Crochet Chemistry Set!

A few months ago, my cousin asked if I could make something like this.  I said I could, but didn't commit to making it so I could whip up a set and send it to her as a surprise birthday present.  I went back to the original photo a few weeks ago to search for the pattern, but the creator is not sharing/selling it.  Next, I checked out Ravelry and found free patterns for an Erlenmeyer flask and a flat bottom boiling flask.  After working those two up, I used trial and error to create a beaker, graduated cylinder, test tubes, Bunsen burner, and coil.  The scale of the pieces is definitely off, but they're cute nonetheless.

A Birthday Foodaganza!

I celebrated my birthday with some friends this weekend.  There was much fun and food had by all.  Here's to another year of me!

Felix the Cat!

I wanted to make a birthday gift for a friend's little boy who is named Felix... what'd be more appropriate than a Felix the cat?  Unfortunately, I could only find one (paid) pattern and it didn't appeal to me.  So what did I do?  Hack together my own Felix pattern, of course.  Here are the results:

I used a body/head/arms/legs combo from a previous project I really liked then worked up all the details (white parts, eyes, nose, ears, tail) on my own.  I'm not wholly pleased with my work, but this looks at least as good as the paid pattern on Ravelry in my opinion.  With every project I complete, my amigurumi skills get a little bit better.  Perhaps that means one day I'll be really great at cobbling together my own patterns.

I'm Mr. Meeseeks. Look at me!

This week I made a Mr. Meeseeks from one of my favorite animated shows, Rick and Morty, as a really belated birthday gift for a friend.  I used this pattern by Kelley Freeman and thought it'd work up quickly and easily.  Unfortunately, there were quite a few errors so I did my best to correct them (all changes can be found on my project page on Ravelry).

This also marks the first time I've used poly pellets in a project.  Thankfully, I realized the pellets were small enough to fall through the spaces in my crochet and bought tulle to enclose them to avoid a mess.  I also learned that I should put my tulle sachet of poly pellets into whatever I'm working on as I crochet instead of waiting until the piece is done.  Live and learn, right?

Overall, Mr. Meeseeks turned out to be pretty cute... but I don't think I'd make another.