Hi! Hi! Hi!

I know, I know, it's been

Four.

Ehv.

Urr.

since my last post.

the wrist is still bothering me.

numbness.

tingling.

s t i f f n e s s.

blechh.

I've been trying to pick the hooks back up-

mostly cuz i just can't stand being idle.

So many cute things to make out there!

little by little- just a few minutes at a time

(it's maddening really)

Here are a few things I managed to slip under the

Carpal Tunnel Radar

Sharky Bite Yoo!

hi, Cooper ;o)

Whoops!

Umm, Ruby?

Do you mind wearing a sideways zebra hat?

My niece Hannah saw some cupcake hats at Disneyland...

Thanks to Teresa Richardson at The Art of Crochet for the Free pattern!

ok, going back into my crochet cave now.

C-ya!

CONTEST WINNER!!

Congratulations to our Giveaway Contest winner...

Blogger, Mama and crochet fan...

Michaela

of

'Mama Michie's Musings, '

Just send your little ol'

contact info

to Tygrlilies@cox.net and it'll go right out!

Thanks to everyone for entering our contest!

Time's running out!

Friday! Friday Friday!

Last day to enter the Giveaway is

*this* Friday, April 30!!

Winner of the Autographed copy of

Stacey Trock's

"Cuddly Crochet"

will be announced this Saturday,

May 1st!

Enter today!

GIVEAWAY and BOOK REVIEW!!

Here we are kids-

the wait is over!

The fabulous Stacey Trock of Fresh Stitches has gifted us with a copy of her new book,

Cuddly Crochet!

And what a darling book it is, too!

Bears and Bunnies,

Pigs and Pickups.

I loved the variety of projects in this book.
Stuffed animals, blankets, hats and even bibs!

I also enjoyed the themes she put together so you could give, say, a pair or a trio of gifts to the same child for an extra special heirloom gift.

An "Adorable Annie" stuffed birdie would go great with the Hoodie Bird Blanket, don't you think?

Or how about the Bunny Rabbit/Polar Penguin/Kitty Cat Hat ensemble?

All patterns came complete with full color photos and stitch illustrations.

I've purchased patterns from Stacey before (Hello, Jackie!) and she always does such a good job of explaining her patterns. She will also warn you if a tricky part is coming up and what to watch out for.

Are you chomping at the bit yet? Wanna know how you can get one of these fabulous books for your very own?

Just visit Stacey Trock's FreshStitches.com and come back here to tell us which of her amigurumi creations was your favorite!(Yes, you may enter again if you post this contest on your own blog, and Yes, you may enter again if you Tweet about this contest!)

The Grand Prize Winner will be chosen at random to recieve a free *SIGNED* copy of Cuddly Crochet!

Or, if you just can't wait, look for

"Cuddly Crochet"

by Stacey Trock

on Amazon.com!

**Cuddly Crochet Blog Tour!**

"Stacey Trock's

Cuddly Crochet

Rockin' Blog Tour"

"COMING SOON!!"

http://www.freshstitches.com/wordpress/?p=1645

Peep!

Hiya, Peeps!

photo by Curlygirl

I know, I know, it's been a while since you've heard a 'Peep' outta me,

"But there's some big doin's in the woiks ovah heah!"

Can you say...

"Giveaway?"

Yup! Just hang in there, she's comin up soon!

In the meantime..,

Curly Girl

has got some patterns collected

Check 'em out!

LOST

Previously, on

LOST

Are you a "Lostie"?

Do you recognize this guy?

That's right! It's 'Hugo Reyes'

aka

"Hurley"!

(Congrats 'Knit_Core'. Nice Work!)

Well, sometime ago,

in a search for something to do while recovering from

Carpal Tunnel
(ouch)

I joined a book reviewers club.

This book club was the esteemed and reputable Thomas Nelson Book Review Bloggers.

Sounds rather, posh doesn't it?

(In the meantime they've changed the name to 'BookSNEEZE'

("Milk-a-what?")

