The Purple Purler

So I’ve been causing a (yarn) storm with the most wonderful Knit the City  this weekend, creating a most taran-tacular masterpiece (if I do say so myself). Although if I have to complete another amigurumi project in the foreseeable future, I may just poke my eyes out with my needles! Oh yes, we went overboard again at the iKnit London “gritting” event at the Leake Street graffiti tunnel, a stone’s throw from Waterloo station.

Breakfast was provided by the wonderful people at Coral Bay Cafe, Lower Marsh – the veggie options were more than sufficient! Thank you!! Sufficiently stuffed, my ladies and I headed towards the site, where our hooks, placed there on Thursday and held up by No More Nails, were awaiting our arrival. And thus…

The Web

Comments were made by passers-by who thought it was amazing, and as much as we appreciated their kind words, little did they know that this was only the beginning… Oh yes! Amigurumi was the order of the day and our (rather humungous) web would soon be filled with tasty treats for the Knit the City spider.

The Knit the City spider

So, what had my poor hands created for this? Let me introduce to you The Purple Purler’s crocheted amigurumi:

Lady Love Bug

Poor Mr Frog

A rather alien-looking fly!

Percy the Snail

A rather scared Fairy of Graffiti

Green Fly's little brother, Blue Fly

Teeny Tiny (scared) Totoro

And the result?

Et voila!

But that is not all…there was a tragic love story which made all who heard it weep. Read it at your peril…