August has arrived and I haven’t blogged in way too long.  I have been finding time here and there to crochet, pretty much all for The Snuggles Project.  I really enjoy crocheting and doing it for kitties in need makes me happy.  As usual, I have a couple photos to share!  The Snuggles Project group I’m a member of at Ravelry.com has themes for each month.  June was Single/Double Crochet and July was color of your favorite pet month.  I have yet to check what August is.  To mix things up in July I decided to try my hand at cat toys since they aren’t any different than amigurumis.  I made a couple Snuggles and toys in June & July.  On to the photos!

After making a lot of Snuggles in May I spent some time making some appliques to add to completed Snuggles.
This one is a Single/Double Snuggle with 2 yarns and a heart added on for extra love!

I wanted to try an oval for a fun Snuggle shape.  This is based on The Perfect Place-mat by Monique MaiGnan.

This is the seed stitch done 2 rows in color A and 2 in color B.  I was going to write a pattern for this but I don’t have the base
chain stitch count right yet.  I’ll have to try again.  I added tassels after a Snuggles group member at Ravelry.com showed off her tasseled beauty.

I hadn’t tried just crocheting a square Snuggle although they are usually square.  This is based on the Cheerful Squares baby afghan at Lionbrand.com.

Lots of the same colors.  I bought some Vanna’s Choice yarn at Ocean State Job Lot for $2 a skein and some Red Heart Super Saver with a coupon at Michaels.  Now that we’re in a new month I’m working on new Snuggle plans.  Katmcab at Ravelry.com has a scallop edged Snuggle pattern I’m excited to try out.  I have a Snuggle tubby in my queue that I’d also like to try but it might have to wait until after summer camp is over.

I’ll probably keep working on the toys.  Any suggestions would be great!  The yellow flower toy depicted below is actually just a flower crocheted twice and sewn together.  I stuffed it with a grocery bag hoping it would crinkle but not much luck with that.  I’ll have to try out a thicker bag to see if it’ll crinkle better.  I’m also thinking about getting some bells or other goodies to stuff into the toys. The mouse and the long purple thing are stuffed with some catnip so I’ve had to keep those from my cats.  I crocheted a fish for them and added catnip; they like it.