FINALLY!

Happy Easter, all! And what says Easter more than new crochet guys. I am finally back to crocheting after about 7 months of nothing. If you have seen my previous posts, I was diagnosed with tendinitis about 6 months ago and it has taken all of this time for the pain to fully go away. I've done a few stitches here and there over the months, but my first full project since the diagnosis was yesterday. I am making two of my little guys. Here are some pictures.

If you can't tell the first one is Edward Cullen and the second is Dracula. I made the body for Edward about a year ago. It was actually intended to be Captain Jack Harkness, but A) these are presents for a friend of mine and B) I didn't have time to make two new bodies and C) the colors were right (although I wish Ed were a little paler). I made the hair yesterday and it took about 45 minutes. For the record I HATE working with fuzzy yarns, but I think Edward's hair is perfect. I found some really great tips here at PlanetJune.

I started Dracula yesterday and finished him today. Let me tell you, his hair was a pain, but I think he finally looks really good. He has a felt cape that I sewed together, and awesome little fangs.

The only problem now is Edwards eyes. Once that is done, these gifts will be complete! I can't wait to see my friends face. I hope she likes them.

If anyone else cares...

I have one follower on this blog and I know exactly who it is and she already knows this... so if anyone else cares... this is the reason I have not posted anything for a while. I have been diagnosed with a type of tendinitis and it is painful and awkward to crochet, so if you don't hear anything from me for awhile... it's the tendinitis.

And the lesson is...

So, once upon a time...

An evil scien-temptress created an amazing being. And his name was Frankenguy. She worked tirelessly for two weeks to give him the perfect body. After hours of labor she believed her work to be complete. She finished her creation, and stitched him up.

Weeks went by and she realized that Frankenguy's body was not being shown to it's full potential. He sagged in places that should have been svelte. There was only one thing to be done... surgery.









The surgery was long and painful. It took two long hours, but in the end her work done she believed that her creation was even better...


Now children... what is the moral of this fairlytale???

Always over stuff your projects the first time. Don't try to resort to open crochet surgery weeks later... the ending may not be a happy one.

I'm in a play...

Right now I am in a play. I am playing the reverend's wife in Anne of Green Gables. I have to walk across the stage in the funeral procession for Matthew and I really wanted a handkerchief, so I made one. . . and then I asked the director if I could use it. :D Here it is.

The "A" is for Allan. I play Mrs. Allan

Something New

I've been crocheting, but I haven't been able to finish anything lately. I've started some large projects that are going to take some time, but yesterday my mom got me a FANTASTIC gift... what every drunk on the go needs... a flask. I was joking with my mom that I wished that someone would have bought me a flask for my 21st birthday, but nobody ever did. So yesterday my mom found one at her work that was on massive sale. $2.70. That's a steal. I got it and today my friends and I were having a Firefly marathon and my hands got bored, so I just started working and here is what happened.

Baby on the Way

A friend of mine is having a baby and I love to crochet. I love the cute things that you can make for babies, but I do not have the patience for many of the baby blankets and such. So I wanted to make a little amigurumi toy, but what to make? I couldn't find any patterns that I liked. I found two bunnies that were cute, but one was too small and the other had confusing directions. So I made my own pattern. I had to rip out the body and start again twice, I had to rip out the ears once, but the arms and legs went well. So here he is... Jack Rabbit!

I think I might be obsessed.

As evident by this blog I really like amigurumi, but two months ago you would never have known it. I didn't think that I would have the patience for these projects, but the truth is they are right up my alley. Most of the projects are quick and easy. All I used to do was hats and scarves. I still love them, but I found that I love amigurumi guys too.

Today I made a present for my sister. It is a free pattern I got from Lion Brand's website. It's a little pig. Mine didn't turn out perfect, but I think he's cute and my sister really likes him.

His ears turned out bigger than they should have, but for me it's more about the process, I don't keep many of my creations I usually give them away.

Here's the pattern: http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/70589AD.html?noImages=