Calliope & Gary

[kusine]

Meet Calliope (the pink one) and Gary (the kumquat):

http://www.kusine.com/images/hooking/amigurumi/amigurumi1&2.jpg


They're from a Japanese crochet book (http://www.kusine.com/thotspot/2005/06/do-you-speak-japanese.htm) I got last week. Our internet was down all weekend, so I had plenty of time to figure out the charts and diagrams. I still couldn't figure everything out, but I thinkg I got close!

(I don't know why it won't display the photo in the post. Sorry!)

[crochetfun]

Wow, they are great.

:clap I love amigurumi. (have not tried yet).

[fran]

How cute! Nice job.

[sem464]

Tooo Cute!

[Terri/LadySorce]

Cute and VERY colorful :D

[crochetedmonkey]

Very cool looking!

Crocheted Monkey :cheer

[CraftyChristine]

They're so cute!

[Chiscrochetcrazy]

OOh I love them :manyheart They're so bright and colorful :) Where did you get the patterns? I love making things like that.

Ok duh I reread your post and saw the books how fun are those I don't even care that I can't read japanese I like them just for the pictures so cool.

[Chatty]

My mom has 2 Japanese thread books that I really want when she passes on. She's had them since I was a little girl and they have the most gorgeous doilies and stuff in them. The charts aren't really that difficult but I guess it depends on the person looking at them :wink

Your thingys are really cute :yay

:frog

[Katxena]

Those are fantastic! What wonderful friends to have around!

[ellebee]

Wow really neat! You are brave to get a foreign language pattern book!!:)

[bythehook]

Cute!

[Kimberly]

Both of your little folk are great! Very cute and way to go on reading the japanese book/charts!! And to think that I've been hemming and hawing on buying a french book....at least the characters are the same!

[kusine]

Thanks, everyone! Calliope is going to stay with me for the time being, but Gary is now winging his way to a new home that will hopefully appreciate a shifty-eyed kumquat. I didn't want him around to be a bad influence on the dogs. :)

I had a lot of fun playing with the pattern book - so much that I bought another! If nothing else, they are wonderful to just look at - the photography is fun and absolutely beautiful!

(And the eBay seller (http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZcharmingbabe) that I got them from has some of the most wonderful craft books ever. I need to be strong! The dog (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=268&item=6963544977&rd=1) outfit ones ... OMG. My dogs would kill me! :D )

[Chiscrochetcrazy]

Jessica You naughty girl :lol You have tempted me so much I want those books sooo bad :heart Hmm my birthday is in August maybe I can get a couple then :P I saw the dog outfit one too ooh so much tempation :shop Dressing dogs in outfits and making crocheted toys :heart :manyheart :heart

[rebeccav]

how fun! great little creatures:bounce

[lauravee]

Those look so fun!

[tezen]

wow that yarn is fantastic lol.. Very cute critters.:clap

[Ally]

Those are just adorable! Great Job!

[faithpa76]

Those are great! I hadn't seem them before, those colors are fabulous.