Simply Pom Poms*

It was just a couple of days ago when hundreds of thousands of Vancouverites looked up into the sky to find nothing but bits of snow falling down onto the city once again during the end of February.

My parents frowned at the sight of the snow and started digging up for shovels in our garage the very next day when it finally stopped snowing. Luckily, I managed to make some use of the white scenery before it was all gone! =)




I haven't been crocheting any new projects lately due to school assignments and midterms, and Kappa (green doll at the back) was one of the few finished projects that I had at home which has not yet been posted on my blog ~ The scene looked rather plain with just Kappa in it, so I quickly made a couple of little creatures to brighten up the picture by using the fastest and easiest way possible... POM POMS!!




Close-up of pom poms ~ I name it Toffee at the front and... simply Beluga at the back. :P




Meet Misty (front) and Hawker (back) ~






There's nothing like riding on a snow sleigh during the end of winter ~




Hope everyone's enjoying their last bit of winter!  Because I know I am. =)

For more photos of my pom poms, visit my PomPoms set on Flickr!

Simply Pom Poms*

It was just a couple of days ago when hundreds of thousands of Vancouverites looked up into the sky to find nothing but bits of snow falling down onto the city once again during the end of February.

My parents frowned at the sight of the snow and started digging up for shovels in our garage the very next day when it finally stopped snowing. Luckily, I managed to make some use of the white scenery before it was all gone! =)




I haven't been crocheting any new projects lately due to school assignments and midterms, and Kappa (green doll at the back) was one of the few finished projects that I had at home which has not yet been posted on my blog ~ The scene looked rather plain with just Kappa in it, so I quickly made a couple of little creatures to brighten up the picture by using the fastest and easiest way possible... POM POMS!!




Close-up of pom poms ~ I name it Toffee at the front and... simply Beluga at the back. :P




Meet Misty (front) and Hawker (back) ~






There's nothing like riding on a snow sleigh during the end of winter ~




Hope everyone's enjoying their last bit of winter!  Because I know I am. =)

For more photos of my pom poms, visit my PomPoms set on Flickr!

A Rainy Christmas 2010

"Last Christmas, I gave you my heart..."




I was hoping it would be a white Christmas this year since the news had earlier reported that winter 2010 would be the coldest winter in the past 50 years.  However, according to the weather report for the past few days, this year's Christmas would not be a white one, but would be a rainy one instead.  And so this morning, I woke up, opened up my window blinds and found that indeed the weather report was correct... the day started off with a wet, dull morning.

On the other hand, the malls and streets outside have been filled with warm Christmas music, making me feel the joy in air without needing to see any snow on the ground!  To decorate my house for the annual Christmas party held at my house, I decided to crochet a music band and put it next to our fire place (see photo above).

Here are some photos of the band members:





Domo was featured earlier under a previous post.  I wanted it to be part of the band just because the position of its hands seemed perfect for playing the drums. =P  I gave it an extra Christmas hat to give it some more of a Christmasy theme ~ 





Kronos the bear was made using a similar pattern as my Mochi bear featured in another post of mine.  The design of the scarf was inspired by a scarf that I saw being sold at Banana Republic~ (their scarf was much prettier of course!)





Tami is the one with the big heart on its tummy.  It's supposed to be a squirrel. =)

For more photos of my Christmas band, visit my Christmas Band set on Flickr!

Merry Christmas everyone!! :)

A Rainy Christmas 2010

"Last Christmas, I gave you my heart..."




I was hoping it would be a white Christmas this year since the news had earlier reported that winter 2010 would be the coldest winter in the past 50 years.  However, according to the weather report for the past few days, this year's Christmas would not be a white one, but would be a rainy one instead.  And so this morning, I woke up, opened up my window blinds and found that indeed the weather report was correct... the day started off with a wet, dull morning.

On the other hand, the malls and streets outside have been filled with warm Christmas music, making me feel the joy in air without needing to see any snow on the ground!  To decorate my house for the annual Christmas party held at my house, I decided to crochet a music band and put it next to our fire place (see photo above).

