Today is the day! 

I’m ran­dom­ly draw­ing an amigu­ru­mi sug­ges­tion from the com­ments every­one has left on this post, this post, and my post on Insta­gram.

I’m using the list ran­dom­iz­er on random.org. I enter all the sug­ges­tions as a list, and then the num­ber one item in the ran­dom­ized list would be the winner.

And the win­ning amigu­ru­mi is…

 

Nar­whal!!

An amigu­ru­mi nar­whal will be going to Amy, who made the sug­ges­tion :D

Now I just have to ask for every­one’s patience, as the fin­ished nar­whal and pat­tern will take me a lit­tle time… but it would be a great way to wel­come spring/summer by mak­ing an aquat­ic creature! 

Thank you so much every­one for your sug­ges­tions and com­ments! I’m a bit sad that I’m not able to make a pat­tern for all of the amigu­ru­mi you’ve sug­gest­ed, because they’re all great ideas and I like all of them! So I’ve decid­ed to scour the inter­web to see if these pat­terns already exist, and here they are if you want to make some of them :D (you can click on the above image to see the list of all the ani­mals suggested)

• Cute and cud­dly Capy­bara, a free Rav­el­ry download. 
• A free yel­low rub­ber duck pat­tern with a nice fan tail, can be made with dif­fer­ent colours of yarn for a North­ern Shoveler.
• A love­ly giraffe (made in one piece!) by Vam­pire Weasel.
• I’ve post­ed a super sim­ple pen­guin pat­tern before, but if you’re look­ing for one with more details, this pen­guin on Wom­an’s Day looks very cute.
• Here’s a sil­ly look­ing platy­pus, from Inner Child Cro­chet.
• A seri­ous­ly AWESOME look­ing (and free!) Emol­ga Poke­mon pat­tern by Wolf Dream­er.
• Super adorable guinea pigs on Rav­el­ry — I wish I have the time to make a dozen!
• Beau­ti­ful lla­ma from Cro­chet Goods, looks like she’s ready for action!
• Chub­by red pan­da from (Ri)Create, just want to squeeze him.
• This car­di­nal on Rav­el­ry would make an awe­some friend and accom­plice to a squir­rel :D
• The loris is a bit hard­er to find… but I thought this lemur pat­tern might also work for a loris. For sale on Ravelry.
• These hedge­hogs also work as dusters, they make help­ful plush friends :D Pat­tern by Pier­rot.  

Thanks so much for the inspi­ra­tions, everyone!

 

 

Aw, and this one is hug­ging a cat. (source)

As you may know in my last post I asked every­one what animal/creature/thing you’d like to see an amigu­ru­mi (cro­chet small plush) pat­tern for, and to leave a com­ment if you’ve got an idea. I’d then ran­dom­ly choose a com­ment this Sat­ur­day to make the cro­chet plush that’s been sug­gest­ed. The per­son who made the com­ment will receive the fin­ished cro­chet plush (I do ship inter­na­tion­al­ly), and I will write up the pat­tern and share it on the blog for all to enjoy :D

So far it looks like capy­bara has the most chance of being ran­dom­ly cho­sen, as most of the visitors/readers have sug­gest­ed it. But if you’d like a cro­chet plush of a dif­fer­ent animal/creature/thing, there’s still a chance before Sat­ur­day! You can leave a com­ment on this post or my last post.

Have a good rest-of-the-week!

 

 

I’ve been nom­i­nat­ed for a Lieb­ster Award by the won­der­ful Kirsty at Tea and Rain­bows! :D 

That made my day. Thanks so much for your thought­ful­ness Kirsty! I’ve been fol­low­ing Kirsty’s blog for a while and I’m always super impressed with her sewing projects — please hop over to check them out!

Part of the award involves answer­ing some ques­tions for Kirsty, which are so over­due now, and I’m post­ing a much abbre­vi­at­ed response to the nom­i­na­tion because of lack of time, I’m sor­ry >_< but here they are!

