Friday, February 12, 2010

Amigurami Dragonfly

Materials:
Worsted weight yarn in bright green, 50 yards or more. I used Red Heart Hokey Pokey in Spearmint.
Worsted weight yarn in white, 50 yards or more
Worsted weight yarn in black, 20 yards or more
Size D crochet hook
Stuffing
1 Stitch marker
Yarn needle

Abbreviations:
st - stitch
sc - single crochet
m2 - make 2 (stitch 2 sc in 1 st)
dec - decrease (sc two together)
BO - bind off

Notes:
When you crochet in an amigurami style, you: a) work in the round without; don't slip st at the end of the row and use a chain to act as your first sc; just keep using a single chain. b) st into the front of the previous row. You don't want the lined look that sometimes accompanies crocheted pieces.

Body: with green yarn
1) Make a magic ring with 6 sc
2) m2 in each sc (12 st)
3) (1 sc, m2)* repeat 5 times (18 st)
4) (1 sc, 1 sc, m2)* repeat 5 times (24 st)
5) (1 sc in next 3 st, m2)* repeat 5 times (30 st)
6) (1 sc in next 4 st, m2)* repeat 5 times (36 st)
7-8) sc in each st
9) (1 sc in next 4 st, dec)* repeat 5 times (30 st)
10) (1 sc in next 3 st, dec)* repeat 5 times (24 st)
11) (1 sc in next 2 st, dec)* repeat 5 times (18 st)
12) (1 sc, 1 dec)* repeat 5 times (12 st)
13) sc in each st
Stuff head
14) (1 sc, m2)* repeat 5 times (18 st)
15) (1 sc in next 2 st, m2)* repeat 5 times (24 st)
16-22) sc in each st
23) (1 sc in next 4 st, dec)* repeat 3 times (20 st)
24) sc in each st
25) (1 sc in next 3 st, dec)* repeat 3 times (16 st)
26) sc in each st
27) (1 sc in next 2 st, dec)* repeat 3 times (12 st)
28) sc in each st
Stuff body
29) (1 sc, 1 dec)* repeat 3 times (6 st)
30) sc in each st
31) dec every st (3 st)
Complete stuffing and BO. Bury tail

Wings: make 4 with white yarn
1) make a magic ring with 6 sc
2) (1 sc, m2, m2)* repeat (10 st)
3) 1 sc in next 3 st, m2, 1 sc in next 4, m2, 1 sc (12 st)
4) 1 sc in next 4 st, m2, 1 sc in next 5, m2, 1 sc (14 st)
5-6) 1 sc in each stitch (28 st)
7) (1 sc in next 5 st, dec)* repeat (12 st)
8) 1 sc in each st (12 st)
9) 1 sc (this moves the start of the row)
10) (1 sc in next 4 st, dec) repeat (10 st)
11) 1 sc in each st (10 st)
12) 1 sc (this moves the start of the row again)
BO with a 16 in. tail for attaching wings to body
Wings should be attached 1" from the neck, 2 on each side as shown in the picture.

Eyes: make 2 with white yarn
1) make a magic ring with 6 sc
2) 2 sc in each st (12 st)
3) 1 sc in each st (12 st)
BO with a 12" tail. Attach to either side of head, slightly to the side as shown in the picture.

Make 2 with black yarn
1) make a magic ring with 6 sc
2) 1 sc in each st (6 st)
BO with a 12" tail. Attach to white portion of eyes.

Monday, February 1, 2010

G's Playlist

Here are the actual songs in G's playlist

"Baby Mine" - Alison Krauss
"Lullaby" - Dixie Chicks
"Don't Worry Baby" - Beach Boys
"Baby, Now That I've Found You" - Alison Krauss
"Didn't Leave Nobody But the Baby" - Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, etc...
"My Baby Needs a Shepherd" - Emmylou Harris
"Basimanyana" - Vusi Mahlasela (the international contribution)
"Blackbird" - Sarah McLachlan
"The Water is Wide" - Sarah McLaclan, Dixie Chicks, Jewel
"Where No One Stands Alone" - The Peasall Sisters
"I Know Who Holds Tomorrow" - Alison Krauss and the Cox Family
"Old Coyote" - The Weepies
"Scarborough Fair" - Simon & Garfunkel
"Your Song" - Elton John (might I suggest this one instead of the Moulin Rouge version that is much louder)
"Godspeed (Sweet Dreams)" Dixie Chicks
"Dress Me Up, Dress Me Down" - Robinella and the CC String Band
"Molly Smiles" - Jesse Spencer (as in Dr. Chase from House - got his start on "Uptown Girls" with Brittany Murphey)
"Somewhere Over the Rainbow" - Jewel
"Annie's Song" - John Denver
"You are the Sunshine of My Life" - Stevie Wonder

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