Amigurumi Lion Plush

This is a tiny plush lion that I designed and crocheted from acrylic yarn.

Personal pattern not available.

Knitted Duck Plush

This is a design for a knitted duck plush that I created in December 2007, loosely based on a Lion Brand pattern whose body shape was achieved by folding a knitted square corner to corner to create a triangle. This pattern is available for free on Ravelry.

Gribblies

What in the world is a “gribbly” you ask?

from urbandictionary.com:
Gribbly/Gribblies:
“In gaming, an enemy/monster that is small and/or insignificant, and usually serves no purpose other than to irritate the gamer/opponent.”

and

“In tabletop gaming, a small annoying monster that does little more than irritate.”

So these are just tiny little insignificant creatures hiding in nooks and crannies that will do little more than just irritate you if they cross your path. They like to pester and annoy whomever they come in contact with, and I like to believe that gribblies are to blame for all of those little irritating setbacks in your typical day. Having a bad day? Blame it on the gribblies!

These are two creations I designed and knit in March 2008. They stand about an inch and a half tall, with the bunny a little taller than the frog due to its long ears.

The Scrabble Pillow

My mother-in-law loves Scrabble, so one year for Mother’s Day, my husband and I created this fantastic Scrabble pillow with tiles that spelled out “Happy Mother’s Day” for her. Partially machine and hand sewn. Funky fur fabric lines the back, and the front is made from felt. Approximately 15″ x 15″.

Plush Stapler

A plush stapler may seem a bit odd, but as a gift it went over very well. Plush stapler pattern designed by me. Made from felt and hand sewed.

Zombies?!

These are hand painted plush zombies that I made based on (with permission) the fantastic zombie plush design of the awesomely talented Dennis Hansbury in March 2007. The two larger zombies (Edgar Thomas and Velma June, pictured above) were created as a gift for a good friend who loves zombies. The smaller zombie was a test. The zombies were stuffed and both machine and hand sewn first, and features were painted on afterwards.

Bernard Moo Cow Plush

This is a cute baby cow plush I designed a few years ago. He is named Bernard Moo, which just seems to fit. Made from fleece and felt and hand sewn. Stuffed with polyfill and love.

Personal pattern not available.

Stuffiepups

Stuffiepups are an original design of mine from August 2007. They’ve gone through a few changes as I tweaked the rough draft pattern, but I’m finally happy with the creation. Made from felt and partially machine and hand sewn. Stuffed with polyfill and fun.

Just Ducky!

Photo copyright to Jill D'Aubery

I love, love LOVE when people send me emails, showing off things they’ve knitted from a pattern or made from a tutorial of mine. This week I got a lovely email from Jill D’Aubery who made her own version of my knitted duck plush, [on ravelry as well] making some fabulous adjustments to the wings and beak to suit. She even added a tie! The changes and resulting duck is simply FANTASTIC and Jill has given me permission to share her pattern changes with all of you so that you can follow her method on your own ducks. But first, the back story. Jill writes,

“My brother-in-law, who is in his 60s, is in love with rubber duckies.  For years now I have knitted something for his wife, but never for him…until I saw your pattern!  I had seen the Lion Brand pattern and felt exactly the same way you did about it.  So I tried your pattern and made a couple of changes and the result is in the attachment.  It’s adorable!!!  I gave the ducky a tie since it’s for a guy and I knitted the tie out of silk embroidery floss with a #1 needle…very difficult but very wonderful.”

“The changes I made were to the wings and beak.  I did the wings lengthwise and bound off tightly which give them a little scalloped effect. 

Photo copyright to Jill D'Aubery

Wings
Cast on 14 st. 
Knit every row for 10 rows or so…until the wing is the size you want.
Bind off tightly.
Attach to the body at the bound off end/side. 

The Beak
Cast on 7 st.
Knit in Stockingknit stitch (knit on right side, purl on wrong side) for 6 rows,
k 2tog on each side, purl one row, add 1 stitch on each side and continue for 5 more rows. 
Bind off.
Attach to body from the slightly narrow middle with the smooth side on the outside.
The beak curls nicely and opens just like a ducky beak!  Of course, you can make the beak larger or smaller as you wish.  Also, I attached the feet on the narrow end so that they sort of flare out like a duck foot does.”

Picture copyright to Jill D'Aubery

Now don’t you agree, the result is fantastic? Jill’s ducky rocks my socks off, and when I first read her email and saw the little knitted tie on her ducky, I squealed aloud. SO cute. Great job, Jill, and thank you so much for sharing your pattern with us!

Around here it’s almost time for a long weekend, so hope you all have a great weekend. I’ll be back to update you on our Father’s Day sock progress soon!