Cute Cryptids

 

As I have mentioned before, I have a passion for creating knitted or crocheted toys, and these little mystical creatures are among my favourite past projects!

Little Unicorn

I know what you're thinking. ADORABLE! This little crochet unicorn pattern is designed by Rachel Hoe, of Little Yarn Friends, you can find her on Facebook here-https://www.facebook.com/littleyarnfriends?fref=ts
Her patterns are wonderful, so easy to follow, and so kawaii. I am excited to say Rachel soon has a book coming out, which I am sure will fall into my Amazon basket. I crocheted this using cotton yarn with a slight sparkle, just to give it an extra bit of magic!
The link to this free pattern is here-
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/lil-baby-unicorn

Bigfoot

This fuzzy fellow was knitted using Stylecraft Eskimo novelty yarn, which, to be honest, is not my cup of tea, but it's worth it for the results. SO FLUFFY. The main body I knitted using a pattern from Rebecca Danger's book, 50 Yards of Fun, which is one of my go-to books for quick, fun makes.

I added the simple crocheted face as I couldn't see his eyes peeking through the fuzz. It gives him a cheeky, sweet look I think. You wouldn't mind bumping into this yeti in the forest.

Loch Ness Monster

 

 

My lovely twin sister is a tour guide, and when she asked me to join her on a weekend tour of Scotland, I decided to make her this Nessie as a gift. It has been a dream of mine to visit Loch Ness and we were lucky enough to go on a cruise along the loch. I was hoping the real Nessie might pop out her head and meet her wooly counterpart, but no such luck!

The yarn I used is special as it was hand dyed by my talented friend Rachel, in hues of muted greens and purples. So beautiful! The link to the free pattern is here-

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/nessie-4

 

Baby Dragon



 

This fabulous little dragon has to be one of my absolute favourite completed projects. He is even more handsome in real life. My daughter Lilly asked for some bizarre items for her 7th birthday, including Tunnocks Tea cakes, a bug preserved in amber, a flying carpet, and a baby dragon. Ah, I thought, now that I can do. A quick search on Ravelry (what would I do without that revered website?!) and I discovered this amazing pattern, by Vanja Grundmann.

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/baby-dragon-8

I crocheted this using Cascade 220 pure wool yarn, which comes in over 200 colours, and is also great for felting.

I will be making more of these dragons I am sure, they are irresistible!

 

I have a few more magical monster projects which I will share with you on a future post, including a Hippogriff which I designed myself, and an awesome cuddly Cthulhu!

 

Coming soon

Just a footnote to tell you what I am working on at the moment. Knitting wise, I am still making my rainbow drop stitch scarf. I hope to also sew a few tote bags over the weekend on good old Florence.

I recently completed a course on Writing Children's Fiction, and it has fired me up to push on and send my first completed book off to an agent specialising in Children's fiction. I am in the process of polishing the work up before I click send very soon! Please keep your fingers, toes, eyeballs and any other appendages crossed for me.

I hope, but won't promise, as I am as fickle as an autumn leaf, to publish a short Halloween story on here for you to read. I feel this will help me get over my nerves at throwing my work out into the world!

 

Till next time, Donna x