Amigurumi Taiko No Tatsujin

I play taiko drums.

In our group at school, we are doing Secret Santa. Everyone likes playing a video game called "Taiko No Tatsujin", especially the girl whose name I drew for Secret Santa.

Rather than getting a stuffed animal for her online, I thought it'd be nice to crochet one (amigurumi is the art of making crocheted stuffed animals).

Here's how I made it:

crochet circle

add white border for each taiko face

winking face sewn on

with red body

I cut foam (from making chair cushions) into small pieces for filling

legs

 

<3 Mandy

Personalized Knitted Holiday Stockings

I thought it would be cute to make each of my housemates a Christmas stocking, complete with each of our initials on the ankle of the sock. I chose 2 color schemes of color-changing yarn, and used about one ball of yarn for each sock. The socks are knitted from ankle to toe (using crochet hooks because I still can't find my knitting needles).

 

 

  
 

Morgan, Amanda, Sequoia, Claire

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Cable Knit Ear Warmers

I'm not a huge fan of hats, but it's nice to wear something to keep your ears warm during the winter months. I've wanted to learn how to cable knit for a long time, and I finally figured it out! I actually used 2 crochet hooks instead of knitting needles for all of the projects because I didn't know where my knitting needles were.

using an extra needle to hold the cable

front of cable

back of cable

Using some leftover fall-colored and black yarns, I knitted an ear warmer with a twist at the front (one cable). I wasn't sure how much I liked the color blocking style, and also didn't have enough yarn to make a wider headband.

I also found some leftover soft lavender yarn from another project, so I made another ear warmer with cables along the entire length of headband. My mom really likes the color purple, so I gave it to her.

Using some thick orange spice colored yarn I bought, I made another cable knit ear warmer.

 

Stay snuggly and warm this winter!
<3 Mandy