Crochet Stuff and Funny Toby

Last year I crocheted a lot of toys, which I mostly gave away as Christmas presents for my nephews. Most of them are just free patterns I found online but some I made up or modified. My friend, Mary, inspired me with the her cute crochet animals. Here are pictures of some of my crocheting.

Elephant

Tractor

Tiger or maybe lioness

Hippo

Dragon - this was one of my favorites because I made the whole thing up myself. 

Lion

Giraffe

Parrot

Wolf

You might recognize this next one!

Motorcycle

And this is obviously not crochet but I think it's been a long time since I posted about Toby and I really like his whiskers in the picture below. One day I was sitting on the couch using a laptop and he started going crazy - looking all around the room and chattering like I hadn't heard him do in years. Eventually I figured out that there was a CD near me that was reflecting the light from our five recessed lights and whenever I would move, the reflections would bounce around on the ceiling and walls. I don't know why this gets him more excited than squirrels and catnip, but it seems to be one of his most favorite thing. I recall now that a similar thing actually happened one other time while I was working and the light from the window was shining on my ring and making a light spot on the wall dance around. I obviously didn't notice until he started meowing and jumping at the wall. Funny cat.