wildstitches

Zombie snowmen? X_x;

2009-10-03T14:20:31Z

...lots of rain lately. >_>;;

This first guy had been supposed to be a zombunny (zombie bunny), but his proportions weren't coming out right and it was late, so I gave his a pair of spindly arms, the prerequisite red X zombie eyes, and now he's a zombie snowman. He's got some lovely patches of pale green and black mold, and is a sickly off-white.

In other news, I made another Chocobo purse. It worked much better this time, and now I have its pattern written down. I'm still a bit shaky on the whole 'changing colors' part, and the 'binding off in something other than a straight line' part, but I think it turned out rather well.

Thoughts?

Chocobooooooooooo! <3

2009-10-01T19:28:01Z

It was raining, and I like Chocobos, so I made a Chocobo coin purse. Need I say more? ~-^

The colors in the picture didn’t really turn out. It’s a nice soft yellow, not as glaring, likewise with the orange, and the color of the eyes is dark blue.

I’m pretty happy with how it turned out, considering that this is only my third knitted thing and I had never changed colors in rows before. Or at all really, in knitting. That kind of kicked my butt, but next time I’ll have my revenge! Mwahahaha! :P

Granted, it would probably have turned out better if I had been able to decide how I wanted to make it.

Started out with a tubular cast-on, followed by a bunch of double-knitting. It wasn’t working up fast enough for my taste, so I moved everything onto two circulars and kept going - much faster, but you can kind of tell where I did that. >_>;;

Then the thing with the colors kicking my butt, then I hit the last two rows (that I wanted to be just the orange end of the beak hanging down) and I’m kind of at a loss as to how to do that. I cast off the first yellow stitches (should have done that last row), go through the orange, zigzag around like crazy before casting off the far side in this weird (yet very smooth) slide. Argh.

Yep, definitely need to do more research before I hit the orange part of the next one… ~_^

New Pattern! Fox/Kitsune! ^-^

2009-06-03T23:06:30Z

I’ve always loved the stories about kitsune. Then again, that might be my own warped and mischievous sense of humor showing through. Hmmm. Maybe I’m part fox… ~-^

I made this little guy with three tails and he’s about 7” tall when he’s sitting down, perfect for cuddling in one hand! ^-^

Kitsune is the Japanese word for fox. In mythology they often show their mischievous side, though they’re just as often shown to be faithful guardians and friends. A kitsune may have up to nine tails, and the more tails it has, the older, wiser, and more powerful it is.

~~I'll post pics a little later.~~ EDIT: Pics now up! \^-^/

Here's his front:

Here he is sniffing some of the forget-me-nots in the front yard:

And here he is admiring my 'grass alternative' lawn. I've really got to get the lawn mower fixed soon... =_=;;

Check it out on Etsy or Ravelry, where the pattern is already up and ready to go:

Me on Etsy, or on Ravelry.

If you don't have a preference and you want to buy a copy of the pattern, I'd love it if you'd go the Ravelry route (less fees over there).

...And the world was never safe again... ~_^

2009-03-23T15:05:44Z

I've just taught myself how to knit.

...

Mwahahahahahahaha! \^_^/

Never one to do things the easy way, I learned how to knit with double-pointed needles because I just want to make amigurumi and they're done in the round, so I figured why learn how to go flat first if I'll hardly ever do that? So I'm off to a round start. (For anyone out there who's wincing at that, that's also how I tackled crochet. ~_^)

I made an brown-orange ball. Then I crocheted him a little two-tone green hat, gave him some eyes and a mouth, and voila! It's a persimmon! I'm calling him Pete. I'll post a picture when I can find the camera.

He turned out pretty darn good, I think! At least his stitches are all the same size. I miss crochet's invisible decreases and double ring, though... :(

Let crochet carrots everywhere beware!

2009-02-24T02:47:24Z

Today (and yesterday), I have been busy making guinea pigs. It started out as one, but you know how it goes; first you have one, then you have seven. Ah, well. They were inspired by the guinea pigs I used to have (at least the white one and the dark ones were). They're the same size as a real newborn guinea pig (and seeing that is an awesome thing in itself!).

I'm thinking about making more, selling them (already made), and giving part of the money to the local SPCA. It's run entirely on donations, and taken care of (volunteered) by a very nice retired lady whose only recompense is the satisfaction of taking care of the animals.

Anyways, here they are!

The same guy, from the side:

And the back:

There's one in every bunch: ~_^

Guinea-crobatics!

After all that work at the photo op, the tired guinea pigs take a moment to chow down. You can't see from this angle, but the crochet carrot I made them has a "bite" taken out of it on the side facing the all-brown guy:

EDIT FEB 24: Okay, so there was this crochet thread. And this hook. I couldn't help it. =_=;;

Thus, 'Goliath' was born. Er... hooked?

He's a grand total of 1 1/4" (3cm) long, and just too cute for words. ^_^

Here he is from the side:

And a 3/4 view. He does have a fully detailed face like his bigger friends, but thanks to the camera flash, you can't actually tell:

Here's a picture of his underside. Like his bigger friends, he has the cutest little feet! ^_^

That's a doozy! Er, doozer. ~_^

2009-02-19T23:15:12Z

It was windy and snowstormy today. A day when you just want to stay inside, curl up next to the wood stove and vegetate until the weather smartens up. A great day for crochet! ~_^

So I sat down with a bit of yarn and a hook and... well... crocheted. I decided I felt like doozers today, so that's what I did. I seem to be getting better at making up patterns as I go along. Good thing I also write everything down; if it works, I can do it again and if it doesn't... well, that's what they invented scribbling for. ~_^

I think I'm going to give this guy to Mom; she's always liked doozers. EDIT: I gave it to her just a few minutes ago - she loved it! Yay! ^_^

From the front:

And the side:

And the back:

His nose is about twice as big as it should be, but at least next time I'll know the triple-triples are a little too tall for a base...

Pattern link: my IJ

Heeeeeeere, fishy, fishy, fishy!

2009-02-16T00:19:52Z

Fresh off the hook, Bettas!

These guys have all the eyecatching allure of a real Betta (fighting fish), but no cleaning smelly tanks! These guys are quite calm and will only fight if you want them to. They might nibble the occasional jellybean, but only when no one will notice them.

I called this guy Normie, because he's the only one with the 'normal' Betta colors:

This guy's Stripey. I used that phased-color yarn for his body. I'm thinking of making him a friend with the same color body, and a red phased-color tail.

This last guy's Bluey. His body's shorter than the others because I used some unlabeled yarn I picked up somewhere and I thought it was worsted, but it became obvious when I switched to the darker blue that it wasn't. =_=;; He's very soft, though. ^_^

I love these guys, and their tails are really ruffly! ^_^

Their pattern is floating around on my Etsy shop.

Dragon pattern now available...

2009-02-14T19:04:19Z

Well, the pattern for my Asian Dragon from this post is typed and edited, prettied up with pictures, and is now sitting in my brand-new Etsy shop.

So now I have two dragons; the original and the new one I made while testing the pattern. They've been getting along so far without fighting, which is more than I can say about my cats. >_<

This is my first time posting on Etsy; please let me know if I did some sort of monumental flub-up?

Amigurumi Dragon

2009-02-11T02:13:56Z

I started this just trying to figure out how to do bends in amigurumi. About 20 hours later, I'm putting the finishing touches on an Asian dragon and trying to keep my eyes from crossing.

Head -> desk

I took a couple of pictures (please forgive the crappy camera).

( Clicky for piccies! )