Andy the Alien

Andy the Alien, originally uploaded by happythoughts80.

I finally finished Andy the Alien, who I started over Christmas following a pattern in Nikki Trench's 'Super-Cute Crochet'.

At first I was a bit disappointed because mine didn’t turn out much like the photo in the book! I couldn’t get the hook into the right places to do the hair, so I crocheted it directly onto the head and worked the slip stitches into one loop only. I attached the legs and eyes in kind of the wrong places.

But he's grown on me, and I actually quite like him now. The legs in the wrong place help him to sit up better. And he certainly looks odd, which I guess is what an alien should look like!!

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Christmas 2009

I came back to my parents' for Christmas. It was the first time I've driven that far on my own (ended up being a 5 1/2 hour drive), but the drive wasn't as stressful as I imagined. Christmas day was the usual lovely late lunch (but lamb this year instead of turkey), flurry of presents and a scattering of games (this year, Bingo and a pub quiz). Boxing day involved lots of leftovers, and then yesterday we took Grandad out for lunch.

I've spent most of the afternoons crocheting, following patterns in a gorgeous book: Super-Cute Crochet (by Nikki Trench), which Andy bought me for Christmas. So far I've made a Buff-Orpington Baby Chick, a hatching egg (with a tutu) and the legs and body of Andy the Alien.

There's loads more cute animals in this book that I want to make, including Sparkles the Snowman, Rebecca Bear, Ned the Naughty Old Goat, Pickle the Puppy, Melody the Kitten, a family of sugar mice, Shakira the Baby Elephant, Kimmie the Koala Bear and Dave the Dolphin.  There are pictures of quite a few of the animals on Ravelry.  Some of the projects are really quick and simple, whereas others are a little more complicated or time consuming.  The book also includes very clear crochet instructions.

I received a new digital camera from my parents, so hopefully there will be more pictures and posts on here soon.  One of my resolutions this year is to finish more craft projects!