Buggy Buddies

Here are two little bugs I crocheted for a friend's kids. You've already met the Bee, but now she has a friend. Miss Bee is pretty much an egg shape and Miss Ladybug is a squished ball. They are my own design, which means I pretty much fudged it until I got what I wanted. I think I posted before that Miss Bee's wings are actually a butterfly pattern. For Miss Ladybug's spots, I just used a small hook (G) and made two small circles, then sewed them on. I back-stitched down the middle of her back to delineate for her wings. Their faces are embroidered with floss.

My bugs are small enough for a child's hands and nice and squishy!

Today I'm linking to a new blog I found: "Sugar and Dots"! Isn't that a cute name?

http://www.sugaranddots.com/2011/05/what-i-whipped-up-wednesday-double.html

Crochet Bee!

Here's a little bee I crocheted for a little friend. He goes with the crochet wallet from a few posts back.

I designed him myself. It was easy enough--I just made a sort of egg shape. The wings are actually a butterfly pattern.

I'm still working on a crocheted ladybug. She needs another 'spot' on her back then she'll be done.

Oh, you can't tell, but you could hold Bumblebaby in the palm of your hand.

Yesterday I received two books in the mail: "Crocheted Socks" and " 48-Hour Afghans." I got them via Overstock.com with a gift card I got from cashing in coins at Coinstar. I'm in the middle of other socks but I will start on another pair soon because the ones in the book look awesome. And the 48-hour afghans? When I do one of those I am going to clock myself. We'll see about '48 hours'!