colicky mandrake!

i just turned in "colicky mandrake" for herbology class over at ravelry.
he is my own design, based on that drawing i showed you a few posts ago!
i love how he turned out.

mandrake = due next sunday!

i finally figured out how to get the head shape i wanted. it took 3 tries and the turning point was working with the rag rug i started this week. somehow, crocheting that spiral, ripping and trying again helped me get a handle on increases. or it could have been luck! either way, i have a lovely ovoid sphere waiting to be stuffed and i am now working on his little body.

here i am starting my rag rug. hardly rags, actually. i spent a chunk of change on this fabric! doh!


here is a picture of a finished rug by our instructor, maria. isn't it lovely?!

(both of these photos were taken by renée andriani)
i will post more pictures soon!

mandrake in progress

after creating and stuffing a lovely free-hand amigurumi egg shape, i decided to abandon it and totally redesign my mandrake.
here is the new sketch:


so far, i have two leaves done:

the yarn i am using for leaves is a caron super soft shadows in a nice slytherin green with coloured flecks.

it makes a super soft little floppy leaf!

Ravelry Harry Potter House Cup

we both joined the challenge as members of slytherin and i must say the folk i have met over there so far are both charming and hilarious! the classes have begun, but i only signed up for the herbology class, so far. the challenge is to create a mandrake or mandrake inspired piece...or a baby blanket for a mandrake! the little mandrakes i saw turned in so far have been very cute!

i printed off a bunch of basic amigurumi shape patterns from this blog hoping it will help me designing my mandrake. i admit, the quality over at ravelry is a bit intimidating for a n00b like myself!