I have been making some amigurumi, first of all a little robot, from Amigurumi by Lan-Anh Bui and Josephine Wan (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Amigurumi-Cozy-Lan-Anh-Bui/dp/1861086741/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1318166323&sr=8-1):
He is very cute, my most successful project yet I think!
Also from the same book, though I changed the colours, I made this adorable little teapot:
It was a gift for my friend who passed her PhD viva, hence the diabolical pun!
Finally I decided to try an angry bird cardinal. There used to be a free pattern for this on Ravelry however it was taken down, presumably for copyright reasons, which is a shame. So I made it up, based on some pictures of those others had made. I didn't get the beak right and he only looks angry at particular angles but he's still quite cute: