Monday, May 20, 2013

Lion



There are so many amazingly generous designers out there. I already discussed using Lucy Ravenscar's free monkey pattern. This is her free lion pattern that I added to my jungle. You can find the free pattern here. I just recently finished her frog and I will be adding him to the blog soon, too.

As I mentioned with the monkey in order to get the pattern to work right don't join, work in spirals. I was trying to play with joining to make the colors changes easier and it complicated the structure of the lion. I have another lion and lioness pattern that came in the Crochet a Zoo: Fun Toys for Baby and You that I may experiment with if I have time.



The jungle is coming along nicely. When this project is complete, I am going to have to split my time between Halloween, Christmas presents, and Christmas charity toys. That stuff creeps up so quickly.

If you arrived here looking for free patterns you may be interested in the following blog pages:

Dinosaurs and Dragons

Knit and Crochet Food Patterns Great for Play Food

Hello Kitty

Crochet and Knit Puppets

Crochet Amigurumi Animals and Stuffed Animal Free Patterns

Knit Amigurumi and Stuffed Toys

Crochet and Knit Amigurumi and Other Dolls

Knit and Crochet Toys

Teddy Bear Patterns and Clothes

Halloween Page

Thanksgiving

Christmas

Valentines

Easter

Graduation

Patriotic

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Friday, May 17, 2013

Alligator



If you have been following my blog than you can probably guess that the alligator is part of my Jungle Mat project. I have always been terrified of alligators and crocodiles since my brothers convinced me our very cold brook was full of them and they would creep into the house at night and eat me if I wasn't wary. True love wins and I couldn't make a jungle set without an alligator. While this pattern was not in the original free Joann's pattern, I did find it in A Zoo For You (Leisure Arts #5152) that I have used for several of the other animals in this project.

He was the most challenging of the animals to date, as I had to get his scales on correctly. Even with that challenge, he worked up quickly and despite my dislike of the creatures, he is a great addition to the project.



I got tired of waiting for a library copy to preview and took a chance and ordered Crochet a Zoo: Fun Toys for Baby and You online. It arrived yesterday and I can't wait to try out the baboons and the rangers. (Technically, they are zookeepers, but I am making a jungle, so they will be rangers.) I will post about my results.

If you arrived here looking for free patterns you may be interested in the following blog pages:

Dinosaurs and Dragons

Knit and Crochet Food Patterns Great for Play Food

Hello Kitty

Crochet and Knit Puppets

Crochet Amigurumi Animals and Stuffed Animal Free Patterns

Knit Amigurumi and Stuffed Toys

Crochet and Knit Amigurumi and Other Dolls

Knit and Crochet Toys

Teddy Bear Patterns and Clothes

Halloween Page

Thanksgiving

Christmas

Valentines

Easter

Graduation

Patriotic

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Thursday, May 16, 2013

Monkey



About the time, I started this project, one of my favorite ami designers Lucy Ravenscar started posting some free mini patterns she had made for a school fair. I immediately downloaded the patterns and decided some would be perfect for my project. You can find the free monkey pattern here. I had a slight problem with the ear because I joined to help with the color changes instead of spiraling. I suggest spiraling as it can affect the ear placement since they are not sewn on but crocheted as part of the pattern.

This is a cute, quick, free addition to the jungle project.



If you arrived here looking for free patterns you may be interested in the following blog pages:

Dinosaurs and Dragons

Knit and Crochet Food Patterns Great for Play Food

Hello Kitty

Crochet and Knit Puppets

Crochet Amigurumi Animals and Stuffed Animal Free Patterns

Knit Amigurumi and Stuffed Toys

Crochet and Knit Amigurumi and Other Dolls

Knit and Crochet Toys

Teddy Bear Patterns and Clothes

Halloween Page

Thanksgiving

Christmas

Valentines

Easter

Graduation

Patriotic

Pictures may not be used without permission.




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