How it all started...

So one day in mid-September my friend wanted to look for something to learn.. a new hobby... and we went to Michaels.  She knew she wanted to learn crochet.. as for me, I was just going with.  Wasn't really looking for anything in particular.. in fact, I was more incessantly "awww-ing" at all the cute lil amigurumi dolls in these how-to books.  Then this one book jumped out at me: Stray Sock Sewing.  (Actually, the Chinese characters caught my eye first and I wanted to know if the author is from Taiwan... LOL.. and he IS! yessssss~) I looked at a few of the dolls in there.. they were cute, and I read that the hardest thing most people have with making sock dolls is figuring out how much stuffing to use and how to mold the stuffing into the shape needed.  That's a challenge I could take, how hard can it be...right?

So being the deal-seeker that I am, I found this book on Amazon for cheaper than Michaels, and got it there.  From then on, I went on a mass online search for buttons, beads, eyes, and of course, poly-fil stuffing.  And on September 26th, with my initial collection of socks I just bought and with the stuffing having arrived, I started on my very first doll... which also happened to be the birthday gift for my sister.

"Sock Baby" I named him.. not really sure what else to call him, I thought it fitted quite well.  I referred to the book to make this doll - it seemed like one of the easier ones to start with.  Little do I know, hand-sewing everything, and learning the necessary stitches on the first night would take THAT long.  What I thought would take a good 30minutes to make, turned out to be a shocking 2hours instead.  Thank goodness the time passed fast and I was really proud of my first doll!  Finished it off with a cute bow from the ribbon I saved from Edible Arrangements...

A wonderful new start to an accidental hobby.  My mom always said that I wouldn't be able to complete a project like this, let alone have a hobby that I have to keep up with.. so a little ending message for my mom (if she ever reads this):

SEE! I CAN DO IT IF I REALLY ENJOY IT!