Posted by I have been very productive with two more Brenda Ballerinas; a commission for a friend.
I wouldn’t normally accept a commission like this. We all know how many hours of crochet can go in to one of these. The cost, if I were to include for an hourly rate, would be prohibitive!
But this is for a very special friend, the one who took my wedding photographs. They are for her two nieces, for Christmas, at strictly ‘mate’s rates’.
Don’t you think the body pieces look a little macabre laid out like this?
I shall leave the sewing together for a snuggly Sunday afternoon.
Meanwhile I have taken up with this fella.
A Christmas gift for my cousin’s son.
It is a pdf pattern in Spanish by conadeartesania that I’m slowly translating. I’ve crocheted enough of these amigurumi by now, that I can see the general gist of the pattern fairly easily.
And I’ve had a request for a crested gecko.
I kid you not.
Love, Lucie xx
Love, Lucie 
A Crested Gecko?! Surely that is the most bizarre thing you’ve had to make to date?
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This will be my second gecko but my first was not crested and it had a pattern! https://lovelucie1.wordpress.com/2013/08/12/crochet-gecko-2/
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Dog looks cute! You are really getting very productive with all your amigarumi.
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That’s Christmas for you! Along with setting yourself a huge task last 🙂
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They are all fabulous. I really must have a try myself. What would you recommend for a first try?
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I would recommend an Amineko cat.
https://lovelucie1.wordpress.com/2014/08/08/amineko-cat/
It’s a free pattern and fairly small so you won’t get bored or despondent!
You need a 3 ply or sock weight yarn. Always use a smaller hook than your yarn recommends to keep your stitches tight and uniform. And keep counting those stitches!
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They’re all fab!
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Thanks !
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Looks like you and me both are making mice! The dog looks really sweet, and I shall look forward to seeing the crested gecko.
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I too shall look forward to the crested gecko! I’ve a couple of patterns that I’ll mash together and hopefully end up with something like.
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such beautiful crochet, I love seeing all the component parts together x
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Thank you very much. It keeps my fingers busy – and out of the biscuit tin.
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Yes, the pieces do look rather macabre laid out like that. The heads actually look like complete mice on their own – did you notice that?
Who are all these people requesting amigurumi creatures? Are you sure they are really related to you/proper friends? I think they are grooming you for your crochet produce. I certainly would and, anyway, I think I am a second cousin, once removed, of your husband’s uncle’s stepdaughter.
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I will have to check my family tree. It is not a connection I recollect.
As for my friends, I think they are genuine but then I’m easily swayed/led by flattery.
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Look forward to the finished ballerinas – the bits laid out like that are a tad creepy! I love the dog and am VERY curious as to how you do a crested gecko!
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I shall of course share the crested gecko story once I have come up with a plan. I have a couple of patterns that I’m going to mash. Crocheting something like this without a pattern to follow will be a first for me.
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They are going to be so adored. You have been working hard. Jo x
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Yes, I’m sure they are going to good homes but I shall miss the little growing menagerie!
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Oh the dog is so cute 🙂 Good luck with the crested geko.
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The dog is so simple. I am working my way up to the gecko!
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These are great! Love the cat – I saw a row of cats like this sitting on a washing line in Italy last summer!
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Crocheted cats on a washing line?
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Yes, they were rather cute … All sitting in a line and wish I’d brought one back with me as a souvenir! I took a photo of them 🙂
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