Waterlily Summer Knit Top

Oh, look! I finished this breezy airy summery top just in time for fall! Haha. It didn't work out quite the way I planned.

Pattern: Waterlily by Meghan Fernandes (Issue 8 of Pom Pom Quarterly)

Yarn: Rowan 4-Ply Cotton (discontinued)

September Birthday Crochet Taxidermy: Skunk, Owl, and Toucan

My crafty friends -- you know, the ones who made me this awesome hoop for my wedding -- always trade birthday gifts, and three of the gals have September birthdays. This year, I decided to make everyone a crochet taxidermy animal.

I'm kinda obsessed with these lately, and I think everyone needs one! Plus when you have an endless stash of yarn like I do, you have tons of color combos to play with.

Patterns: Little Stinker, Little Hooter, and Timid Toucan from Crochet Taxidermy by Taylor Hart
Yarn: Scrap yarn from my stash

The owl was for Tara. (Alex liked this one so much that he asked me to make one for us, too.)

Stephanie got the skunk.

And Krista got the toucan.