I hope you like pink because I’m having a big pink giveaway! One lucky person will win everything in the picture above! You get a High Tide Skully with ear flaps, a Heartbeat Skully, a Beary, and a pair of Peacock Barefoot Sandals.

Wanna win it all!? Here’s how to enter:

First Entry: Leave a comment below & tell me what your favorite color/color combo to wear is (doesn’t have to be pink!).

Want extra entries? Post a separate comment for any of the following:
♥ Like Gleeful Things on Facebook
♥ Tweet this about the giveaway on Twitter:
@GleefulThings is having a big PINK #handmade #crochet giveaway! Enter here for a chance to win: http://www.gleefulthings.com/blog/?p=5763
♥ Follow Gleeful Things on Twitter
♥ Post about this giveaway on your blog (leave your link in the comment).

Entries will be accepted until Midnight on Tuesday, April 30th.

P.S. The winner of the previous giveaway, for the Heartbeat Skully Hat is Francie! Congrats Francie! I’ll be contacting you by email! :)

Join in, everyone! I’m hosting my first crochet along and there’s a contest to go along with it! Make a candy-clops (or ten!) using my free candy-clops amigurumi pattern and you could win a pattern of your choice from my shop!

I don’t want this to be a skills contest so 5 winners will be chosen at random to win a free pattern of their choice from my shop! I’m also going to be awarding a free pattern for each of the following:

♥ Most Unique – Who says candy corns have to be white, orange, and yellow?! Go crazy and surprise me with something original!

♥ Best Photo - Put together a little Halloween scene or something! This will be judged based on creativity, not who has the best camera/photography skills.

♥ Biggest Army – It’s hard to make just one! Whoever makes the most wins this one!

Here’s how to enter:

Step 1: Upload a photo of your candy-clops creation anywhere on the internet as long as it’s public (Ravelry, Flickr, your blog, etc).

Step 2: Comment on this post with a link to your photo.

I’ll be accepting entries until midnight on November 2nd, so you have plenty of time! One entry per person please! :)

I’m so excited to have my first sponsored giveaway! My lovely sponsor, Rengawk, is offering a free custom designed cupcake amigurumi to one lucky winner! You design it and she’ll make it for you!

If you need some cupcake inspiration, be sure to check out Rengawk’s Etsy shop or Flickr to see some of the other cupcakes she’s made!

How to enter:

♥ First entry: Leave a comment on this post and tell me what your custom cupcake will look like.

♥ Want extra entries? You can tweet about this giveaway on Twitter (please include a link to this post & @gleefulthings). Or you can post about this giveaway on your blog. Leave a separate comment on this post with the link.

Entries will be accepted until Midnight on Wednesday, July 27th. The winner will be announced the next day!

Since I’m not selling on Etsy at the moment, I thought I’d put together a page here on my blog where I can sell some of my goodies. This totally reminds me of the yard sale posts people used to make on Live Journal! Any old school LJers here? Remember? hehe! :P

Anyway, please take a peek at my Amigurumi Shop.

Right now, I have some pink sparkle bearies for sale as well as a set of tiny cacti. I hope to get more listed soon! And I’m happy to take custom orders for bearies and tiny cacti if you want something different than what I have listed. :)

I have a new amigurumi pattern to share with you! I’ve been hanging on to this one for a while, trying to get some good photos before I posted. I’m so excited to finally show you! I hope you like! Enjoy! And send pics if you make any! I’d love to see! :D

SUPPLIES

● Size E crochet hook
● Yarn needle
● Stitch Marker
● Worsted weight yarn in pink (CA) & green (CB)
● 9mm safety eyes (2 for each)
● Stuffing
● Scraps of pink and black felt
● Fabric glue for attaching the nose
● Scissors

Yarn used above: Caron Simply Soft Party in Fuchsia Sparkle (CA) & Red Heart Soft Yarn in Guacamole (CB)

ABBREVIATIONS

ch – chain
sc – single crochet
hdc – half double crochet
sc2tog – 2 single crochets together (decrease)
sl st – slip stitch
ea – each
st – stitch
rep – repeat
rnd – round
FO – finish/fasten off
CA – Color A (pink)
CB – Color B (green)

INSTRUCTIONS

This pattern is worked in rounds using mainly single crochets (the top also uses half double crochets). Do not join at the end of rounds except where the patterns says to. You’ll probably want to use a stitch marker to mark your rounds. Gauge is not important but remember to keep your stitches tight.

HEAD

With CA, Ch 2.
rnd 1: 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook. (6)
rnd 2: 2 sc in ea st (12)
rnd 3: [1 sc, 2 sc in next st] rep around (18)
rnd 4: [2 sc, 2 sc in next st] rep around (24)
rnd 5: [3 sc, 2 sc in next st] rep around (30)
rnd 6-10 (5 rnds): 1 sc in ea st (30)
rnd 11: [3 sc, sc2tog] rep around (24)
rnd 12: [2 sc, sc2tog] rep around (18)
*Place the eyes between rnds 9 &10 with 5 sts between them.*
rnd 13: [1 sc, sc2tog] rep around (12)
*stuff*
rnd 14: sc2tog 6 times (6)
FO

TOP

*leave a 16 inch long piece of yarn in the beginning to make the stem with later length*
With CB, Ch 2.
rnd 1: 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook. (6)
rnd 2: 2 sc in ea st (12)
rnd 3: [ch 4. 1 sc in 2nd ch from hook. 1 hdc in ea remaining ch. 2 sc in rnd 2] rep 5 times.

Invisible join and FO leaving a piece of yarn long enough to attach the top to the head.

Making the stem: Use your hook to pull the piece of yarn that you left at the beginning through the center hole. Tie a slip knot as close to the hole as possible. Ch 8. 1 sl st in ea ch starting in 2nd ch from hook. Pull the end of the yarn back through the center hole and FO.

EARS

With CA, ch 2.
rnd 1: 1 sc, 6 dc, 1 sc in 2nd ch from hook.

Try to push all stitches to one side so that it forms a half circle.

ASSEMBLY

Position the top piece on the head so that you have a pointy part above each eye. Use your yarn needle and the piece of yarn that you left at the end of the top piece to attach the top to the head. You’ll only need to make about 6 stitches to hold it down. Next, to attach the ears, use your yarn needle to stitch the flat side of the half circle to the head. Refer to the photo for placement if you need to.

For the nose, cut a circle out of pink felt that will fit between the eyes (I used a penny as a pattern for mine). Then cut a little triangle nose out of black felt. Use your fabric glue to glue them in place.

If you use this free pattern, please consider supporting me by purchasing a pattern from my shop.  Your support will help insure that I’m able to continue making new patterns to share (both free & paid). Thanks for considering! :)

TERMS OF USE:
This pattern is protected by United States & International Copyright law. This pattern and anything made from it may not be used for commercial purposes. You may not sell anything made from this pattern. You may not resell or redistribute this pattern in part or in whole. Derivative works are prohibited. This pattern and items made from it are intended for your personal use only.

Copyright © 2011 Julie King / Gleeful Things. All Rights Reserved.