Happy New Year everyone! I hope it’s better for you than 2015 in every possible way 🙂
It’s been a while since I posted here but I was very busy around Christmas. Mostly because I decided to crochet toys for three of my friends and didn’t really plan my time properly so I fell behind and was going a bit crazy right before Christmas, trying to finish the toys. Lesson learned!
Remember the fluffy sheep I mentioned in my Archimedes the Owl post?
I recently finished it, after struggling quite a bit. The fluffy yarn recommended in the pattern (DROPS Puddel) has been discontinued, so I bought DROPS Alpaca Boucle which wasn’t a great substitute 😦
I ended up having to hold it double with Stylecraft Baby DK yarn and make the body that way. I also had to crochet the feet with a smaller size hook to compensate for the difference in the body size. For some reason I didn’t do the same for the head and it ended up a bit big.
Initially, I was a bit sad with how my sheep turned out but now I think it’s actually cute. 🙂
So…I made a thing. My wrist doesn’t hurt any more but I realized that I can’t work on the blanket for long. It’s the same thing over and over again and I get bored.
But I found a pattern for a fluffy sheep and ordered some yarn. Unfortunately some of it was out of stock so while I was waiting I had the idea for Archimedes the Owl. See, the project I’m currently assigned on at work is called Archimedes (after the Merlin’s owl from Disney’s “The sword in the stone”) and has an owl as a logo. So I decided I wanted to turn it into a stuffed toy.
I’m stuck. 😦
This is my current progress:
20 finished squares and 20 almost finished. So close to making two full rows and joining them!
But my left wrist decided to be mean and a few days ago I woke up to a dull ache that wouldn’t go away. On the contrary – it went worse after I made a couple of squares (well, still circles at this point) on Wednesday and played a game on Thursday.
So now I have to take a break from both of my hobbies until it gets better. 😦
After my first yarn adventures I was hooked and wanted to find a long – term project to work on. While searching for ideas I stumbled upon this sunburst granny square tutorial by Bella Coco and fell in love. I knew I wanted to make a blanket for my bed that would be mostly blue (I love blue), I just needed to figure out the rest of the colors. That took some time but I’m quite happy with the yarn I chose – Cream, Pink, Lilac and Blue Stylecraft Baby DK from Loveknitting.com. Their service is superb and the yarn itself is lovely and soft. Continue reading
It’s funny. My grandmother tried to teach me how to crochet when I was a kid. And I hated it – I could never get it right and I thought it’s only for grannies, duh!
But recently It’s been all around YouTube and it caught my attention so I decided to give it a try.
My first choice of yarn was a bit of a disaster. It was fluffy and tangled all the time so I had to undo my stitches a lot – quite a frustrating experience for a beginner. I then went on a quest for the perfectly smooth yarn! And returned home with a few balls of shiny cotton yarn – I was so excited. Continue reading
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