sure looks strange to me

sing along with me...

well I saw this thing comin' out of the sky

it had one long horn, one big eye

I commenced to shakin' and I said "oohhh-eeee"

it looks like a purple people eater to me



the vibrant purple didn't photograph as well as I'd hoped... but he was fun to make!

zettified art stuffs

you're looking at the basic building blocks of my current swap project at silly string

once again, I am entering uncharted waters with this one!

the plan is that we take our inspiration from the art work of teesha moore, and then design a 'doll' which will be personally significant to our swap partner... it must be at least 50% crocheted, and include stripes, a hat and a quotation

I've reviewed teesha moore's art, and focussed on the elements that stand out to me... the combination of bright colours and black and white stripes, the facial features have a very realistic quality to them (like a photograph from the 1920s) the eyes are wide set and large, and the mouth is very small by comparison... and there is often a quote, or a set of words on the body

I've also been stalking my swap partner, messy... so I can incorporate characteristics which will be significant to her! I will be including four elements in her doll... her love of cats, fire trucks, days of our lives, and the colour green

wish me luck, and let's see where this project takes me...

hearts galore

made to hang in my daughter's room... five stuffed felted hearts, spelling out her name

worked in reclaimed yarns, and adorned with the beads from one of her (many) broken bracelets!

not my design, but if you're interested you can find the pattern for the hearts here

silly string

if you love your crochet, and are looking to challenge yourself to create something slightly unusual... come and join us over at ravelry in the silly string group

there is an abundance of bizarre challenges, swaps and dares... check them out

one of the february challenges was to create a human ear

at first it didn't appeal to me at all... it's not that I don't like ears - in fact, they are incredibly useful appendages! but I wasn't inspired to work on one

then I started thinking about that scientific breakthrough a few years back... where they were able to grow a human ear on the back of a mouse

it led to this little guy… a mouse with two human ears!

as I was working on him, I had a bit of a giggle about him being the opposite of a ‘mouseketeer’…

instead of a human wearing mouse ears, we have a mouse wearing human ears

I’m easily amused :)

standstill

desmond the lion now has a head full of features, but I have come to a standstill with the remainder of this toy

I've tried many variations for the body... but none that I'm super pleased with!

so desmond is going into hibernation for a little while, until I can look at him with fresh eyes

leftover love

I must still be feeling the after-effects of valentines day... and have hearts on the brain!

this bag is based on my 'little miss two' pattern, with a few modifications

as always, I have worked with reclaimed yarns... this time a pink wool and a purple ribbon yarn

throughout the body of the bag, I turned my work at the end of each round... which gives the bag a slightly different texture

I also used a different type of embellishment... I cut a heart from the scraps of a felted jumper... and then worked a sc, 2ch border around the edge, and attached it to the front of the bag

my daughter loves it... pink and purple are her favourite colours... and you can never go wrong with hearts

what do you do, when you're down with the flu?

48 hours worth of head spins and cold sweats...

and yet somewhere in amongst it all, I was desperate to get my hands on some crafting!

not that I was actually capable of sitting upright without support... but these things can be done in any position...

at least I was wise enough not to 'work' on any of my current projects... because my brilliant ideas when I am sick or over-tired, are not always so genius in the cold hard light of day

so I stayed away from wips... and took my inspiration from my pyjamas

(let's face it... I've been in them for a couple of days straight now)

I started on a pyjama bag - yes, a bag knit from pyjamas and other such flannelette goodies

(just realised I have no idea how to spell flannelette... and the more times I try... the more ridiculous the word seems to be)

I suspect I am still under a bit of a flu stupor, so I will leave you with a sneak peek at this latest project... and will decide in a couple of days whether it is a 'keeper' or not



man, I hope I didn't cut up any of my good jammies!