I'm currently working on crocheting a blanket and matching pillows for my dorm. I've been inspired by forest imagery and mori girl lately, so I'm looking for a deer applique to use as an accent for a pillow. I haven't been able to find one, though, and I was wondering if someone has a link that I've missed somehow?

This squirrel applique is similar to what I'm looking for. http://www.crochetmemories.com/archive/seasonal6.html

Thanks for looking!

I'm looking to make something like this:



I'm having difficulty drafting a pattern, though. At first I thought I need to use crochet thread, but now I feel like that would be too small, so I'm thinking of moving up to a baby yarn. I've figured out that they used a shell stitch, what I think is a double crochet for the "mesh" looking part, and single crocheted around the entire thing. Any other ideas? Any help would be appreciated.

I love Luna's jacket in the new Harry Potter movie, and I was hoping to recreate it (or at least find something similar). The only problem is that I have no idea what material is used! It looks like it was knitted or crocheted, possibly? Or someone took a shag carpet and cut it up? I honestly don't know. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

http://i31.tinypic.com/im15kn.jpg

Photo uploaded to tinypic because it is high res.

A long time ago I bought my then-boyfriend a Scarlet Begonias t-shirt (Grateful Dead ftw!). After we broke up we lost touch, and in recent conversations I found out that he wore the shirt to tatters and eventually framed it and hung it up. I'd like him to have something a little nicer than a grody old shirt to display in his new place, so I decided that an embroidery based on the shirt would be a cute idea.

The problem? This is the largest image of the shirt I can find:


Do you think I should keep rabidly googling until I find something better? Or should I attempt to redraw the girl? (The girl and the text are all that I'm doing.) That seems to be a simple solution, but I have the art skills of a 5 year old that can't hold a crayon.

Unrelated question: how do you separate strands of floss without making a huge tangled mess? I'm so terrible at this that I always end up using six strands.

Thanks in advance!

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Does anyone else have a problem with some crafters being elitist? I stress the word some because I have found that a huge majority of the crafting community is very supportive (I love you, Craftster!). Maybe I'm just running into these people?

I've noticed it most waiting in line to have fabric cut at craft stores. The people in line around me start up conversations with each other about what they are making and blatantly ignore me. I've noticed that some attendants at craft stores have a tendency to dismiss me as well.

If it had just happened once or twice, I would chalk it up to someone waking up on the wrong side of the bed. It gets really aggravating at stores when I need someone to help me and the clerks just give me the cold shoulder. Do you think it's my age? I'm 17, so maybe they don't think I fit the "serious" crafter demographic?

Has anyone else had a similar experience?

I decided that I was going to make a gnome! Yay gnomes!

Sadly, he came out looking like Dumbledore. I love Dumbles, but that wasn't what I was going for. How can I make him less Dumble and more gnome?



Sorry for the shoddy webcam pic.

Happy New Years Eve!

A while ago I saw this post with this girl who made a slouchy hat out of sweaters. She made one for her friend that stuck straight out like an elf, and had to use a "looser" sweater. Does anyone recall this post? I've searched all over and haven't been able to find it. 

My family thinks I hung the moon when it comes to crafting. It's nice, but sometimes they expect me to be able to do ANYTHING easily. My aunt was so impressed with a fleece hat that I made for her baby girl, that she asked if I could crochet her daughter a slouchy hat.
I started crocheting literally four days ago.

Anyways, I haven't been able to find any patterns for a baby slouchy hat, and I don't really know how to adapt an adult sized pattern for a baby.
Help please?

I've been working on an embroidery piece for the last month based on this stencil:



(I have a thing for stencils, I guess.)

My original intention was to simply follow the outlines and not fill it in, but I've started filling a leaf or two with a dark green color.

Question: Should I use a different color on the flowers? They've already been outlined in dark green.

I wouldn't be able to organize or participate, but I think a sexually suggestive Potter swap would be a ton of fun.

I got the idea from this post:
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=272045.0

I would suggest an R rating and a minimum age of 17 to enter.