Elephant Mask

Between the movie Dumbo and the Babar books, how could I not love elephants? My life long affection was solidified by my own anatomy, my uncles teased me about my large ears,which by some quirk of my child psyche, became a source of pride and my favorite feature.

I guess that's why I create earrings and wanted to pierce them again, way before your born, when two piercings were unheard of, and my mother threatened to put me out the house, should i do such a thing. Just to finish this tangent, about a decade and half later when I returned home to see the second piercings in her ears and screamed
in protest, she treated me to a pair of gold studs and my second piercings. End of non sequitur.

The most challenging part of designing this mask was the ears. There were three versions before I found the one I like. The trunk took two iterations.

Song Bird Mask

The third in my Bird Mask Series.

Adult
14”w x 10”h cm /35.6 cm w x 25.4 cm h
G hook/4 mm
1.5 oz/42.5 g worsted weight yarn
Gauge 4 rows/5 sc = 1”/2.54 cm

Child
F hook/3.75 mm
0.8 oz/22.7 g DK weight yarn
Gauge: 6 rows/6 sc = 1”

I love working with the Etimo hook G -- wish I had one in other sizes.
The purple pink is Elann's Peruvian High land Wool The Firecracker Heather
and Fedora are Knit Picks Wool of the Andes.

Spock/Elf EarWarmers

I've watched every incarnation of Star Trek since it was black and white.
This design joins my sci-ft hats as my homage to that enduring vision of an evolved humanity.

Tools and materials

Adult
4” x 2.75”
Worsted weight yarn
0.4 oz
G hook 4 mm
H hook 5 mm
Tapestry or yarn needle

Child size -- I need someone to try this out for me. Arekid size ears the same as adults?I grew into mine.
DK yarn
G hook 4mm
F hook 3.75mm

Optional
Stitch marker

ASCENDANCE CROWN DEBUTS

My crochet hat pattern ASCENDANCE CROWN is October's crochet Hat A Long on Ravelry.
Over 30 fiberistas signed up and I emailed the pdf file to participants in the wee hours of Friday, October 1st.

T'was hard to keep it secret, pictures unshared until today, but I did it! Hooray!
And thanks to my two testers from across the world, who made hats and also kept images of their work under wraps, as directed, so that this would be news!

Leaf Bagette

The pattern has been tested. The bag is on its way to the yarn company. I hope it makes the team. I'm enamored of it and hope to think of more applications for my leaves and flowers.

Akua's Cosy Apple Cosies

Apple Cosy, Apple Cosies, how hard could they be?

After I saw a pattern priced beyond my
budget, I decided I needed to figure this out and write my own. I saw that there were two schools of thought on cozies one where the cosy was apple adornment and another where the cozy was apple shield/armor case. So I made a high rise and a low rider pattern.

Also as a leaf and flower maker, I figure I would include a couple of leaf options to adorn the adornment. And a button, as I couldn't find just the right button for this and didn't want to search, so why not put yarn to work as it was there, at hand and willing.

And Voila! Akua's cozy apple/fruit cosies are made.

Now the backstory: my beloved niece is going to Oxford. I designed and made her several neckwarmers and from two I had a little bit of yarn. What could I make? I was thinking about a purse-- they're next--- but the cosy-- o a bit of froufrou for her fruit to keep it jacketed and safe as it is tossed in her bag as she strides across
the English greens.

They're cute. Think I'll make some more for holiday gifts.