Pocket Zombie

After making the penguin for my coworker, I went on a trip to Walmart to see if they sold the doll joints that I use as safety eyes in my projects.  Well it turns out that no, they don't sell them there.  As I strolled along the craft isles, however, I found this bag of tiny buttons and thought to myself, "I want to make something with these!!!!"  (I think I was the only person in the store to get that excited over buttons.)  I purchased a bag and journeyed home feeling very, very crafty.

At this time I had just completed the game Plants vs. Zombies on the Nintendo DS.  In the game, as your plants shoot peas and other things at the attacking zombies, they steadily lose body parts until they are defeated.  This inspired me to create a tiny pocket-sized zombie with detachable skin.

Without Skin



With Skin

I crocheted tiny pants and an exposed heart to finish off the piece.  The detachable skin is connected to the rest of the arm by a small piece of yarn so that it cannot be misplaced.

Cutest Zombie Ever

Pocket Zombies: If the zombie's in your pocket, he's not eating your brains.

Chubby Penguin

Some time ago, my coworker and I got into a conversation about my crochet projects.  She asked if I could make her a penguin and I agreed. I sent her a link to some images on Google that showed what other people had made and told her to pick out what she liked and didn't like. (for example, did she like the chibi style, or something more realistic? Maybe some hints of both?) 

She sent me this picture and said "Make him!!"


Penguin reference found on the internet.

And so I printed the picture and went about trying to recreate this chubby little bundle of fun. This is what I came up with:

My Penguin.  Success!!

   It was fun trying to figure out how someone else created their work.  I never saw their actual pattern (I don't even know if they posted it anywhere) but I think I got pretty close.  In any case, my friend was thrilled, so that's all that matters!