Night Furry Softie Tutorial

My kids love dragons. Don't we all? For Christmas this year I wanted to give my son a Night Furry. So, I went about looking for images to make my own and came across a free tutorial at Mostly Nerdy Crochet. I love free, and that also means less work for me to design something from scratch. It is a very simple pattern to follow and work with.

Of course, I did modify the pattern a bit. I moved the wings to the side rather than both coming out of the back like a dragonfly. I dragon rider has to sit somewhere. I also added the prosthetic tail fin, used vinyl for the toes and enlarged it by quite a bit. I added some extra spines like the one from the movie.

Next time, I'd make it much bigger. But this one is just the right snuggle size for an almost 3-year old boy.

The Toy Society

My First Submission for the Toy Society. This was a toy I made from a class drawing. I made a few too many. I love this Idea. Giving away your work. Especially if you Just can't help but make more than you  know what to do with.
I planned on leaving him in the children's section at the library, but I forgot him when I went. So he got left in a tree outside Ikea, in the family parking. Hope he goes to a good home.

Thanks Maria for giving him a good home!

Shaun the Sheep Crochet Pattern

I saw this pattern by Linda Smith and had to make it for my nephew. However I could not find the Patons Fairytale velvet, plus it just didn't look quite like wool to me. So I went with the Melody quick and cozy, I wanted the entire thing to be able to be washed and withstand a 2 1/2 year old at play.
Well because I used a bulkier yarn I had to modify the pattern, the original consists of four pages. Page two I replaced and added the rest of the head modification from page four.

Nine

Nine

Tree Spirit

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