Summer

About a year ago I had taught myself to knit. Because I was a complete newbie, I focused on small projects like scarves and dishcloths. I was pushing myself to learn crochet, but was frustrated each time I opened the little crochet booklet that came with my starter kit. A few weeks later, I was finally able to sit and properly read the booklet's (now simple) instructions and illustrations.

As soon as I learned to crochet, I went into amigurumi. This was when Summer was born.

Summer was my first amigurumi project, following the spiral crochet technique. Summer was given the name of the same season in which she was created. She is not made from my own pattern, of course, because I was just beginning to learn crochet, but is from the 'Little Teddy Bear' pattern in Kyuuto! Japanese Crafts! Amigurumi! by Tomoko Takamori. Summer turned out different from the bears shown inside the book because she was made from different yarn and also because I made plenty of mistakes from the given pattern. (Hehe...it was my first attempt....)

Now, Summer is a year old. She is very sweet, yet spunky. Her main outfit is her felt 'sun' t-shirt and pink crochet cap, which shows her fun and bright spirit. Her second favorite outfit is her warm winter vest and flower skirt that she feels most comfortable wearing in Autumn (although she wears it throughout the cold seasons). The pink polka-dot dress fits her snugly, but she doesn't like it much because it is too girly.

Summer is very cherished and has her own space at the end of my bed.