Blythe bear hat

My partner has become completely obsessed with Blythe dolls, so I decided to crochet a little bear hat! It's a slightly modified version of this one. Being an amigurumi designer mostly, I'd never done double crochet before, and changed the pattern to use Magic Circles and work in spirals. I've decided that spirals don't work very well for hats, but the rest turned out well! I'm going to make a panda one next.

Sorry that we don't actually have a doll yet to model it!

As for amigurumi, I'm a bit stuck at the moment. I'm having trouble finishing the colour changes for the wren pattern, and although I've bought some yarn for a fox, I'm not sure what sort of look to go for yet. Might have to whip up some prototypes...

トトロはここです (Totoro is here!)

Hurrah! Totoro is now finished, and I have a free pattern for him. He'll be off soon to become someone's Christmas pressie, and it will be sad to see him go. Of course, you can make your own and keep him forever.

Is it just me, or is there a horrible moment in almost every project where you think "Augh, this looks awful!" And then somehow it turns out looking okay at the end? Just part of the process I suppose.

The beginnings of Yule-tide cheer

We went out this morning into the beautiful sunshine and bitter, bone-chilling wind to collect holly! We couldn't find anything else which was Christmassy enough to go on our wreath, but we were happy with how it went anyhow. It just makes me wish we had a nicer front door! Maybe one day...