This sale’s sure been keeping me busy, thanks to everyone buying up my remaining stock, “especially Chali”:http://chalicerae.livejournal.com/71498.html! Hugs XO
It feels weird to have my stock so low, it makes me nervous. I’m pretty excited with what’s coming next, though, and promise to have more details soon.
What I can tell you is that there’s a new website coming, sorta — It’s really this site but a lot simpler. (“Kevin”:http://houseofirony.com/ might as well be using a chainsaw to build it.) After this sale wraps up, the cat’s coming outta the bag, I swear.
Hope you enjoy the first day of Spring!
As soon as I saw this mixed package of vintage fabrics at Value Village my mind started swirling with ideas — Would I make a “hobo tote”:http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=6043.0 for the summer, or a circular needle roll-up, maybe even a bibbed apron?!
Too bad once I got home and opened the bag, all the fabric and already been cut into and all I got were sloppy seconds. :( I guess there’s enough to make a mini-quilt or some patchwork pillows, but I was pretty disappointed.
Let this be a lesson to you!
A few winters ago, I made a bunch of little knitted Pixie hats and put them up on my website, I thought they were just adorable, and they sold out right quick. Knitting them up was pretty time consuming, so I didn’t make any more, and really, I forgot about them. Well, I recently received an email from Rhiannon, who wanted to know if I could send her the pattern for them.
It took a little while to find (Kevin’s Mum had it tucked away with all her knitting patterns), but “here it is”:http://karissacove.com/images/journal/06-03-14-pixiepattern.jpg. I used a modified version, but it’s basically the same.
I know that it’s a little off-season to be posting, with all the spring weather that’s in the air, but I thought that depending on what type of fibre you knit it with (cotton, anyone?) it may be sort of a spring transition cap!
I was doing some knitting research, and I don’t know how this feel under my radar because I’m always scouring for cuteness, but I just discovered the Amigurumi craze. In case you’re like me,
Amigurumi is a style of Japanese crocheted toy that follow the same aesthetic as cutesy-anime: large head, low wide eyes and cute beyond belief.
I totally want to make my own, but pattern books are far and few between (Take a look at this “Hello Kitty pattern @ eBay”:http://cgi.ebay.ca/SANRIO-Hello-Kitty-Amigurumi-Pattern-Book-Japanese_W0QQitemZ8263208937QQcategoryZ41232QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem). Luckily I stumbled onto “Roxy Craft”:http://roxycraft.com and their “Amigurumi patterns”:http://www.etsy.com/view_item.php?listing_id=98247 for only $10:
They offer a wide variety of amigurumi patterns in pdf format for you to download. I bought this right before bed, and when I woke up the file was waiting there in my inbox — Rise and crochet! My skills are a little bit rusty, but I think I’m up for the challenge.
