Wouldn't you want to find this in your garden?

My sister works as a junior doctor in Edinburgh, and this week she had to call Kew Gardens to ask them to id some mushrooms as they were treating a woman who had eaten some whilst out for a walk and was now violently ill. It all turned out okay, but I had no idea that Kew offered such a good service. I have to admit that I think that mushrooms and toadstools are just about the cutest things in the world ever, and have been meaning to crochet up some for ages. The key for me was making one that would stand up with no problems, no leaning to one side etc. So I made up a separate base rather than going for the usual decreasing at the bottom. I also couldn't decide about whether to put the white felt dots on, but I'm glad I did, because I do think that it ups the kawaii factor. I'd really like to make a whole army of these in zillions of different colours and sizes, and then they could be found all over the house - wouldn't that be so cute!


Although I've been really enthusiastic about making stuff and crochet and embroidery at the moment, this weekend has not been craft-tastic at all. I was actually celebrating my birthday, and that involved cake and champagne and dancing until 3am on Saturday, so Sunday was spent in my pyjamas on the sofa watching old-skool West Wing. I did very briefly pick up my crochet hook (I'm making an ice cream cone at the moment), but it involved counting and paying attention, and that just wasn't happening. We did make it out of the house to watch the Edinburgh Festival Fireworks which were pretty good, but not as good as previous years. So this week I'm back to focusing on working through my 70+ item Holiday Season crafting to do list. I hope to maybe get down to 65 items....