custom request: little chef

my friend PC wanted to give an amigurumi doll to her friend for her birthday, and requested me to make something that looks like her friend. as her friend works as a chef, PC wants the doll to be in her friend's chef uniform. so this doll is currently on its way to the US now...

black chef uniform with buttons down the middle and green pants.

at first she wanted me to make the hair into a bun with a stick sticking out the bun... wah, so challenging! later she said it's ok with just a ponytail... i don't know how long her hair should be, so i just left it long and PC can later trim it herself if she finds it too long.

not sure if this expression fits her friend, but when i described it to PC (smiling happily, until can't even see her eyes), she seemed to like it! :P

hope her friend likes it...

crocheted tawashi...

a tawashi is japanese for "dish scrubbie" and i found this pattern quite nice and unique... i decided to make it since i've started washing my cutlery in my bathroom basin (as opposed to walking all the way to the kitchen - yes, i'm THAT lazy!) more and more.

this is a somewhat easy project, completed it in less than 2 hours. but looking back at the website, i realized i didn't close up the hole in the middle enough. so there a gaping hole... anyway, the yarn i used for the grey is of a different kind from the yarns in blue and cream, hence the more "ribbed" effect.

i've hung it up on my bathroom mirror right above the basin (so that the basin will catch all the water dripping from it and not wet my floor!) but i've not started using it. hope it'll be nice to use, like store-bought dish scrubbies, if not better!

actual size is around the size of our palm, but that solely depends on the yarns used...