Moneystuffs

My littlest sister, (age 9) asked me to make her a wallet, after I made the Anteater. So I looked at some patterns with her and made up the Flower-Wallet in a few hours.
When I was done, my littlest brother (age 6) asked me to make him a wallet, showing me a handful of change he wanted to store in it.  It didnt take long to convince him that a small boy-purse would be better for it, and he helped me chose the yarn too. He immediately liked the fuzzy white yarn, and I thought a faux-sheepskin look would be good. It's quite small, so it only took half an hour to make.
I thought it looked medieval, my mother thought it looked scottish, a friend said it looked very "robin hood", and the kid likes it very much, so I guess it's a success.
Next time, tune in for green ballerinas (and maybe blue monkeys after that)

Anteater Purse

Sometimes, I crochet something, and when it obviously isn't turning out how I want it, I just keep going. This is one of those times.
First: the colors. Belch. Why am I cursed to be unable to find black yarn? I could feel pieces of soul dieing as I crocheted with the pastel green. I am not a pastels girl. Luckily, my little sister liked the color.
Second: the entire head area. Clearly something went very wrong. this is not a panda. It looked something like an owl until I made the snout, turning it into a sort of anteater. Luckily again, my sister thinks it's one of the cutest things ever. She actually took it to school (7th grade) and said that people were crazy about it.
Clearly, the color problem is easily solved, I just buy some black yarn, but I really dont know how I can make a head for it that looks like a panda head.

Tune in next time for blue monkeys!