I finally made a Princess Leia beanie! It's a really simple hat, but the buns took me a really long time - I'm just happy it's finished! ^_^
I used 100% Baby Alpaca yarn in about 12 ply (I'm guessing because it wasn't listed on the packet) and a 6 mm hook. The base hat is pretty much all trebles - the Pokeball Hat here (http://www.bonniejdesign.com/FreePatterns.htm) is a good pattern to use.
I made the buns by spool knitting using a big spool knitter that I also made; I spool knitted 202 inches for each bun, which meant that each bun used just under 100 grams of yarn. Once I had the long tubes spool knitted, I coiled them into the bun shaped and sewed them into place. If you don't spool knit, you could crochet long tubes; I didn't because I find spool knitting a lot quicker! The buns have a diameter of about 5 inches and are about 2 inches tall.
Once the buns were sewn in to place, I sewed them onto the sides of the hat. Huzzah! Princess Leia hairstyle for the cold and short-haired ~_^
Hi folks! I've gotten no love from the knit board, so I'm hoping my fellow crochet people may be able to help me! ^_^
My grandma had a *huge* yarn stash, which I have inherited, along with a lot of WIPs and even a few completed knitted and crocheted projects. One project is a reasonably large knitted doll. I have no idea what type of yarn was used (though I would guess acrylic, she seems to have had a preference for that) or what it is stuffed with (looks like regular polyfill, but I know almost nothing about stuffed dolls so I may be wrong). It doesn't smell (which is amazing, because everything else smells like mothballs) but it has a light brown stain on one of the legs. I'd like to give it to my baby neice, but I really want to make sure it is as clean as I can possibly make it first.
So (finally to the point) - how do I clean this stuffed, knitted doll?
I live in Australia, so I might not be able to get specific brands (America seems to have the most amazing range of products) so general or home made cleaners would probably be best.
Hello! I made this squid for a friend at work; we are doing a personal swap, which is the first time I have swapped anything so it's very exciting ^_^ I used a pattern from Ravelry (http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/squid-5) except I french knitted the tentacles instead of crochting them. Mainly because I am lazy and am not very good at crocheting tiny tubes. But it totally worked! And it was a lot faster as well - laziness FTW!
I used acrylic yarn in purple (Moda Vera Marvel in 8ply) and a 4mm hook. The eyes are buttons, the short tentacles have pipe-cleaners in them so that they are posable, and it is stuffed with polyfill.
I haven't gotten my swap item yet - but Molly is spinning some red and gold sparkly yarn for me! How excitement!
I hope you like the squid! And the slightly better photos from using my new lightbox - even with only one lamp (need to go buy some more cheapies) it works pretty darn well! ^_^
Hi folks! So, my grandma had a *huge* yarn stash, which I have inherited, along with a lot of WIPs and even a few completed knitted and crocheted projects. One project is a reasonably large knitted doll. I have no idea what type of yarn was used (though I would guess acrylic, she seems to have had a preference for that) or what it is stuffed with (looks like regular polyfill, but I know almost nothing about stuffed dolls so I may be wrong). It doesn't smell (which is amazing, because everything else smells like mothballs) but it has a light brown stain on one of the legs. I'd like to give it to my baby neice, but I really want to make sure it is as clean as I can possibly make it first.
So (finally to the point) - how do I clean this stuffed, knitted doll? The general internet has been very contradictory, so I am really hoping you wonderful people might know!
I live in Australia, so I might not be able to get specific brands (America seems to have the most amazing range of products) so general or home made cleaners would probably be best.
This brooch is my tribute to the most wonderful Dame Agatha Christie, the Queen of Crime. I *love* her mystery novels, and have an entire bookshelf dedicated to them. I mainly buy them in second-hand shops because I love the cover designs - I have even brought multiple copies so I can have different covers ^_^ (I'm a little crazy ...)
I used this tutorial (http://lolanovablog.blogspot.com/2010/10/mary-go-round-crochet-flower-ring.html) for the frame, but I used 3 ply thread, so I have quite a few more "petals". The thread I used is 75% viscose and 25% metallic and it's "Romantic" by Vera Moda. The inside bit of the frame was a large metal flattened circle (like a giant washer) from a *gross* necklace my mum got free from a magazine ... and then gave to me. I knew I'd find a use for it someday!
The scroll is black felt with white and dark red embroidery thread and says (in case you can't read my embroidery-writing) "Long May She Reign" and Agatha is wearing a litte crown made from card-stock that has been spray-painted with bronze. I originally tried to paint on the crown, but it didn't look really good and so I stole some of Scott's card-stock that has been under his armour projects as he spray-paints. I glued the crown on with mod-podge and then applied another layer to varnish and protect from water and the like. The back has more felt (covering the back of the picture), and a badge back.
I really like how this turned out, and since I have another giant washer thing, I'm considering making another brooch. I just need to pick a person who needs a tribute!
As a kind of "yay we're going to see the final movie" present, I made my friend a My Little Thestral.
Basically, I cut off the hair from a My Little Pony, painted it black, added black saran hair, used silver paint for the eyes and hoof symbol, and added shrinky dink wings. Yay!
I really am terrible at taking photos, but she turned out quite nicely. I hope you like her too! ^_^
I used a pattern from Wee Wonderfuls (http://www.weewonderfuls.com/wee-bunny.html) for the body base, but I made the antler pattern myself. The antlers were a real pain for me - I first tried making them from brown cotton fabric, but, well, it wasn't a success. So, I used brown felt - my old standby ^_^ The antlers have pipe-cleaners inside them so they are posable.
The tail is so big and fluffy! I used my large size pom-pom loom and brown wool.
The face is light blue felt which is blanket-stitched onto the body. The eyes and nose are embroidered, using brown and hot pink respectively. The body fabric is from the Emily Bloom collection, which I got from Spotlight.
I think he turned out really cute! I shall call him George ^_^
Sorry for the dark pictures - it's late and I *still* haven't made myself a lightbox. It's on my to-do list! It's just a very long list ... anyway, I hope you like him!
One of my friends is a big Invader Zim fan - so for his birthday, I painted him these glasses. Yay! I brought the actual glasses (I'm not that good ... yet ...) and then just used glass paint to trace over screenshots of each of the characters. He really liked them ... but originally thought they were store-brought. Never! Apon my craftiness, none shalt recieve the gift brougheth from the store! Ahem. Yes, well, anyway, he liked them and I hope you do too ^_^
P.S. There's no doom here. Just me singing the doom song. Doom, doom, doom, doom ...
One of my work friends is moving to England this year (from Australia) to study acting and theatre - yay! - so I made her something warm ... maybe warm enough for an English summer ~_^
I really liked the pattern because the puff stitch worked up so quickly - and I love the little bow ^_^ I finally found my tapestry needles, so I was able to sew it on pretty well - but I only did the top edge, so it does still have a bit of movement.
And thanks to my phrenology head for the modeling shots! ^_^
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