Unicorn

Hi All!

For my birthday in November, my son, daughter in law

and granddaughter gave me this book.

Do you think it was a hint?  LOL

Crochet Cute Critters is a fabulous book!

There is an animal with crochet directions for every letter

 of the alphabet.  Apparently my little Marie was quite

taken with the unicorn right off the bat.

So I decided to make it for her for Christmas.

I generally don't make things with a lot of pieces

that have to be sewn together, but for Marie

I'll do it, and I found that I really enjoyed making it.

This is the unicorn in the book. I used some 

creative license and used the colors of

yarn that I had in my stash.

Here is the unicorn I made for her.

She isn't perfect, but I learned a LOT

from making this one.

I learned that you really do need a 

worsted weight yarn.  I used a lighter

yarn and it worked okay, but there was space

between the stitches where you could see the stuffing.

I learned that I should have sewn the legs on

before I put the head on, would have been a

lot easier that way.

I made the number of curls that they recommended,

but her 'hair' is much thicker than what I see in

the pictures.  But that's okay, I like it!

And somehow her horn isn't as pointy as it is

in the pictures in the book, I couldn't figure that

one out, but if I make another one, I will.

Now that I've told you all the things wrong with it

let me say that she really is cute and I love how she 

turned out and so did everyone when I gave it

to Marie.

If I make another one with the lighter weight yarn,

I will definitely use a smaller crochet hook to keep

the gaps between stitches from happening.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you like my little unicorn and will come

again soon, I did make another animal from

the collection in the book and I'll be posting 

it one day soon.

Until then,

love what you do and 

do what you love.

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