Heffalumps ....

I have a commission from a friend to crochet 2 elephants. She will actually PAY me for it!!! Wow!!! But me being me, I am actually crocheting 4 of them, so she has a choice. Style and colourwise. 3 of them are ready, so I thought I post them. The 4th one is a circus elephant and should be finished by the end of the day. I will add it then. Here are the first three :-)

Sorry about the picture quality. I still have to use my mobile phone to take photographs, and that is very hit and miss. I really do need a decent digital camera, but I can't afford one. (And no, Kittie, I definitely wasn't trying to knick yours LOL).

Favourite Toy

My granddaughter Amira with her favourite Chubby the Fish toy ... made by my fair hands :-)

Damn stars ....

I, too, have been crocheting the celestine 12-point star. The first one was a complete disaster and ended up as a childrens' dragon hat. The 2nd one at least looked like it was supposed to ... sort of:

But me being a Virgo and not liking anything less than perfect - the star is very wobbly to say the least - I had to change the pattern. The yellow star was crocheted as the pattern suggested, from the wide area to the pointy bit, with the next point directly crocheted onto it. And not in continous rounds, which of course gives each point a sort of 'seam'. So I thought, this must be possible in Amigurumi! And it is:

And doesn't it look a lot neater? Unfortunately I forgot to add bells to it inside, so I will have to crochet another one for my 3 1/2 month old granddaughter :-) But I do think these stars with bells or rattles make rather nice kids toys. Don't you??