Here are some photos of the band members:





Domo was featured earlier under a previous post.  I wanted it to be part of the band just because the position of its hands seemed perfect for playing the drums. =P  I gave it an extra Christmas hat to give it some more of a Christmasy theme ~ 





Kronos the bear was made using a similar pattern as my Mochi bear featured in another post of mine.  The design of the scarf was inspired by a scarf that I saw being sold at Banana Republic~ (their scarf was much prettier of course!)





Tami is the one with the big heart on its tummy.  It's supposed to be a squirrel. =)

For more photos of my Christmas band, visit my Christmas Band set on Flickr!

Merry Christmas everyone!! :)

Mochi Bear

Mochi: The sight of a white winter is dazzling.




But it's dampening when you're waiting for a bus in the cold...




Especially when it's snowing this hard.

Winter's approaching.  I hope everyone is dressed accordingly to the weather! =)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Here's the pattern I used for Mochi:

Head:
Rnd1: 6sc magic ring [6]
Rnd2: 2sc in each sc [12]
Rnd3: sc in next sc, 2sc in next sc. Repeat. [18]
Rnd4: sc in next 2 sc, 2sc in next sc. Repeat. [24]
Rnd5: sc in next 3 sc, 2sc in next sc. Repeat. [30]
Rnd6: sc in next 4 sc, 2sc in next sc. Repeat. [36]
Rnd7: sc in next 5 sc, 2sc in next sc. Repeat. [42]
Rnd8-10: sc in each sc [42]
Rnd11: sc in next 5 sc, sc2tog. Repeat. [36]
Rnd12: sc in next 4 sc, sc2tog. Repeat. [30]
Rnd13: sc in next 3 sc, sc2tog. Repeat. [24]
Rnd14: sc in next 2 sc, sc2tog. Repeat. [18]
Rnd15: sc in next sc, sc2tog. Repeat. Sl st/fasten off. [6]

Body:
Rnd1: 6sc magic ring [6]
Rnd2: 2sc in each sc [12]
Rnd3-9: sc in each sc [12]
Sl st. Fasten off.

Ears (covered by the hat in the pictures):
Rnd1: 6sc magic ring [6]
Rnd2: 2sc in each sc [12]
Rnd3: sc in next sc, 2sc in next sc. Repeat [18]
Rnd4-5: sc in each sc [18]

Hands:
Rnd1: 6sc magic ring [6]
Rnd2: sc in next 2 sc, 2sc in next sc. Repeat. [8]
Rnd3: sc in each sc [8]
Rnd4: sc in next 2 sc, sc2tog. Repeat. [6]
Rnd5: sc in each sc [6]
Rnd6: sc in next sc, sc2tog. Repeat. [4]

Feet:
Rnd1: 3 ch [3]
Rnd2: sc in each sc around the 3 ch in a circle [8]
Rnd3: 2sc in next sc, sc in next sc, 2sc in next 2sc. Repeat [14]
Rnd4: sc in each sc [14]
Rnd5: sc in next 2 sc, sc2tog in next 3 sc, sc in next 2 sc [8]
Rnd6-7: sc in each sc [8]
Rnd8: sc in next 2 sc, sc2tog. Repeat [6]
Rnd9: sc in each sc [6]

I tried to write down the pattern I used as I crocheted Mochi.  However there might be some errors in the pattern as I made quite a few un-do's and re-do's during the process.  Hope there aren't a lot of problems in the pattern!

For more photos of Mochi, visit my Mochi set on Flickr!

Mochi Bear

Mochi: The sight of a white winter is dazzling.




But it's dampening when you're waiting for a bus in the cold...




Especially when it's snowing this hard.