And if you had a blog,

a desire to recieve free books

and the ability to opine on said free books,

well then, you were invited to sign up.

So, I did.

:o)

And here's my first selection...

It's called "The Gospel According to LOST" by Chris Seay.

I was so excited! I love the Gospel, I love the TV show LOST, I love free stuff and I love books! How fantastic is this???

Not Very.

I wish I could say I enjoyed it.

I did not.

I am very glad I did not pay for this book. I'm not really sure what I was expecting. Well, yeah, I am. I was expecting to see how the TV show illustrates with all it's plots and subplots, how God works in our lives. I found Mr Seay's style of writing very convoluted and his points at times stretched or forced.

Somewhere along the way...can I say it? His message got LOST.

Attention all Nieces!

Remember how we made a

crochet chain

the last time we were together??

Well, take a look at this!

photos property of crochetdlane

A new friend of mine had this fantastic

EASY PEASY

project on her blog so i had to

steal

...err, borrow it.

Have your Mommies click this link. It will take you to

CrochetDLane

Where you will see this bracelet...


photos by crochetdlane

Isn't it cute?

Don't you wanna make one??

Great!

**Let's have a show!**

Make your own bracelet craft and send me a pic so I can post it here!

This means YOU:

***KATIE!!!***

Savannah

Hannah

Ruby

Audrey

Breanna

Cheyanne

Jess

Sam

Taylor

Mia

Sophia

If you don't remember how to make a chain, it's ok-

just watch this...

"I Won! I Won!!"

WOW!!

Look at what came in the mail today!!

That, my lovelies, is called a $100 dollah gift cahd!!

Woohooooooooo!!

"Muchisimas Gracias!"

to

Amie from "Life with the Boys"

She recently had a contest sponsored by

Tom's of Maine Toothpaste

and the folks at

BlogHer

All I did was enter her contest and

they said I was so random that I won!

(or they drew my name at random, or something like that.)

I know, I know,

"Yeay for you, but what has this got to do with the price of tea in China?

Or yarn or crochet for that matter?

Well...,

what do you think I'm gonna buy with it?!...

Craftster Cuties!

Hiya, Kids!

Well, it's Monday (boo)

But hey,

THE SAINTS WON THE SUPERBOWL!

YEAAAAY!!!

(nope- not mine ;o) click here to get one)

and it's time for a new post-

Yeaaay!

And boy, did I find something fun for you!

(Okay, I didn't find it...Craftster.com did!)

Lookit these little Cork Cuties by Angry Angel!!

(although, really, how angry could she be? Look how cute these are!)

Isn't that adorable??! Wait, there's more!

"We're Knights of the Round Table,
We dance when 'ere we're able..."

And she didn't stop there- oh, no! Girlfriend was on a roll!

Up next?

Nefarious Ninjas!

No, no- those are NINJA STARS!

(get your mind outta the gutter, would you?)

Don't you love the little 'scarf ends' detail?!

Aaand another variation...

GNOMES!

Hee- my son says the blue one looks like 'Dumbledore' ;o)

Aren't they fantastic?

Thank you Craftster and thank you 'Angry Angel'.

Have you found anything interesting lately?

PS.

OH, WAIT!!!

Oh my gosh! I can't believe I forgot to add this...

patterns!!!

Knights: http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=337126.msg3900600#msg3900600

Ninja: http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=337126.msg3900610#msg3900610

Gnome: http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=337126.msg3900621#msg3900621

phew!

ok, now you may go.

(But y'all come back, now, y'hear?)

Tygrlilies' Tribe for Two Thousand Ten!

It's February 1st, PEOPLE!!

Time to turn our mind towards Valentines Day,

Chocolates

(Ghiradelli, darling!)

and Roses

(Feel free to substitute Lilies, honey, just in case you're reading this)

and time for endless airings of the movie "Groundhog Day"

(which, confidentially, I don't really mind)

But mostly,
its...

Time for a new post!!!

It's been two weeks, for crying out loud!!

