Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, hands down. With the arrival of October, I can’t stop looking forward the last day of the month. I have hopes to finish up a long-standing and halloween-appropriate Secret Project but I can’t make any promises. In the mean time, I can remind …
Halloween is one of the most inspirational crafty-times of the year for me. I am still waiting the rare trip to Target to see which Halloween cuties they have out this year, but the gears are already turning. I am surrounded by ‘Lip balm for zombies’ from my friend Amanda. …
I didn’t know that an octopus revolution was underway… Visit the Octopus Revolution Flickr group for a free crochet pattern for a basic little octopus. The group will showcase many variations on the same pattern. So make a little Octo and then dress him/her up! Found on Craftster.
I made a few tiny amigurumi’s and it was so fun, that I decided to host a swap over on swapbot. From Ana Paula’s Pattern Partners will be assigned on June 1st, so sign up before then. You will have until June 20th to make one large (~ 8 inches) …
Continued from Part I These are the eyes you have been waiting for… I stumbled upon this idea after finishing an amigurumi cactus for my friend, and not wanting to sew on eyes. So I turned to one of my all time favorite crafting materials, Shrinky-dinks. I get my shrinky-dinks …
If you have ever knit a stuffed toy, or crocheted an amigurumi creation, you might have found yourself in search of the perfect eyes to bring life to your softie. While my quest for the perfect eyes is on-going, I have found a few ways to make suitable ones out …
With so many crafters making adorable plushies, it is the perfect time for the Softie Awards to come on the scene. And the format for the contest is/was awesome. Crafters submitted photos of their work to a flickr group, and tagged them into one of 12 categories. Then a panel …
A little late, I know. I did manage to finish a few knitting projects before New Years Eve… A hat for me This was supposed to be the hat that preventing me from catching my death while working in the lab early last month. Since I was in a big …
While at work i found myself with an hour to waste and I was desperate to make something. I found some acrylic yarn in my office and a crochet hook in my pencil cup, and i whipped up this little guy… photo courtesy of teapotgirl he is a little amigurumi …
While I am in the home stretch of my rogue (about to do the sleeve cap shaping) I have excitedly taken on a new project. A non-crafty friend of mine saw a cute little crocheted bunny and asked me if I could make something like that. Of course I can! …