Happy/Feliz 2011!

Never too late to wish some happiness, right? This year started with a whole lot of snow, and it's cold!
*Nunca es demasiado tarde para desear felicidad, no? Empezamos con un montonazo de nieve, y hace un frio cruel!

I forgot to tell you (because we all know I'm horrible at blogging), that Amigurumi World was translated to Dutch!  They gave me two copies, so I'm sharing one :)
If you understand what's going on in the cover -and I really wish it's what I'm thinking it is ;)  Please write your name in the comments so on Feb 5th I can pick a winner with the RNG thingie.
Good luck!

Little cafe con leche cup from Amigurumi World

hola :)
this one's going to be fast (I'll be back later to talk about my lack of posting).

The little cup from Amigurumi World is posted in the Crochet Today site -they asked me to share, and that's all we're sharing from the book! :p , so I figured I should post it here too. They also have some other cute patterns, take a look!

For the little cup you'll need:

Worsted weight yarn in blue (or whatever color you want the cup to be) and brown

F hook

6 mm plastic eyes

Tiny little piece of pink felt for the cheeks

Black embroidery floss and embroidery needle

A little bit of stuffing (I always use polyfill)

Cup
With blue, ch 2.
Round 1: Work 7 sc in 2nd chain from hook, slip st in first
sc to join.
Round 2: Work 2 sc in each sc around – 14 sts.
Round 3: *Sc in next st, 2 sc in next sc; repeat from *
around – 21 sts.
Round 4: *Sc in next 2 sts, 2 sc in next sc; repeat from *
around – 28 sts.
Round 5: *Sc in next 3 sts, 2 sc in next sc; repeat from *
around – 35 sts.
Round 6: Working in back loops only, *sc in next 3 sts,
sc2tog; repeat from *around – 28 sts.
Rounds 7-15: Sc in each sc, slip st to first st on last round.
Fasten off.

Handle

*the handle in the picture is different from the instructions that follow*
With A, ch 14.
Hdc in 3rd ch from hook and each ch across.
Fasten off.

Cafe Con Leche
With brown, ch 2.
Round 1: Work 5 sc in 2nd chain from hook.
Round 2: Work 2 sc in each sc around – 10 sts.
Round 3: *Sc in next st, 2 sc in next sc; repeat from *
around – 15 sts.
Round 4: *Sc in next 2 sts, 2 sc in next sc; repeat from *
around – 20 sts.
Round 5: *Sc in next 3 sts, 2 sc in next sc; repeat from *
around – 25 sts.
Slip st to first st. Fasten off.
Finishing
Position and attach 6mm plastic eyes with safety backings on Cup. Cut 2 circles of pink felt and sew in place for cheeks. Embroider mouth with straight stitches. Sew handle to side of Cup. Stuff Cup tightly with fiberfill. Sew Café Con Leche circle inside the top of Cup.
Weave in ends.

Amigurumi Two!

Yay! Amigurumi Two is available for preorder right here :)

I hope you'll like it as much as Amigurumi World :)
It came out really nice, the people at Martingale are the best at making the cutest craft books, you should check all the nice variety they have!

It's coming out at the end of June 2009.In the midtime I can share pictures of all the toys that are included (the pictuers aren't that great because I took them before sending them to the publisher). You can see them here :)

Thank you again, and again and again, for being so nice. Hug!

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

En junio sale Amigurumi 2, y ya se puede pedir en amazon.com :)

Espero que les guste tanto (o mas!) que Amigurumi World. Hice un set en Flickr con fotos de los juguetes incluidos, y lo pueden ver aca :)

Besote!

Another "Amigurumi World" giveaway...

over at the Plush You blog!

Kristen Rask, the owner of Schmancy and author of the super fun and inspiring book Plush You! (one of my patterns is in the book too!) has always been supportive and friendly and really sweet. She was nice enought to interview me -I know I'm a super dork, but how important does that sound? ;)

& if you leave a comment over there you can win a copy of the book :)

How nice is that?

I hope everybody's doing great. We're freezing, what's up with this weather?

** La due~a de la jugueteria Schmancy, que es adorada, me hizo una entrevista -me estoy yendo para arriba que es una cosa loca ;) & si dejan un comentario aca pueden ganar una copia del libro :)

And the Winner is...

# 7: Patty ! :)

I never thought so many of you were going to participate (I love how "participate" sounds btw).

Thank you SO SO much for all the nice comments and for being so nice.

There's a little typo in the book... It's sad because you would not believe how many times it was reviewed! That part was fine, and I guess the printer left it out :(

On the Cafe con Leche cup, row 7 should read:

R7-15: Sc 28.

Please write if you find any other ones (I've been reviewing everything like crazy and haven't found anything else, but you know...) so I can post it here.

Thank you again and again and again for all the niceness :)

Ana Paula

ps: Muchas gracias a todos los que me leen y hablan espanol, me siento un poco mal de tener los patrones en ingles, y de a poquito voy a ver si los traduzco todos. Mientras tanto, si les interesa alguno y por ahi no entienden los terminos en ingles escriban y empiezo por el que uds. quieran, ta?

Amigurumi World Giveaway :)

Amigurumi World is finally out, and I find myself looking for it in all the bookstores I come across with. I hold it, look at it, and put it back. And just to prove everybody once and for all that I'm the biggest dork, I even feel like kissing it! :p

Please write your name/e-mail address in the comments section of this post to get one as a little present from me. :)
If you already bought the book (THANK YOU) and don't want another copy you can pick a pattern deal from the shop instead (you can let me know when you win).

You have until this Thursday night. I'll do one of those number generator thingies on Friday morning and announce the winner!

By the way, a while ago I added a new Flickr set with pictures of all the toys included :)
And now a picture from Jennifer: momma duck and her favorite book! ;)