What Shall I Carve Next?

Embroidered Pumpkin

via Design Editor



I have spent year upon year creating pumpkins for The Minion. It started out simple enough. Let's see, where do I begin?

 

 

The first was a very original jack-o-lantern face, next a cat and full moon, then it was Carol from Where the Wild Things Are and lastly Dora the Explorer. Which brings us to pumpkin number five.... How am I going to top Dora?

Jack Skellington

 

Tinkerbell

 

Minnie Mouse

 

The idea to mesh yarn with pumpkin has crossed my mind but I do love the idea of carving as much I love knitting. Yarn wrapping a pumpkin just isn't as fun.

 

I am liking this cross stitch tutorial though...... Decisions, decisions!

 

via Green Eyed

 

Boredom Plus Yarn Equals Yarn Wrapped Wreath

 

So I got a bit bored today and decided the minion and I could use some craft time. This wreath was born from items I had laying around the house:

 

Black Yarn

*Bamboo Purse Handle

Plastic Bat Rings

Orange Thread

Black Ribbon

and a handy Glue Gun

 

*I have 3 sets of bamboo purse handles left over from another project. To be honest, it worked out quite nicely for this. Since it is a little on the thin side, I would recommend using an actual wreath form. They sell them at craft and dollar stores. 

{Poofy my very curious kitty}

 

This one was suppose to be hanging on my front door but The Minion wanted it hanging near her bed instead. (She is a Halloween lover just like her mommy!) I definitely will be making more of these in the future.

 

On a side note, I did a quick search for free patterns over at Lion Brand and found some cute crochet amigurumi characters. They look easy enough for a beginner like myself. Crochet is not my forte but I'm going to give it a go. Wish me luck!

I'd love to see what everyone else is working on for Halloween :)