Winter's approaching.  I hope everyone is dressed accordingly to the weather! =)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Here's the pattern I used for Mochi:

Head:
Rnd1: 6sc magic ring [6]
Rnd2: 2sc in each sc [12]
Rnd3: sc in next sc, 2sc in next sc. Repeat. [18]
Rnd4: sc in next 2 sc, 2sc in next sc. Repeat. [24]
Rnd5: sc in next 3 sc, 2sc in next sc. Repeat. [30]
Rnd6: sc in next 4 sc, 2sc in next sc. Repeat. [36]
Rnd7: sc in next 5 sc, 2sc in next sc. Repeat. [42]
Rnd8-10: sc in each sc [42]
Rnd11: sc in next 5 sc, sc2tog. Repeat. [36]
Rnd12: sc in next 4 sc, sc2tog. Repeat. [30]
Rnd13: sc in next 3 sc, sc2tog. Repeat. [24]
Rnd14: sc in next 2 sc, sc2tog. Repeat. [18]
Rnd15: sc in next sc, sc2tog. Repeat. Sl st/fasten off. [6]

Body:
Rnd1: 6sc magic ring [6]
Rnd2: 2sc in each sc [12]
Rnd3-9: sc in each sc [12]
Sl st. Fasten off.

Ears (covered by the hat in the pictures):
Rnd1: 6sc magic ring [6]
Rnd2: 2sc in each sc [12]
Rnd3: sc in next sc, 2sc in next sc. Repeat [18]
Rnd4-5: sc in each sc [18]

Hands:
Rnd1: 6sc magic ring [6]
Rnd2: sc in next 2 sc, 2sc in next sc. Repeat. [8]
Rnd3: sc in each sc [8]
Rnd4: sc in next 2 sc, sc2tog. Repeat. [6]
Rnd5: sc in each sc [6]
Rnd6: sc in next sc, sc2tog. Repeat. [4]

Feet:
Rnd1: 3 ch [3]
Rnd2: sc in each sc around the 3 ch in a circle [8]
Rnd3: 2sc in next sc, sc in next sc, 2sc in next 2sc. Repeat [14]
Rnd4: sc in each sc [14]
Rnd5: sc in next 2 sc, sc2tog in next 3 sc, sc in next 2 sc [8]
Rnd6-7: sc in each sc [8]
Rnd8: sc in next 2 sc, sc2tog. Repeat [6]
Rnd9: sc in each sc [6]

I tried to write down the pattern I used as I crocheted Mochi.  However there might be some errors in the pattern as I made quite a few un-do's and re-do's during the process.  Hope there aren't a lot of problems in the pattern!

For more photos of Mochi, visit my Mochi set on Flickr!

Simply Pom Poms*

It was just a couple of days ago when hundreds of thousands of Vancouverites looked up into the sky to find nothing but bits of snow falling down onto the city once again during the end of February.

My parents frowned at the sight of the snow and started digging up for shovels in our garage the very next day when it finally stopped snowing. Luckily, I managed to make some use of the white scenery before it was all gone! =)




I haven't been crocheting any new projects lately due to school assignments and midterms, and Kappa (green doll at the back) was one of the few finished projects that I had at home which has not yet been posted on my blog ~ The scene looked rather plain with just Kappa in it, so I quickly made a couple of little creatures to brighten up the picture by using the fastest and easiest way possible... POM POMS!!




Close-up of pom poms ~ I name it Toffee at the front and... simply Beluga at the back. :P




Meet Misty (front) and Hawker (back) ~






There's nothing like riding on a snow sleigh during the end of winter ~




Hope everyone's enjoying their last bit of winter!  Because I know I am. =)

For more photos of my pom poms, visit my PomPoms set on Flickr!

Simply Pom Poms*

It was just a couple of days ago when hundreds of thousands of Vancouverites looked up into the sky to find nothing but bits of snow falling down onto the city once again during the end of February.

My parents frowned at the sight of the snow and started digging up for shovels in our garage the very next day when it finally stopped snowing. Luckily, I managed to make some use of the white scenery before it was all gone! =)




I haven't been crocheting any new projects lately due to school assignments and midterms, and Kappa (green doll at the back) was one of the few finished projects that I had at home which has not yet been posted on my blog ~ The scene looked rather plain with just Kappa in it, so I quickly made a couple of little creatures to brighten up the picture by using the fastest and easiest way possible... POM POMS!!




Close-up of pom poms ~ I name it Toffee at the front and... simply Beluga at the back. :P




Meet Misty (front) and Hawker (back) ~






There's nothing like riding on a snow sleigh during the end of winter ~




Hope everyone's enjoying their last bit of winter!  Because I know I am. =)

For more photos of my pom poms, visit my PomPoms set on Flickr!

