I’m really interested in making crocheted coral reef wall art for myself, and in browsing patterns, I came upon this one. I very much doubt there’s any jellyfish colored like this *wink*, but it matches my both my kitchen and the family room. Working on a much more muted one for the kitchen now.
Crazy Colored Crocheted Jellyfish
Over at Rolepages my main character’s story arc has a lot to do with H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos. While Cthulhu himself hasn’t appeared, to the public he – or rather it – IS the best-known character. So when I recently took up crocheting again, I was captivated to find patterns for Cthulhu amigurumi. This was unlike anything I’d ever done before, but I just had to make it.
I’ve just finished, and here he is, destined for my roleplaying friend known as Girlycard, aka Cecilia di Sighisoara Slayter:
Cthulhu!
One hour. One hour to go out and do a couple of errands. Buy a gift card for my sister-in-law at Dunkin’ Donuts (and pick up a dozen of my favorites), and pick up cigarettes and a prescription at Walgreens. Simple enough. Right?
It started before I got to the garage. I’d come downstairs wearing the wrong glasses, so rather than go back, even though it was heavily overcast, I decided to wear my sunglasses. Set the alarm, went into the garage, found I’d left my keys inside. Just felt like a moron, nothing major.
Of course, my garage door opener broke last week, so I get to pull it open. Get into the car and struggle for two minutes to fasten the seat belt. What the heck? Back it out, realize it wasn’t even necessary to put on the seat belt, go back into the garage, close the door and go back into the house. Duh. Reset the alarm, then go out the front door. Back to the car. Now I can’t get the seat belt fastened, and drive to Dunkin’ Donuts without it. Continue reading