Spencer the Christmas Spider Crocheted Ornament Week 3 Crochet-a-long

Spencer the Spider is a favorite in our family, so it's only fitting and proper that we invite him to adorn our whimsical tree this year!  Isn't he adorable all decked out in his Christmas apparel?

You can find the pattern for Spencer here, 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/198060446/spencer-the-spider-and-friends-amigurumi?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=spencer%20the%20spider&ref=sr_gallery-1-1

Moji-Moji Designs is one of my favorite places to get awesome patterns.  They always come up with the cutest things!  This pattern contains instructions for spiders in 2 different sizes as well as a web.  The bonus here is that Spencer can be made for any holiday, and he especially loves Halloween!

I think this little guy is going to look delightful swinging from one of our tree branches.  The kids are going to love him!

So head on over to Etsy and snag this pattern and get to work, although he's so much fun to make that you can't really call it 'work'.

Blessings!
Reny

Christmas Ornament Crochet-a-long Week 2 Little White Swan

While rummaging through my yarn stash a few days ago, I spotted a small ball of leftover sparkly white acrylic.  I made a mental note to use that for either snowflakes or stars for my tree this year.

But when I spied this little white swan on Pinterest I immediately knew that this is what that remnant of yarn was meant for!

Here is the link for the free pattern!       http://littlegreen.typepad.com/romansock/

This little bird works up fairly quickly.  I had the body and neck finished within an hour.  However, I ran into some serious frustration with the wings and ended up 'winging' it so to speak as I just could not figure out the pattern.  It's probably my own fault since a diagram of the stitches was included as well as the written instructions and pictures.  I have never been good at reading and understanding diagrams.  So I do not fault the pattern.  But I was still able to make the wings look OK.   

I think this little swan will look fantastic on my whimsy tree, especially when the lights hit the sparkles.

I would love to know what you think of this little swan and if you are taking part in my little crochet-a-long Christmas ornament  project.

Blessings!
Reny

Sleeping Apple Worm, Week 1 Crocheted Christmas Ornament

After struggling with the sizing of this little guy, he actually worked up fairly well!   I did make a few simple changes here and there to the pattern, but left the main points intact.  I found the leaf and the edging to be a bit tedious, so I improvised on those.  My little worn only has 2 arms rather than the 4 on the pattern.   And the entire project is still a bit larger than I had hoped, but remaking it smaller is not going to happen right now.  If I make this pattern again, I will definitely choose a thinner thread for a smaller result.

All in all I think he turned out quite adorable and a fitting 'first' in this crochet-a-long,   Now to choose next weeks ornament.  Any suggestions?

Blessings!

Reny