(But I'm still gonna keep the

Haiti button

up because they still need help

and I'm gonna put up a

Blankets For Chidamoyo

thermometer too

cuz it's my blog and I can ;o)

SO... I'm on this fabulous little networking site

thesitsgirls.com

and I'm told about something called 'a tribe'.

It's a list of 5 sites that I cannot go without reading everyday. Well, Heck! I have to pare it down to 5?? Not so easy to do unless maybe I have a tribe of each of the different subjects I like? Ok, so since this is an Amigurumi site, I'll share with you my 5 favorite crochet/Ami sites.

(and maybe I'll throw in a few of my other faves at the end as well ;o)

My Tribe of Favorite Amigurumi Websites

1. The Art of Crochet by Theresa-http://crochet-mania.blogspot.com/2008/04/blog-post_16.html My A-number one favorite site. This gal- with her videos and tutorials- totally taught me how to crochet! She even has tutorials for the left-handed crocheter!
2. Mygurumi-http://mygurumi.blogspot.com/2008/10/how-to-amigurumi-hair.html This designer is a Biologist from Germany! She's posted some great tutorials for when you want to improve your skillset!
3. Planet June-http://www.planetjune.com/blog/free-crochet-patterns/mop-top-mascots/ You will love these cute little MopTop Mascots. Take a look around her blog and see some of the other patterns she has for sale. There's some incredible stuff on this site!
4. Roxycraft/SnowBusiness-Tamie Snow- another great designer. Try your hand at "BunnyBoo" for Easter http://www.roxycraft.com/crochet_bunnyboo.html For the inside scoop on Tamie Snow the fabulous gal herself, go to Snow Business http://tamiesnow.typepad.com/snow_business/
5. Yummypancake-http://www.mrtoastee.com/ Follow the adventures of Mr Toastee and his friends! (Watch out for the ToasteeZombies!)

And there you have it,

Tygrlilies' Tribe for Two Thousand and Ten!

Ps.,

My 'giggle, snicker and laugh-out-loud-tribe'?

1. Cakewrecks
2. ByeBye Pie
3. Lemonade Makin' Mama
4. Tattoos and Teething Rings
5. Sandwich 365

Haiti Disaster Relief Fund

Tygrlilies

is very grateful

for the outpouring of support in our own

fundraising effort.

We would like to pay it forward.

"Peekaboo Blankets"

(I think they need some new ones, don't you?)

On my Facebook page

I've told my friends that I'd like to

start helping

a particular

AIDS hospital

in Zimbabwe, Africa called

Chidamoyo Christian Hospital.

It was the place a dear friend of mine, the late Dave Harrison, used to call home.

Lori Batten is a nurse at the hospital and a fun blogger friend.
I look forward to getting to know her better as I begin to send donations her way.


Well, before we could even get started...

WHAM!

A certain big news story took center stage...

Living here in Southern California, the word 'Earthquake' kinda makes your stomach hurt.

But I can't go to Haiti- and even if I could, I'd probably be more hinderance than help...

But I do have a blog. And I have followers!

"YEAY, YOU! "

So if each of my followers took that button and placed it on their blog, then somebody somewhere down the line is bound to donate some money, right? Well, how about we go one better?


Order a Tygrlilies Doll for $50 and help support

Haiti Disaster Relief

and

Chidamoyo Hospital.

50% of all proceeds from Doll sales during the month of January will go to

Haiti Disaster relief.

25% will be going to

Chidamoyo Christian Hospital Blanket Drive.

(Of course, you could also contact these organizations directly

and 100% of your donation would go to them- I won't mind ;o)

*OR*
you can donate $10 to the American Red Cross by texting “Haiti” to 90999.

As of today, this tool has raised $3 million for the Haiti earthquake relief efforts.

Give your loved ones an extra kiss tonite.

-Angelica

**WE DID IT!!**

Woohoo!!!!

Can you believe it!!?
We actually did it!

Thanks to your generosity...

Race will be seeing these sights...

...over Easter Break

Absolutely Spectacular!