A Rainy Christmas 2010

"Last Christmas, I gave you my heart..."




I was hoping it would be a white Christmas this year since the news had earlier reported that winter 2010 would be the coldest winter in the past 50 years.  However, according to the weather report for the past few days, this year's Christmas would not be a white one, but would be a rainy one instead.  And so this morning, I woke up, opened up my window blinds and found that indeed the weather report was correct... the day started off with a wet, dull morning.

On the other hand, the malls and streets outside have been filled with warm Christmas music, making me feel the joy in air without needing to see any snow on the ground!  To decorate my house for the annual Christmas party held at my house, I decided to crochet a music band and put it next to our fire place (see photo above).

Here are some photos of the band members:





Domo was featured earlier under a previous post.  I wanted it to be part of the band just because the position of its hands seemed perfect for playing the drums. =P  I gave it an extra Christmas hat to give it some more of a Christmasy theme ~ 





Kronos the bear was made using a similar pattern as my Mochi bear featured in another post of mine.  The design of the scarf was inspired by a scarf that I saw being sold at Banana Republic~ (their scarf was much prettier of course!)





Tami is the one with the big heart on its tummy.  It's supposed to be a squirrel. =)

For more photos of my Christmas band, visit my Christmas Band set on Flickr!

Merry Christmas everyone!! :)

A Rainy Christmas 2010

"Last Christmas, I gave you my heart..."




I was hoping it would be a white Christmas this year since the news had earlier reported that winter 2010 would be the coldest winter in the past 50 years.  However, according to the weather report for the past few days, this year's Christmas would not be a white one, but would be a rainy one instead.  And so this morning, I woke up, opened up my window blinds and found that indeed the weather report was correct... the day started off with a wet, dull morning.

On the other hand, the malls and streets outside have been filled with warm Christmas music, making me feel the joy in air without needing to see any snow on the ground!  To decorate my house for the annual Christmas party held at my house, I decided to crochet a music band and put it next to our fire place (see photo above).

Here are some photos of the band members:





Domo was featured earlier under a previous post.  I wanted it to be part of the band just because the position of its hands seemed perfect for playing the drums. =P  I gave it an extra Christmas hat to give it some more of a Christmasy theme ~ 





Kronos the bear was made using a similar pattern as my Mochi bear featured in another post of mine.  The design of the scarf was inspired by a scarf that I saw being sold at Banana Republic~ (their scarf was much prettier of course!)





Tami is the one with the big heart on its tummy.  It's supposed to be a squirrel. =)

For more photos of my Christmas band, visit my Christmas Band set on Flickr!

Merry Christmas everyone!! :)

Mochi Bear

Mochi: The sight of a white winter is dazzling.




But it's dampening when you're waiting for a bus in the cold...




Especially when it's snowing this hard.

Winter's approaching.  I hope everyone is dressed accordingly to the weather! =)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Here's the pattern I used for Mochi:

Head:
Rnd1: 6sc magic ring [6]
Rnd2: 2sc in each sc [12]
Rnd3: sc in next sc, 2sc in next sc. Repeat. [18]
Rnd4: sc in next 2 sc, 2sc in next sc. Repeat. [24]
Rnd5: sc in next 3 sc, 2sc in next sc. Repeat. [30]
Rnd6: sc in next 4 sc, 2sc in next sc. Repeat. [36]
Rnd7: sc in next 5 sc, 2sc in next sc. Repeat. [42]
Rnd8-10: sc in each sc [42]
Rnd11: sc in next 5 sc, sc2tog. Repeat. [36]
Rnd12: sc in next 4 sc, sc2tog. Repeat. [30]
Rnd13: sc in next 3 sc, sc2tog. Repeat. [24]
Rnd14: sc in next 2 sc, sc2tog. Repeat. [18]
Rnd15: sc in next sc, sc2tog. Repeat. Sl st/fasten off. [6]

Body:
Rnd1: 6sc magic ring [6]
Rnd2: 2sc in each sc [12]
Rnd3-9: sc in each sc [12]
Sl st. Fasten off.

