Posted in Books, Crochet, Finished Objects on June 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I don’t think I ever showed these off. Cupcakes are a common pattern with many, many ways to make them, but this pattern comes from the Vegan Goddess of Amigurumi, BitterSweet. Her blog not only has knitting and crochet patterns, but also gorgeous photography of food and other forms of crafting like sewing. She even [...]
Posted in Crochet, Finished Objects on May 7, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I’m at a level in my amigurumi now where I feel comfortable making big changes. Adding parts, subtracting, switching things around. And while I thought the Baby Snow Dragon pattern was cute in it’s own right (it’s ears and expression make me think of Dobby from Harry Potter), it wasn’t my idea of a dragon. [...]
Posted in Crochet, Finished Objects, Knitting, Weather Complaint on April 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This is the view that suddenly appeared yesterday, after the rain switched to snow. The snow fell like it was January for hours, continuing overnight.
This morning, it was a blanket of snow. It was like looking at a postcard of a beautiful Christmas scene, set in a quiet, rural neighbourhood with the pine trees frosted [...]
Posted in Crochet, Finished Objects on March 15, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I put aside the sweater I’ve been working on, and the Brea Bag that I’m almost finished of, for a while. I don’t think I’ve posted a picture of that yet, actually. Here’s one of the panels:
The front and back are identical, I’ve sewed them together (it was too big with the divider part), I’ve [...]
Posted in Crochet, Finished Objects, Knitting on January 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I fly too much. And I do feel bad for all the flights I take; it’s hardly green, even if it’s true that the plane would still go if I wasn’t on it. It takes 3 planes to get me from Baltimore to Charlottetown, since there isn’t a direct flight. Charlottetown is a tiny, almost [...]
Posted in Crochet, Finished Objects on January 3, 2008 | No Comments »
A modified version of this pattern from Crochet Me magazine. It’s the Original Super Mario Brothers mushroom, with Vanna’s Choice yarn for the yellow, white and black, and some red acrylic leftovers for the spots. I first made it so that the top was a container, but I didn’t like it. It was also unstable [...]
Posted in Crochet, Finished Objects, Knitting, Work in Progress, Yarn on December 27, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I’ve finished a couple of small things since my last post. One is a pair of gloves, the pattern is a mod of Urban Necessity from Magknits. They’re supposed to be a flip-top mitten, so that you can have fingerless gloves for when you need your fingers, and mittens for when you don’t, all in [...]
Posted in Crochet, Finished Objects, Knitting on December 18, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I’m having a restless day today, or at least, a restless evening. I’m working on a pair of gloves that are almost done, but I don’t want to pick them up, and I don’t know what else to work on. I have some yarn on the way (SWTC Pure soy yarn, dark blue, Christmas present) [...]
Posted in Crochet, Knitting, Patterns on October 3, 2007 | No Comments »
Paraphrased from a comment I received, leaving in the important parts:
“My name is Susan Ripley and I am gathering knitting and crochet patterns for the 2009 Pattern-A-Day Calendars from Accord Publishing. Patterns are accepted from individuals, shops, charities and yarn companies. There are no restrictions and the patterns can also be something that is currently [...]
Posted in Crochet, Finished Objects on September 24, 2007 | 5 Comments »
As usual, the colours are a little off, but it’s close. The purple isn’t that dark.
It’s made with Bernat Boucle yarn, except for the blue, though it probably is Bernat Boucle. It was given to me without labels and is what started this project. Joined together with Bernat Cool Crochet (which is actually a really [...]
