food, crochet, merriment
This, my dears is our newest little sweetheart–Merrick. He’s the happiest little soul that you’ve ever seen and OH, so much fun to snuggle and kiss.
Do you just adore the matching ties for church?
He is the son of Dane & Kortney and the dearest little grand-baby imaginable.
So glad they are close by so they can share all this happiness with us.
This little do-dad is probably everyone’s favorite Pokemon. His name is, of course Squirtle. He looks like a turtle–but he sort of spits water–if I understand correctly. Hence the name…Squirtle.
I always try to picture the little folks that stay awake all night to think up these wacko names. And there are billions of them…so, yeah…lots of people staying up very, very late, no doubt drinking gallons of Red Bull. But I digress.
This little fella has a cute blue curly tail…
and a sweet brown turtle shell–like a backpack.
I usually do the eyes in felt because it’s waaay easier to get them to look right if you can be precise with this feature alone. You can forgive a lot in a character recreation, but if the eyes are wrong, then…why bother to go to all the work?
Thank you, thank you WolfDreamer for writing this pattern. It’s for SURE I’m not reinventing THIS wheel.
Not too bad…right?
April took me to lunch at Cheesecake Factory for my birthday. We ordered our cheesecake and a brownie for the little one. Then they brought me a cute little Sundae as a birthday surprize. Turns out it was the perfect size for Miss Hazel!
I guess you can see how she feels about that!
Don’t worry–we traded and the brownie was divine!!
Happy birthday to meeeeee!
I never knew a random truck pulling up in front of my house would make me SOOOO happy!!! Haha nasty weeds- your days are numbered.
Die- die- die!
(In the most eco friendly way possible- of course!)
Ahhhhh…sweet little Vaporeon. She’s an evolution of the Pokemon Evie. And while I have never really studied the zillions of different Pokemon that are out there in the world–it seems that the more I crochet for friends and family, the more I’m asked to crochet…for friends and family. Haha.
So, be impressed that I now know several different ones quite intimately, indeed.
I started with several patterns that I found online and improvised as I went along.
Longer legs than the pattern calls for? I can do that.
A more majestic head fin? No problem
A cuter mouth? Got it.
Slightly poky spine plates? Check.
More elaborate collar? Check.
A more fishy tail? And double check.
This little thing was actually hard to send away to it’s new home. I’d grown rather attached to her by the time I’d finished. In the end–I swallowed hard and boxed her up. I’m sure she’s happy with her forever family now and I’m on to my next project.
Never a dull moment.
