Bows are Cool

Bows are just as cool as bow ties.  And sometimes when making a crochet bow it can just as easily be used as a bow tie.  Long story short my friend asked me to make her a "big-ass bow."  She didn't care about the color or the style or the headband type, just that it was large and hand made.  No problem, I had made mini bows before for teddy bears and Mrs. Pacman, this should be only on a larger scale.  My problem was I didn't know how big big is... The first one I made was approximately a foot long, that is the measurement of the bow itself not including headbands.  So it was WAY too big.  My second one still turned out a little big, but it was wonderfully usable.  I even sewed it onto a stretchy headband that you can get at the store and with a little edge work to give it that personalized touch I had a wonderfully large bow.  :)

The Knitted Corset... Oh Myyy

I've been to a couple of Rocky Horror shows before but I've never dressed up for one before; so I said, "Hey, why not?"  I decided to go as Janet, post zapping.  So in a night I needed to find fishnets, a corset, face paint, and a feather boa.  Basically I had to look like this:

...but decent.  So I started knitting a corset based on this pattern.  Luckily one of my friends lent me a black corset for the show since my own masterpiece was a little long in the making a too small in other areas.  The pattern itself is a little confusing and I wouldn't recommend it.  I ended up knitting practically the entire thing before realizing that a couple of lines early on in the pattern were actually referencing the very end of the directions.  Very strange.  Anyway my own corset is almost complete, despite my misread directions and probably the incorrect type of stitching.  More to come soon!

Catan Accomplished!

After years of working and ignoring this little project I dub it Done!  This is the Settlers of Catan Afghan I made for my brother.  It fits a single bed or, as what it's currently being used as, a couch throw. It is all single crocheted, yes that means it is VERY warm, out of Caron One Pound Yarns.  Caron yarn may be my favorite because you get a whole pound and you never have to worry about dye lots--plus its so soft!!


Front:

Back:

And the One Instance of detailing that I realized I was just too ambitious to continue:

Next part of this project is to whip up some felt roads, settlements, cities, ships, knights, robbers, and more so that it can be a self contained wonderful board game!

Poké, Poké, PACMAN

Pac-Man Time!  So cute gobbling up ghosts and pellets, all hand crocheted with my original patterns.

Pac-Man:

Ghost:

Setsu Con Fall Out :)

Setsu Con January 2012 was amazing!  I picked up a bazillion dollars (and then I'll blow it all traveling around during the spring and going to the Doctor Who convention in LA: Gallifrey One!!)

Anyhow I've created an array of 3in tall pokémon that will fit perfectly into my openable pokéballs and here is the documentation!  Only 2 of the little critters didn't sell: the Totodile and the Jigglypuff.

Bulbasaur, Jigglypuff, Cyndaquil, Charizard, Totodile:

Pikachu:

Squirtel:

Wire Butterfly Jewelry-Holding Thing

A work in progress: Wire Butterfly Jewelry-Holding Thing made entirely out of the random supplies in a crafter's room.  Plus kudos to internet inspiration.  And now for the in-progress quick pic:

 

And now for the later that night finished product pic:

 

The Majestic Totodile

Totodile!  Apparently, all of the pokémon can't talk they can only say their species name and that is how they communicate; well, all except Team Rockets Meoweth but that doesn't matter because I'm rambling and this is not a run-on sentence.  Lesson of the day is that when there are three colors required in something as small as a 3in-tall-pokémon's eyeball YOU SHOULD JUST USE FELT.  Yarn in that small of an area turns into a mess destined to be ripped out and torn from its mortal bounds.  Besides the felt doesn't look too bad and it was really easy!