Miserable Weather, Adorable Amis!

Just over a week ago was my boyfriend's birthday, and Thor must have been super excited because it rained buckets (flat parking lots were several inches deep in water) and there was a ton of thunder and lightning.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY KEVIN!"
"Thank you oh god please stop..."

Ever since, it's been raining and/or hailing here in Calgary.  Actually, we had one nice day, but the others have been pretty wet.  Some more thunder and lightning too.  I like storms as much as the next girl, but I hope it gets sunny and stays sunny soon, I want to plant my balcony flower pots and work on my flip flop tan.

However, all the crummy weather has given me time to get some crochet work done around here!  I finished the piece for the winner of my contest, Imma Blac Shepe aka Jessica, and will be sending it out tomorrow.  A version will be available in my shop soon too ^_^

An ice cream hippo and his cone home!

Gotta admit...that is a pretty good hiding spot.  I mean, my ice cream cone is the LAST place I would think to find a hippo.   Giraffes, yes.  Hippos, no.

This is a cute way to keep a hippo as a pet!  They may be cute, but real hippos are dangerous wild animals and I'm pretty sure they don't like ice cream...or dairy treats of any kind.

If you want something super sweet, though, you really can't beat cotton candy!  I love the way it is super fluffy and almost huggable, and how it melts in your mouth, and holding a stick of pluffy goodness with friends tearing off big chunks and laughing together.  Can't wait to do that at the Calgary Stampede* this year!  And I found this yarn and thought it was perfect for a cotton candy unicorn!

The paper sticks they use always looked like horns to me!

Even though all the colours taste the same, it can be hard to pick!  Surely the bane of my parents existence when I was a child..."....um...yello-NO!  Blue!....no wait, pink plea-" "JUST PICK ONE!"

I have a commission due by the end of next week, so I'll be working on that.  In the mean time, I will attach some links to free "how to crochet" sites, so you can master the basic step, and so that I can come up with me official peeg pattern to share with you!  So stay tuned for that starting in July!

Have a sweet, ice creamy, cotton candy day!

*I wonder if it's possible to crochet a deep-fried Oreo cookie?  Another popular...um..."food" of the Stampede...