1. What’s your guilty plea­sure?
I eat far too much chips, some­times I think it’s not so good for me but that’s the first thing I go for after a busy day at school/work :S

2. What’s your favourite kind of fab­ric to work with?
Cot­ton! Very easy to work with and does­n’t slip all over the place.

3. Favourite ani­mal?
Llamas, capy­baras, rab­bits, giraffes, pen­guins, owls (it’s hard to name just one :P)  

4. What’s your all-time-favourite sewing pat­tern to make?
The square top! (and vari­a­tions of it, dress­es and such)

5. What one sewing tool can’t you live with­out?
Nee­dles of all sorts. I use them to sew togeth­er cro­chet and knit­ting projects as well, and embroi­der­ing details.

6. When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
An artist or a paleontologist 

7. What’s the best thing that hap­pened to you today?
I got some free time to knit, and to write this blog post :D

8. What’s your favourite seam fin­ish?
I’ve only ever use straight stitch… oh wait, I tried French seam once, it was fun.

9. How long ago did you start sewing?
When I was 14.

10. If I gave you a cat, what would you name it?
Fil­bert. Or McFurson. 

11. Where do you get your sewing inspi­ra­tion from?
What I see peo­ple wear, or blogs. I like very sim­ple shapes and structures.

And now, I’ve got a ques­tion for you! I haven’t been post­ing amigu­ru­mi or cro­chet tiny plush pat­terns late­ly, part of the rea­son is that I’m hav­ing a hard time com­ing up with ideas for new things to make. I’m won­der­ing what you would like to see an amigu­ru­mi / cro­chet tiny plush pat­tern for? Please feel free to leave a comment! 

And to make it fun, I will ran­dom­ly choose a com­ment and make the animal/thing that’s sug­gest­ed in the com­ment next Sat­ur­day, and the per­son who made the com­ment will receive the fin­ished cro­chet plush :) And of course, I will post the pat­tern to share with every­one. Look­ing for­ward to hear­ing your ideas!

Have a great week, everyone!

A gigan­tic thank-you to every­one who entered my sec­ond give­away! I’m super excit­ed to announce the winner…

This time I decid­ed to pick the win­ner in style by draw­ing num­bers out of a hat.

And the win­ner is.….  the 8th com­menter in the post!

Con­grat­u­la­tions Jeanette!!! :D  I will con­tact you by email short­ly for your mail­ing address­es. And yes, I do ship inter­na­tion­al­ly. Giraffe the neck warmer is equal­ly excit­ed to have a new home!! 

Thank you to every­one for your support…

have a fan­tas­tic week and a very Hap­py Ground­hog day!

 Giraffe the neck warmer is one of the things that I was let­ting go of from my last post.

I made it for a craft show a few years back, it’s been sit­ting in my “poten­tial sale items” bin since then. 

It’s cro­cheted with a fuzzy brown yarn like this and a soft yel­low acrylic yarn, with two large white but­tons for closure.

This is how it looks on a neck…

Very warm. A cus­tomer who bought a sim­i­lar neck warmer from me said it was good for bike-rid­ing in cold weather.

So if you are inter­est­ed in giv­ing Giraffe the neck warmer a home, please leave a com­ment in this post before mid­night on Fri­day Feb­ru­ary 1st. The win­ner will be select­ed using a ran­dom num­ber gen­er­a­tor and I will post the result on Sat­ur­day, Feb­ru­ary 2nd.

Friends and vis­i­tors from far and wide are wel­come to enter, I will send it any­where :D

Have a sweet weekend! 

All the awe­some pho­tos and sto­ries you’ve sent are final­ly post­ed! You can find them by click­ing the “craft-along gallery” tap above. A huge thank-you hug to Mike who added the nifty gallery view­er :D

A tiny Yeti hug :D

The craft-along was a lot of fun! And I’ve been oooh-ing and ahh-ing over the pho­tos every­one’s sent me. I will total­ly be up for hav­ing anoth­er par­ty some­times in the future. Maybe next time we can have a themed party!

Thank you so much for join­ing me! So inspired by your cre­ativ­i­ty. I hope you’ve had a good time craft­ing, and I hope you enjoy look­ing at every­one’s projects!

Have a great week, everyone!