Ears (covered by the hat in the pictures):
Rnd1: 6sc magic ring [6]
Rnd2: 2sc in each sc [12]
Rnd3: sc in next sc, 2sc in next sc. Repeat [18]
Rnd4-5: sc in each sc [18]

Hands:
Rnd1: 6sc magic ring [6]
Rnd2: sc in next 2 sc, 2sc in next sc. Repeat. [8]
Rnd3: sc in each sc [8]
Rnd4: sc in next 2 sc, sc2tog. Repeat. [6]
Rnd5: sc in each sc [6]
Rnd6: sc in next sc, sc2tog. Repeat. [4]

Feet:
Rnd1: 3 ch [3]
Rnd2: sc in each sc around the 3 ch in a circle [8]
Rnd3: 2sc in next sc, sc in next sc, 2sc in next 2sc. Repeat [14]
Rnd4: sc in each sc [14]
Rnd5: sc in next 2 sc, sc2tog in next 3 sc, sc in next 2 sc [8]
Rnd6-7: sc in each sc [8]
Rnd8: sc in next 2 sc, sc2tog. Repeat [6]
Rnd9: sc in each sc [6]

I tried to write down the pattern I used as I crocheted Mochi.  However there might be some errors in the pattern as I made quite a few un-do's and re-do's during the process.  Hope there aren't a lot of problems in the pattern!

For more photos of Mochi, visit my Mochi set on Flickr!

Mochi Bear

Mochi: The sight of a white winter is dazzling.




But it's dampening when you're waiting for a bus in the cold...




Especially when it's snowing this hard.

Winter's approaching.  I hope everyone is dressed accordingly to the weather! =)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Here's the pattern I used for Mochi:

Head:
Rnd1: 6sc magic ring [6]
Rnd2: 2sc in each sc [12]
Rnd3: sc in next sc, 2sc in next sc. Repeat. [18]
Rnd4: sc in next 2 sc, 2sc in next sc. Repeat. [24]
Rnd5: sc in next 3 sc, 2sc in next sc. Repeat. [30]
Rnd6: sc in next 4 sc, 2sc in next sc. Repeat. [36]
Rnd7: sc in next 5 sc, 2sc in next sc. Repeat. [42]
Rnd8-10: sc in each sc [42]
Rnd11: sc in next 5 sc, sc2tog. Repeat. [36]
Rnd12: sc in next 4 sc, sc2tog. Repeat. [30]
Rnd13: sc in next 3 sc, sc2tog. Repeat. [24]
Rnd14: sc in next 2 sc, sc2tog. Repeat. [18]
Rnd15: sc in next sc, sc2tog. Repeat. Sl st/fasten off. [6]

Body:
Rnd1: 6sc magic ring [6]
Rnd2: 2sc in each sc [12]
Rnd3-9: sc in each sc [12]
Sl st. Fasten off.

Ears (covered by the hat in the pictures):
Rnd1: 6sc magic ring [6]
Rnd2: 2sc in each sc [12]
Rnd3: sc in next sc, 2sc in next sc. Repeat [18]
Rnd4-5: sc in each sc [18]

Hands:
Rnd1: 6sc magic ring [6]
Rnd2: sc in next 2 sc, 2sc in next sc. Repeat. [8]
Rnd3: sc in each sc [8]
Rnd4: sc in next 2 sc, sc2tog. Repeat. [6]
Rnd5: sc in each sc [6]
Rnd6: sc in next sc, sc2tog. Repeat. [4]

Feet:
Rnd1: 3 ch [3]
Rnd2: sc in each sc around the 3 ch in a circle [8]
Rnd3: 2sc in next sc, sc in next sc, 2sc in next 2sc. Repeat [14]
Rnd4: sc in each sc [14]
Rnd5: sc in next 2 sc, sc2tog in next 3 sc, sc in next 2 sc [8]
Rnd6-7: sc in each sc [8]
Rnd8: sc in next 2 sc, sc2tog. Repeat [6]
Rnd9: sc in each sc [6]

I tried to write down the pattern I used as I crocheted Mochi.  However there might be some errors in the pattern as I made quite a few un-do's and re-do's during the process.  Hope there aren't a lot of problems in the pattern!

For more photos of Mochi, visit my Mochi set on Flickr!