Monsters! Dice Roll Scrappy Stash Buster

I love rolling dice and random tables. I play tabletop in all sorts of games, and have always loved a good random table for any situation. I saw some Youtube creators using dice rolls to do the colour selection work for them and see what comes out of it. So I picked 3d6 and 16 different scrap balls of yarn, excited to try some stash busting as well. My stash is pretty big, I make no apologies for it. And yes – I keep buying yarn. Because there’s yarn I don’t have! But I also really enjoy the feeling of using up the yarn.

I loved this project, the process of it, and couldn’t pivot away to a different project – so it definitely fed my ADD and desire for constant change. I’ll be doing it again, but certainly take into account the probability of certain spreads of numbers coming up (or not). I’m also going to do a Lucky Dip style random project to use up more scrap yarns that likely wouldn’t make it through being a number choice for a whole project.

Here’s an example of the notes I was taking to make this monster! It was helpful to calculate the probabilities after the monster was made. That’s going to help me plan my next random roll monster to make sure I have more yarn for the middle numbers.

Here’s the recipe I used from the book Crochet Monsters.

Square with Under Bite pg99
Squarish Short Limbs pg232
Squarish Long Limbs pg232
Long Bunny Ears pg264

Random Rolls!!

I added a tiny hat – because….. I felt it needed to be a little silly.

~~ Anita

Monsters! Meet a rainbow monster with horns – unnamed

This monster was so much fun to make, mainly because I love the yarn that I used – Red Heart Bitty Stripes in Rainbow.

My mother in law wanted to gift her grandchildren with some really fun monster dolls. So I asked her to pick out the ones she liked best, and I would make them. Perhaps adding some flair. This is the fourth and final monster! This one was claimed by the second oldest.

The hardest part with this monster was the striped horns. Certainly worth the effort, and I’d do it again. I really like how it looks. Striping is an easy way to stretch your favourite colour and / or add interest to your monster.

Here’s the recipe I used from the book Crochet Monsters.

pg82 Egg Shape with Open Mouth and Legs
pg202 Cute Mitten Hands
pg289 S-Shaped Horns
pg316 Squared Teeth

Here’s all four together before they left for their new home in Winnipeg. A motley crew for sure – likely up to some pretty fun and mischievous adventures. I wonder who the ringleader is?

~~ Anita

Monsters! Meet Violet the Monster

This was the first Monster I made out of Crafty Intentions book. It looked the easiest, simplistic body and of course long bunny ears!!

I’ve made several Monsters so far from Crochet Monsters…. and I still have so many ideas. I need to make several with antlers.

My mother in law wanted to gift her grandchildren with some really fun monster dolls. So I asked her to pick out the ones she liked best, and I would make them. Perhaps adding some flair. This is the third out of 4! Violet was chosen by the oldest.

I made this Monster with a bright fucsia yarn that has a bit of sparkle and fuzziness – Brushed Colours by Loops&Threads in Raspberry. You can see some of the colour changing happening. It’s a nice yarn to work with – but then again I didn’t have to frog anything. I imagine the halo would have made it difficult.

Here’s the recipe I used from the book Crochet Monsters.

pg69 Egg Shape Monster Body with Overbite and Legs
pg219 Curved Arms
pg264 Long Bunny Ears
pg316 Squared Teeth

Faerie wings from Impkins book

I’ll be updating with more of the Monsters that I made in the upcoming weeks. Keep coming back – maybe sign up to be notified!

Take care and keep crocheting!

~~ Anita

Monsters! Meet Fat Bob the Monster

Crochet can be a love language! Gifting what you make really speaks to how you value someone.

The book Crochet Monsters by Crafty Intentions is amazing. Not so much a surprise considering the success of her Impkins book. Certainly worth the purchase if you’re considering it.

My mother in law wanted to gift her grandchildren with some really fun monster dolls. So I asked her to pick out the ones she liked best, and I would make them. Perhaps adding some flair.

This particular Monster was claimed by the second youngest. I was told that Mr. L loved dinosaurs (and have made him a dino doll earlier) so I wasn’t surprised he chose this chubby bouncy monster.

I frogged an unfinished Shell Hat that just wasn’t working. It’s a Caron Cake in the Zucchini Loaf colourway and then Jadeite Heathered by Loops & Threads yarn for the belly, ears and back ridges.

Here’s the recipe I used from the book Crochet Monsters.

pg79 Egg Shape Monster Body with Open Mouth and No Legs
pg21 Open Mouth with Buck Teeth (just lower)
pg168 small nubbin toes feet
pg216 Small Short Rounded Limbs
pg259 Fin Ears
pg242 Curved dragon/dinosaur tail

I’ll be updating with more of the Monsters that I made in the upcoming weeks. Keep coming back – maybe sign up to be notified!

Take care and keep crocheting!

~~ Anita

Monsters! Meet the Fishicorn Monster

Crochet can be a love language! Gifting what you make really speaks to how you value someone.

The book Crochet Monsters by Crafty Intentions is amazing. Not so much a surprise considering the success of her Impkins book. Certainly worth the purchase if you’re considering it.

My mother in law wanted to gift her grandchildren with some really fun monster dolls. So I asked her to pick out the ones she liked best, and I would make them. Perhaps adding some flair.

This particular Monster was claimed by the youngest. I did make it with her in mind. She loves axolotls, unicorns, and the colours pink & purple. I used a thrifted ball of varigated yarn for the body (and still have a sizeable ball left). I used silver yarn with sequins in it for the horn – very “unicorn-y”. I used the same yarn to edge the frills.

Here’s the recipe I used from the book Crochet Monsters.

Blob Body with Open Mouth pg35
Open Mouth with No Teeth pg15
Axolotl Flaps pg255
Spiral-shape horn pg302

I’ll be updating with more of the Monsters that I made in the upcoming weeks. Keep coming back – maybe sign up to be notified!

Take care and keep crocheting!

~~ Anita