Hooray for Boobies!!! *** adult yarn content!*** PICS UPDATE

**** Well hooray for web updates!  I am adding the pics directly from my hard drive instead of using an online picture hosting site.  So enjoy my boobs lol :o) I strongly recommend this project, everyone seems to like it a lot when it's finished, and it's so customizable, why not use green yarn for your sci-fi lover, some nice Martian boobies!!!! Or pink for a breast cancer survivor.  So many possibilities, happy hooking! ****

Pics finally!!!! This beauty has been done for awhile now, but I have been hibernating lately! My family had a great time playing with this before we gave it away. My brother in law was quite pleased with how it came out. I had it sitting on my couch for a few days after I had finished it and once in a while I would have to do a double take because I kept forgetting it was there lol. I really like how it turned out in the end. I almost hated to give it away, but I know my B.I.L. will have a great time amusing his friends and gf with the boobies.
The pattern I used was pretty simple, but I did modify it to suit my liking a little more. I will tell you what I did, maybe you would use my modifications as well...First off, the pattern for the pillow base uses dc, but I didn't want the pillow to be so 'holey', so I used hdc instead. For the edging of the pillow I did one round of sc, and then a second round using hdc. For the boobs I did the first 2 rounds in the darker tan color for the areolas and then switched to the lighter tan to finish each boob. And lastly the pattern called for the use of brown latex bottle nipples, but I'm a cheap ass and crocheted super sized nipples using the same darker color tan from the areolas and then attached them separately. They are quite large, but I wanted it to be funny and keep that novelty feel to it.
Here is the pattern Booby Pillow .

The corner looks a little wonky and out of shape, but I had just thrown it on the bed and took a quick pic...

The uber huge nipples...

Thanks for looking, I had a lot of fun with this project! Happy Hooking!

Goodbye Grandma and the Quest for the Purple Hook

Hello everyone, sorry to be gone for almost an entire month eeek!! I hope everyone had a great holiday season.  Happy New Year to you, I'm sure 2010 will be much better for everyone.  Sooooo awhile back I had posted about my paternal grandmother who gave me some of her knitting needles and yarn, etc.  Well, unfortunately she ended up passing away on December 15.  She had fallen ill in autumn, and was later diagnosed with liver failure and pancreatic cancer.  She couldn't eat or drink anything.  She was starving to death I'm sure.My father and my oldest daughter (who is almost 3) and I were planning on making the 5 hour trip to see her and then the amount of snow they had gotten all of a sudden stopped us from going.  This was on Saturday the 12th.  Later that night she had suffered a stroke.  Sunday afternoon we left to go up and see her.  We went on Monday morning to visit with her for a few hours.  It was so hard to see her so weak, she had always been such a strong woman, so full of life.  Later that night she had a heart attack and died in her sleep.  It makes me happy to know that she is in peace, and with my grandfather again, but I will miss her terribly.  I'm glad that I can share her love for yarn crafts and cooking and santa claus :o)
For the past two months I have been trying to find a Boye size H hook.  The purple one!  It has to be the easiest thing to find.  It was at Walmart, Zellers, and a few other stores around here.  But as soon as I go to actually buy the stupid thing, it is no where to be found.  And of course I never know when I'll be going to the city to visit Michaels's.  So when my grandmother passed what does my wonderful cousin find in her side table drawer?  The purple hook that I have been looking for for so long.  She left it for me.  I have many size H hooks, I have hooks in every size.  But I wanted to start my Boye collection for their wonderful colors, you know what you're grabbing without having to search on the shaft for the sizes.  I couldn't believe that she had it there just waiting for me.  She was so happy that I crochet, that someone else loved the craft as much as she did.  And now that purple hook is so much more special to me.  I will have it forever, and I've already been using it a lot.  Thank you Gramma, I love you!

Let it Snow!

Well, as I promised myself a few weeks ago, I have finished the booby pillow thank frickn god!!!!!  Actually, I still have to stuff the 'boobs' and attach them to the pillow form.  But before I can do that I have to find some brown latex baby bottle nipples.  Hahaha boobs...I'm sure my B.I.L. will love it :) I will post pics as soon as the finishing touches are complete.
Snow? Snow you say?  It has snowed here a few times now, but none of it has stayed. I'm making my bestest friend some snowflakes for her pretty Xmas tree.  I have two done, and I plan on making at least 4 more with different patterns, no two snowflakes are alike after all.  I haven't starched these two yet but was itching to post something, so here they are in all their glory.

Chain Loop Snowflake, this one is my fave so far, its just so pretty!


And here is the Open Loop Snowflake

The pattern is here Snowflakes
Happy Holidays!

Star Stuffie

Last night I finished up my very own Star Stuffie for my youngest daughter. I embroidered a little face on one side and she just loves staring at it. She's nine months old so I couldn't use buttons or beads that could be chewed or pulled off. I think it is so cute, it worked up really fast and the pattern was very easy to follow.

The pattern is courtesy of April Draven's Star Stuffie . She has lots of other great patterns on her blog too, check it out!

Gingerbread Man

Happy December to everyone! I love December, not because of Christmas and all of the holiday spirit. My birthday is in a few days! I also love how beautiful freshly fallen snow looks as it clings to evergreens and hugs the edges of your windowsills. Christmas is also great, not because of presents (don't get me wrong, I love presents!), but it brings families together, and mostly everyone is in a good mood. Mostly. We all have at least one Scrooge or Grinch in the family! On today's post topic, I made my oldest daughter this cute little Gingerbread Man Amigurumi. The pattern is available for free here, Gleeful Gingerbread Man . It was super easy to make, and my daughter loves him! I did change a few details to suit my own liking. And also I didn't have a lighter shade of brown, so it can be a difficult to see his little eyes. So I have a close up pic so you can see his face better. I apologize in advance for the not so great photography, I have horrible lighting in my house, and sometimes the pics are great, sometimes they are terrible so please bear with me!!!