

But today I've started with a new Dunno monster prototype. And to my sons delight he is yellow! :) I've completed the head, the muzzle and the upper lip, and though I'm not sure about the construction of the upper lip, at least it looks like something between a dragon and a monster. He'll get a lot of jags and teeth and claws, and --- yes --- I'm taking notes :)

As soon as he looks a bit more finished, I will take some photos. But right now it's time to make some supper so we won't starve to death ;)

Dunno monster project

Oh well, this is as far as I have come with my monster project. It was supposed to be a yellow monster, but I found a three colored yarn that would be great for a monster. But since I havn't done any sketches, I just call it my Dunno monster. The future will tell what he will look like :) I guess he will be rather big/fat, cause the bottom is quite large, but I havn't decided how tall I'll make him. My son wanted it to look really scary, so I hope he won't be disappointed when it's finished. I mean, I don't know how to make a crochet animal look scary? But if I give the monster a few fangs and jags perhaps he'll be happy?

I'm home from work this weekend, feeling a bit sorry for myself. I really hate to be sick and snotty.

Fuzzy koala?

I've been trying to brush my koala for the fuzzy look I'm after, but I dunno. He's actually still rather nun-fuzzy. The work continues.

How to make muzzle using felt

Kawaii Cloud has made a tutorial (in spanish) of how to make a muzzle using felt. I think it's really cute actually, and I'm looking forward to try out some felt work for my animals.




She also has a very nice blog, and I recommend a visit! If the spanish is a problem, you can always use Google translator or something :)

Tiny little Koala bear

As a substitute project for the concequences of my lost crochet hook, I've made a tiny little koala bear. My son instantly wanted to snuggle with "the new Totoro" (since my Totoro project, he calls every crochet creature for "Totoro") :) It's crocheted in wool with cotton/acrylic details, with a 3½ mm crochet hook, and I think I will brush him for a fuzzier look :)

And by the way, of course I had to slightly alter the pattern, 'cause I couldn't get the nose to look like the reference by following the instructions. Don't ask me how I altered it, I used double yarn and croched a bit like I thought would work. And it did! :)

The pattern can be found here.