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It’s a strange feeling. Two years ago I was childless and happy, and today I have a toddler and am even happier.
This coming Wednesday my daughter and I both have birthdays. She’ll be two, and I’ll be 29 again. We celebrated her birthday yesterday with my husband’s family and had a lovely day eating rainbow cake. I felt a bit guilty letting her eat so much food colouring, but honestly, it’s once a year. I’m not feeding her red icy poles on a daily basis, and there’s no red cordial in our house!
Last year we went a bit overboard with a Very Hungry Caterpillar birthday theme, and this year we toned it down a lot, and had rainbow things. My daughter loves rainbows – I’m always drawing them for her and she loves to give it a go herself.
So off to Pinterest I went and found the most amazing rainbow cakes in jars that I just had to make.
It took a bit more effort than I thought, and if I could I’d do them again because I got my amounts wrong, so instead of one rainbow, I had to mix up two batches and had two rainbows in the end. They also shrunk a bit while cooling, but I don’t know how I could have prevented that to be honest – any ideas?
Here’s the original:
And here’s my daughter, enjoying herself immensely!
As a little bit of fun for myself, I dressed her as my two year old self for the day. My mum has a photo of me with my hair in pigtails and wearing this exact dress as a two year old, so because my own family can’t be here to celebrate either birthday, I wanted to offer a bit of a tribute to them too.
The best part of the whole day was Raina saying happy birthday all the time and even singing Happy Birthday to You, she’s awesome.
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Here he is, finished!
(click the image to pin it)
I loved making him, and it was a great experiment without a pattern. Obviously with my critical eye there are loads of changes that I would make, so am considering making even more, and writing the pattern down. Plus I’d love to make the possessed minion too…
What do you think? Worth the investment in time?
Posted in Drops, Monday, Pinterest, Projects
Tagged amigurumi, craft, crochet, despicable me, DIY, drops, haken, hand crafted, hand made, handcrafted, handmade, minion, MissNeriss, Obsessed with Crochet, pinspiration, projects
It’s taken ages, but finally I get to make Kevin the minion! I’m loving this little guy, and can’t wait to see how he ends up when he’s all done.
I initially went searching for a pattern, but the only one that I loved was All About Ami’s but it was much too big, so I decided to make my own.
He’s working up quickly too, which is what I love about amigurumi projects – instant gratification!
How much do you love minions? Probably not as much as I do….
February 12, 2014 in Drops, Projects, WIP
Tagged amigurumi, clover, crochet, despicable me, drops, drops Paris, haken, hand crafted, hand made, instagram, Kevin, minion, paris, Wednesday, WIP, yarn, yarn addict, yarn porn
When a friend asked if I would make her something for a baby boy, all I could think of was this beautiful Elephant Snuggle by local Amsterdam designer Dendennis, so even though the request came through at about 9pm and I was planning on an early night, I couldn’t wait to get started.
In real life the elephant is even better looking than in the photos!
Best news of all, the pattern is absolutely free!
I used Drops Paris for this project, which you can order via Wool Warehouse* and Caro’s Atelier*.
If you’d like me to make you one of these, feel free to shoot me an email from my contact page, and don’t forget to follow me on Facebook and Instagram too!
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Somewhere in January my crochet mojo just packed its bags and buggered off on holiday. No matter how hard I tried, I just could not force myself to enjoy any projects, new or old. Feelings of self-doubt plagued me for most of the month; I wasn’t sure I ever wanted to pick up a crochet hook again. Thankfully for me, January was a slow month, order wise. I only had a small backlog to work through. I suppose it was a combination of the winter blues with a bit of post Christmas burnout, I just needed some time for myself.
However, as quick as it came, it was gone! Now I’m back to feeling as enthusiastic as ever. I have a few pattern ideas swirling around and a couple of projects from my favourite designers that I can’t wait to make, including A Morning Cup if Jo’s new Giraffe pattern.
Meanwhile, even though I’d completely lost my mojo, I’ve been plugging away at the #CrochetMoodBlanket2014 project, crocheting a hexagon a day, reflecting my mood. I’ll admit to cheating a bit; I didn’t feel like crocheting a few days, so I added a “filler” colour. Here’s January’s progress:
I love the colours I chose, they reflect my own personal tastes perfectly. I’m really a pinks and blues kind of girl. Like my mum, I think turquoise is my favourite colour.
This is the mood palette; I’ve added a few interpretations since, because my moods are way more complex than “Happy,” or “Sick,” it. Turns out. Who’d have thought…?
I share pictures all the time on Instagram, so come join me. I’d love to see your photos too. It’s my favourite social media network, as let’s face it. I love looking at other peoples’ photos. I don’t care if we’re never likely to meet, it makes me feel as though we might… So add me here: Miss__Neriss
Here’s to longer days (and cooler weather for my Southern Hemisphere lovelies).
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Tagged afghan, amigurumi, craft, crochet, crochetmoodblanket2014, haken, hand crafted, hand made, love, mojo, morning cup of jo
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