After finishing school plus five years of full time study, I suddenly no longer needed to feel guilty for just creating things again. But somehow I felt a bit lost getting home from work each day, not knowing what to focus on and not feeling very happy.
I started up this blog, began designing patterns, and during the last two years have got to know many lovely creative people all around the world ^_^
Thanks for all your support along the way, and enjoy some pics of yarn spun from this amazing Inspiration Fibers fluff below
Eep ^_^ look at Emily's wonderful creations!
I have been chatting to Emily for a while now and she's made so many amazing plushies. Her dolls have been taken to many exciting locations and have even met some famous people! here and here . Thanks Emily for sending me stories of the plushies' adventures :)
Jack
Jack and David
Much love goes into each plushie, and the hair 'wig technique' is the most amazing taking up to 4 hours: "I wrap a bunch of yarn around my hand (for the DT dolls, for the Jack ones I just use three fingers since his hair is shorter) and snip it across the top to create a bunch of short (~ 8 1/2 inches/21 cm) strings. Then I weave one strand around one stitch, then secure it using a surgeons knot"
She's even made a kilted cudly of David Tennant:
My base David Tennant and John Barrowman patterns are free downloads on the Patterns Page and you may soon be able to download the pattern for the kilted cuddly as Emily is thinking of writing it up :)
Much of my time in the last couple of weeks has been taken up working samples for a new pattern. Completed the first draft yesterday, but there is still much work to be done before it is ready. I will learn from previous experience and get it properly testing this time.
The design includes a small colour stranded chart, basket weave and horizontal stitch. I think I might substitute the dark brown for something lighter. What do you think?
This morning finally took some photos of my completed Claudia Scarf ^_^ As the weather is getting colder is has been very useful on chilly train platforms in the mornings
This was a lovely free crochet pattern by Rebecca Jackson from A Little Slice of Life. Follow the link to see her lovely white version + the pattern, or checkout everyone's projects on Ravelry
Finally back on track for blogging. This week want to show you Zanooka's awesome creations. I can't claim much pattern creation here as she has added a whole heap of customisations (look at that cool hat!)
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