Sonntag, 24. März 2013

TP Owly


Meet your new friend in the bathroom - the TP Owly


Source: babble.com
You will never have to worry about this happening again 
with your new little friend in need, the TP Owly.

The pattern is from Soapy Sue and is just too cute for not to crochet. It´s a fast crochet project if you don't count the sewing part ;) The pattern has alot of pictures and is easy to follow for all levels of crocheters.

Changes made to original pattern: I used the pattern for the body, wings and eyes. The wings are probably the most  tricky part of the pattern though. The beak I did differently and the placement of the faceparts as well. On the feets, I skipped crocheting a row of chains first, but instead crocheted them directly to the last row of the body.

Full picture of the TP owl



Dienstag, 22. Januar 2013

Nemo found...



Marín frá blogginu Z-an bað mig að testa fyrir sig uppskriftina af gullfisknum sínum, en hún er með íslenska amigurumi bók í deiglunni. Þar sem ég átti þetta fína appelsínugula garn, ákvað ég að styðjast við Nemó litla og á endanum fannst hann í "garnagaulinu" hjá mér.

Þið getið kíkt á útgáfuna hennar Marín á blogginu hennar hér.



An icelandic girl is preparing her first amigurumi book in icelandic these days and asked me to test one of her patterns, it was a pattern for a gold fish you can see here. Since I had some orange in my stash, I decided it was time to find Nemo again.



Uppskriftin hennar Marín er án hliðar og bakugga. Svona leit hann út beint eftir uppskriftinni áður en ég lét hann fá hliðar- og bakuggana sína. Ég átti engin augu til að líma á hann þannig ég saumaði augu á litla skinnið / roðið. Síðan þegar ég fór að taka myndir af honum, birtist stórt bros á honum. Ætli hann syndi ekki bara út í sjó í nótt! Aldrei að vita. Það er svo gaman að hekla svona litlar dúkkudúllur sem lifna við í höndunum á manni.

Hann gætir orðið að flottu kisuleikfangi (ég veit um einn kisa sem yrði nú aldeilis hrifinn af honum) eða orðið hluti af óróa. Það er að segja ef hann stekkur ekki út í á áður og syndir áleiðist út í haf.


Following the orginal pattern it looked like this without it´s fins. I sewed the eyes on, since I did not have any security/glue on eyes. I did not sew on the smile *honest* ;) as I started with the photo shoot he gave me a big smile. The beauty of crocheting amigurumi dolls is how they come to life in your hands with every stich and with every piece of filling. I'm not sure he will still be here in the morning, he might sneak out hop into the river outside my door and swim to the  next ocean.

I guess he would make a cool kitty toy (I might know a kitty who would love him), or as a part of a baby mobile.

Dienstag, 8. Januar 2013

Mollie Makes Flower Coasters


 Mollie Makes Flower Coasters

The pattern is easy to follow and in no time you have a pretty crochet flower coaster. Check out the photo tutorial on mollie makes. I used up some cotton left overs from other projects to try out this pattern.



Montag, 7. Januar 2013

Kitty Lunch Box Cozy




You might remember the Owl Lunch Box Cosy I made for my sister last year. Well at the same time I did a cozy for my Lunch Box, but didn´t finish it off ´til recently. Mine turned into this kitty :) She got a japanese face from Pierrot from their oven mitt pattern. To be able to hold it and so the cosy wouldn´t slip of, I added a chain of thicker yarn, that would be long enough to bind into a bow.

It really holds the food inside warm for a long time and I guess cold too on a warmer day. So it´s practical too ;)


better view from the top