Girl on the Rocks » blythe | Girl on the Rocks http://www.girlontherocks.com/knit/blog Thu, 27 Aug 2015 17:35:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 Creepy http://www.girlontherocks.com/knit/blog/2007/10/30/creepy/ http://www.girlontherocks.com/knit/blog/2007/10/30/creepy/#comments Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:38:19 +0000 http://www.girlontherocks.com/knit/blog/2007/10/30/creepy/ I haven’t put any time or thought into my own Halloween costume. I focused all of my energies on making one for my Blythe Doll. Through the This is Blythe forums, I found out that there would be a Halloween Blythe meet in San Francisco. Since I had several months advance notice, I was able to plan to go, and make a kick-ass costume (if I do say so myself). I don’t know how I thought of it, but I decided that my doll should be inside-out. Hours of sewing and knitting later, I think it turned out pretty well.

I made a long sleeve red dress to use as the base of the costume. I used felt and embroidery to create her organs.

I knit a long I-cord for intestines, and created a pocket behind her stomach for gut storage. thanks for the yarn, b!)

Her tiny heart attaches to her chest with a rare earth magnet, and can also be attached to a magnet on her hand.

Her brainy hat is made from pieces of curled up pink t-shirt material sewn to a skull cap that I made.

The overall effect is super-creepy. Let’s face it, Blythe dolls are inherently a little creepy, so for Halloween, you just have to go for it.

Check out my Flickr set to see photos from the SF Blythe Halloween meet.

]]> http://www.girlontherocks.com/knit/blog/2007/10/30/creepy/feed/ 16 I knit a little sweater http://www.girlontherocks.com/knit/blog/2007/07/09/i-knit-a-little-sweater/ http://www.girlontherocks.com/knit/blog/2007/07/09/i-knit-a-little-sweater/#comments Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:34:08 +0000 http://www.girlontherocks.com/knit/blog/2007/07/09/i-knit-a-little-sweater/ I bought a blythe doll a while ago, and have been dying to make some clothes for her. This weekend i whipped up a little sweater for her. It was quick and loads of fun. I knit it in the round out of some Lisa Souza sock yarn (Heels and Toes from Stitches West) then steeked it open and added trim (Sirdar snowflake – the tangliest yarn in the universe). the end result is like a jacket with furry trim.

Doesn’t the photo look really artsy? That’s because I used my new $4 Kodak Duaflex II to take the picture. The technique is called “Through the Viewfinder” and you use a modern camera to take a picture of the image in the large viewfinder of the old Duaflex or similar cameras. I first noticed this technique through the Make blog, or Flickr, i can’t remember which. I’ve had my eye out for a suitable camera ever since, and I found one for only $4 this weekend. I just used a cardboard poster tube to support my old digital camera. No taping yet, but it would be nice to get rid of the light leaks.

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