ruffles of much frustration / formerly naked animals

here's the most recent hat i've finished, the one with the ruffles as previously mentioned. yeah, i do think i might try them again. this is pretty freaking cute, i think. oh well.



here's a woefully yellow detail of the applique. (man, my camera is apparently quite tired of taking pictures of hats these days, and appears to be refusing to take decent shots in rebellion.)



between the two of those, you might be able to discern the actual color of the yarn. i really like it, but it's quite subtle-- moreso than i'm used to, anyway. here's perhaps a better take of it:




i do think i'm going to carry the bird / disc / ruffle thing on over to some pins that i've started on lately. i really like making pins but doing flowers got soooo infernally old, so hopefully this will be a nice change.

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here are some non-madeye crochet projects i've done recently... very small ones, very simple, but the end product is so cute that i just want to share:



they're bare bears! pamela barsky makes them. they're nudie muslin bears that you can decorate however you want. these were gifts from my boss / the owner of the store where i work, to the staff, for us to decorate for display in the store. mine is the one with the hearts (the love rash, as i like to call it) and the green scarf (which i made and now want a big version of for myself). the other is by my friend & coworker denise... he's on team zissou! i made his hat. it matches his painted-on red speedo! he is spectacular.