a mouse made of twine.....

Our little dog loves cat toys!

so last night I hooked him up this super easy little mouse :)

I love that it has little ears.

This is such a great little pattern,  the tail is the first thing you make and then the body is worked at the end of the tail, the ears are made in the round so nothing is sewn on afterwards - less things for my dog to chew off ;)

I used some 100% cotton twine from the stationary section at Big W.

and a 4mm hook.

I stuffed it with toyfil and also put an eraser inside so that he had something a little more solid to chew that wouldn't hurt his teeth it also adds some weight to the mouse, which I think he likes also.

the pattern can be found on Ravelry Here

ps...sorry for the bad photo, I made it in the evening and we couldn't wait for daylight to take a photo of it before giving it to him....So a night time photo was snapped before it was chewed on ;)

have a great day

~ Gillian ♥



Dodecahedron Thingymabob......

I've been busy crocheting Granny Squares over the past month or so

and decided I needed something a little more dimensional for a change this week.....

and crochet doesn't get much more dimensional than this ;)

The pattern is called Dodecahedron Thingymabob, which makes me smile :)
and anything Mathematical is always going to find a home at our place, its being tossed around our lounge room as I type..lol!

Pattern is available on Ravelry

The pattern is Excellent! with lots of photos & well written. 

This was loads of fun to make, quite easy once you have made a couple of points and ss them together.

I decided to put 6mm black safety eyes in the end of each point to add a little something ‘extra’ :)

I also filled the points with plastic pellets (the type used in softies) then toyfil…and added a cat toy to the centre to give it some noise.

The plastic pellets give this a wonderful weight and makes it spin through the air as it is thrown (just make sure that your crochet is tight so the pellets don't come out).

(Hold the Thingymabob cupped in one hand and flick a point with your middle finger as you throw up into the air & it and it spins...very cool!)

It would of course make a lovely baby present for a new baby boy

(they are often hard to make something for)  maybe in sweet greens & blues, I think I will be making more of these in the near future.

Hope you are all having a lovely week!

Gillian  ♥

a little spring bunny......

 My niece found this cute bunny pattern online and asked if I could make it for her, isn't it adorable! 

 It took a little longer than I thought it would, mostly because it was a little fiddly using such a small hook.

 But I'm so glad she found the pattern for me, and I'm glad I finally finished it, in time for her birthday...

Happy Birthday MJ x

Pattern can be found on the

Craftzine Blog and on Ravelry

I used Panda Cotton Blend 8ply (purchased at Lincraft)

& a 2.5mm hook.

Thank you all for your lovely blog comments, we have been away for a few days and it was so lovely to return and read them all x

Have a lovely week

Gillian  ♥

Amineko......

Meet Amineko

Such a fun project!  I made this Amineko for Georgia using the book

Hello my name is Amineko by Nekoyama

I purchased the book a while ago but other projects needed to be finished before I could start this little cat.  It didn't stop this from being a much read book in our home in the meantime, The book so adorable as it has so many cute photos of different Aminekos having lots of fun adventures :)

So after reading this book for months

 and wishing and hoping for her very own Amineko,

Georgia finally has one! 

If you are wondering what the name Amineko means it is
'Crochet Cat' in Japanese.

I used Sullivans Coton-a (purchased at Lincraft) & 3.25mm hook the pattern is easy enough to work from if you have made anything in amigurumi before.

I hope you are all having a lovely weekend

we are 1/3 of our way through our Annual leave,

can't believe how quickly the time is flying!

the children started 2 weeks of school holidays on Friday,

so we are looking forward to a few small trips!

~ Gillian

Kirby.....

Our home is no stranger to the world gaming
and one of the cutest characters has to be Kirby!

I'm still a beginner at amigurmi and was quite unsure when it was suggested it would be awesome if I could make this little guy.....
closely followed by
"and mum, if you do make him....
do you think you could PLEASE make the Mario hat for him as well"?
Well whats a mum to do? :)
You have to admit he does look very cute in Mario's hat!
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A Big thank you to Emjay Bailey for sharing this fabulous pattern it was very easy to follow for a beginner! I had not done INVDEC until making this pattern, but thanks to Emjay having a great tutorial on her youtube channel (there is a link to it on her blog where the pattern is)
I quickly learnt how to do it :)

You can find the pattern on
Ravelry and on Emjay's blog Nerdigurumi
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~ Gillian ♥