It's hard to believe I haven't posted anything since September of 2014. I promise you that it's not because I haven't made anything, because I certainly have. It's also not because I was super busy, or at least not always super busy. I did end up becoming an honourary auntie to a sweet little boy in November. I also found out I was going to be getting a sister-in-law and then it became official two days after Christmas. I also had quite a crazy work schedule for a while due to some unexpected issues arising at the end of December and early January. But, I really haven't got a legitimate excuse.
Here are some pictures of some of the projects I have done over my nine months of silence:
A sweater that I was asked to knit by a client at the office where I work. She has twin granddaughters and she wanted them to have matching sweaters, though different colours. The other twin was getting a green one. I was super proud of this project because it's the largest project that I have ever actually completed. I am notorious for starting a really large project and then giving up halfway through. Fortunately, this project wasn't for fun, so it actually got completed.
Owlby! This name has actually only recently been acquired by this sweet little amigurumi. When I originally crocheted him, the pattern was titled
Mr. Murasaki, which, if I recall correctly, means Mr. Purple. The reason we call him Owlby now is that when turned upside down, he looks a bit like a Ferby:
So, while playing a life size version of Angry Birds in our apartment living room with my amigurumi creations and some stuffed toys, cardboard boxes, plastic bins, and a TV table, Owlby was christened.
This is Owlby's older sister, but she hasn't officially got a name yet. She was also a participant in the Angry Birds game. We were celebrating the graduation of two of my roommate's friends and the Wii died, so we rigged up our own game.
Multicoloured cupcakes! We had a lunch with friends and it was a potluck type deal, so one of my friends and I made cupcakes with multicoloured batter! They were super fun.
This is a second giraffe baby lovey for a friend of my honourary nephew. This one didn't have arms, which wasn't deliberate, but ended up being a good thing because now they can tell which giraffe belongs to which child if they happen to both have them around at the same time. Don't worry, it's only squished because it was all packaged up in a ziploc bag to be mailed to the recipient.
These two were made because of my obsession with
owls, in case you hadn't picked up on that just yet. The white one is made from yarn, the tan one from hemp cord. The eyes and beaks are wooden beads and I made the branches they're perched on from polymer clay. The white one was my first attempt and I had no chain available so I just braided more of the yarn to create the actual necklace.
Anyone a fan of
The Doctor? Personally, I've never watched single episode, but my brother is a fan and so is one of my friends(well, at least one, that I know of). This project is actually still sitting almost complete, not because I just couldn't finish it, but because I wasn't overly impressed with the top of it and I messed up on the lettering.
This one was actually super easy. I even made the buttons out of polymer clay.
TBT! To that time when I had long hair! About three weeks ago...although, I made the slouchy more than three weeks ago. I absolutely love this colour and the hat turned out great!
So, there's another client at the office where I work who saw these on some news channel. Some grade five kids out in Western Canada were making these and selling them to raise money for veterans. Anyway, she decided she must have some and so, I have been, am, and will be busy making lots of these sweet little poppies, though the centres will be black from this point forward.
Photo by: my roommate Becca
And finally, we come to the project that I actually mentioned in the title. This guy is from a pattern by Nerdigurumi and instead of just leaving him as a plush toy, I decided that he would be a lovey.
Photo by: my roommate Becca
I really love how this turned out, especially with the ecru and red border on the blanket. It's another gift, this time for a niece/nephew of my very own, no 'honourary' about it!
Anyway, I will be posting another blog shortly, this one about a sweet treat I made to go with the lovey for the baby shower today.
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