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Well, not quite the world, but I did conquer Bruges!
I just had a girly weekend away which is something I haven’t done in god knows how long. Since before I moved to Holland, in any case. So that’s at least five years. We shopped, we ate, we walked, we laughed, we drank cocktails, it was fabulous. But the highlight by far was climbing the Belfry!
The famous Belfry in Bruges. A paltry 366 steps to the top. Easy peasy. ha!
What’s on this week? Well, I am almost finished the biggest amigurumi project of my life – a gorgeous brown bear that’s a special commission. Here he is without any legs, what do you think?
I finished the legs last night and now he only needs a tail. My daughter is in love and I’ll have to sneak him out the door I think.
Then it’s on to Minions. Who doesn’t love the minions, really. I made this one for a newborn, but there will be adult versions flying off my hook in the coming weeks.
Lots of other stuff on; the weather is gorgeous so we’re playing outside as much as possible on the slippery slide and in the pool and have a trip to Sprookjeswonderland planned for this Friday, can’t wait!
What do you have on this week? Join me at The Move to America for Monday Coffee Morning:
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Tagged amigurumi, crochet, haken, IFTTT, MissNeriss, Obsessed with Crochet
Over at All About Ami, Stephanie is calling for bloggers to link up and discover one another. Stephanie is going to create a list of crochet and amigurumi blogs, so get amongst it! Click the pic above and leave your name, location and blog URL.
Do me a favour? Repeat the process here too so I can add you to my own blogroll and create a page with a blog list myself?
Thanks!
My mother in law pointed out to me last week that she wants to recommend my work to a friend, but there is no where here on my site to see my projects all in one place. Cue much forehead slapping and head shaking. How could I miss something so obvious?!
So, here it is. A gallery containing quite a few of the projects I have completed over the last few months. There are many, many more, but I never seem to remember to photograph them and they’ve moved into their new homes before I realise.
I hope you like it! The link is on the menu bar above, or just here, below:
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The last few weeks have been flat out. Ridiculous. I lost a weekend making Roary 1.0, running out of yarn and having to start from scratch on Roary 2.0 in time for Monday (the yarn to finish Roary 1.0 is coming home today!), I’ve been busy making multiple Yoda and Rupsje hats (info and patterns to come on those soon) to send to Australia, plus the neon bug has bitten hard. I’ve been churning out owls and whales like nobody’s business!
Here are the whales that I posted on Pinterest yesterday:
Aren’t they adorable?
So what have I been doing on Pinterest this week? Well, to be honest, not a whole lot. You see, about a month ago my daughter somehow managed to crack my iPad screen (also known as my extra limb). It was still usable, until my lovely husband stepped on it early one morning after my daughter had been playing with it on the floor beside our bed. In his defence, early one morning actually equals the middle of the night (that’s how early she gets us up) and it was still quite dark. He couldn’t possibly have seen it.
So, off to the insurance it has gone to have the screen replaced. My iPad is my main connection to the world outside my home, so I’m feeling a bit lost without it. What a shock to my system to actually browse the Internet using a PC!
However. The yarn that I have grown to love over time and have found a use for almost every variety is from Drops. I use Paris and Cotton Light religiously for amigurumi projects, and the Big Merino is fast becoming my favourite for lovely warm hats. I’ve also found a fabulous supplier here in the Netherlands: Hobbydoos.nl. Well, to be honest, there are loads of great suppliers here (remind me to write about on my faves soon), but this one is fabulously reliable and most importantly: fast.
Here are some of the Drops patterns I’ve been inspired to make lately.
This one is actually for a project I’m starting very soon, I can’t wait to get started.
I’ve been looking at this bag for quite a long time actually. I love the colours.
Blankets are historically not my most favourite project, but this one looks great to have in the car or over my lap on cold evenings…
How cute are these piggy slippers. I love all things piggy. In fact Peppa Pig is our family favourite.
Pot-holders don’t usually light my fire, but these could convert me…
What I also love about Drops is that the site is international and multilingual and has about a gazillion free patterns for knitters and crocheters. They’re all well written and easy to follow.
What’s your favourite yarn? I’m becoming a yarn hoarder, so the more tips the better!
Increasingly, amigurumi is the crochet genre that I’m finding the most joy in.
Here are a couple of mini-projects I’ve undertaken of late:
I came across these awesome whales on Pinterest and when I clicked through to the original post, I was ecstatic to discover a free pattern!
I did make a couple of changes to the pattern, however. As I prefer to use as few joins as possible, instead of creating and attaching the fins and tail, I integrated them into the body of the whale.
Fins: Ch4 and join into the same stitch before continuing around.
Tail: Ch5, HDCin 2nd stitch from the hook, HDC, SC, slip stitch into the next stitch. Repeat, but SC into the same stitch, then fasten off and change colour.
This baby penguin was found on Craftsy, and is of course by A Morning Jup of Jo Creations . I keep meaning to make the larger penguins too, but as I say almost every day, time is not my friend!
Have you made mini amigurumis? Do you have any patterns you’d like to share?
MissNeriss 