Green Hair For The Win!... Oh and HATS

Yes my hair is now an awesome green. Thanks again Carson. Loving it so much.  And my scalp doesn't look like Fun-Dip anymore. YAY!! Super glad my hair came out so well. It was dyed black with teal ends last (say mid December). So bleaching it out was interesting because not all the black went light. For a short time, until it was dried after washing the bleach out, my hair was a bit orange. Not an attractive color. And we decided that my hair is the spawn of Satan when it comes to becoming tangled. Most days I don't leave my hair down because the smallest movement/breeze will cause it to be tangled to hell. It sucks let me tell you. So I usually braid it or something. But after drying it, combing it,  and putting in the greens and blues, it came out AWESOME!! Couldn't be happier.

Along with my new due I got to hang out with some awesome pups the last few days. Stanley and Stella are a great pair. I hung out with them while their owners were on a little trip for a few days. Stanley is a big old goof that likes to play fetch and bite trees. Yes you read that right, he bites trees. And Stella is a big old sweetie pie who loves to cuddle. These guys are great on walks as well, which is good since they're apartment dogs. Walks are a must. We were fortunate enough to not have to walk in any of the heavy rain. Some sprinkles yes, but we missed most of the rain this weekend.

Stanley & Stella. We were glad it had stopped raining.

So down to the project of the week. I decided on the Rainbow Slouch. I was gonna add in the Tiny Cars too but allergies, or at least what I hope are allergies have been kicking my butt since Thursday. I've never suffered from allergies in the past with the exception of the last few years. Its weird but things change I guess. . . . Okay back to the hats. I managed to get out two if these. I did the gray one first and decided to follow the pattern exactly. Although I believe there was a typo on the last few rows. But since there are plenty of pictures on this one I figured out what they meant. I used my Red Heart Wool yarn for these, all but the green though. I oddly didn't have a green in that yarn. So from the top of the hat we have a deep purple, Tropical Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, and Pink. I tried this one on and it was a bit tight for my head (which is why there are no pics of it on). But its a very cute hat none the less. The black one I kinda made for myself, again using the Red Heart Wool. I added an extra row and did a fun mix on the colors. I'm loving this hat right now. It made walking Stanley and Stella a little warmer, once I got it finished of course. With being under the weather I had low energy and everything was taking like twice as long to do it. 

T.A.R.D.I.S. Phone!!

This project is gonna get a big fat 5 Yarn Balls Rating. 

▪ Pattern Readability -  Well written if not redundant once the rounds become the same up the bulk of the hat.
 

▪ Ease of Pattern - Simple beginner stitches, and an explanation of how they even achieved an intermediate stitch.
 

▪ Adjustments - None needed other then a typo. Easy to change up to the colors you want. I changed the hook for the second one I made because I have tight stitches.
 

▪ Final Product - Fun and Awesome hat!
 

▪ Personal - Loving the look and ease of this pattern. Will be making these again.
 

▪Overall Score -  5 Fabulous Yarn Balls!! 

 

Thankfully this weeks project is all picked out. My eldest sister came to me with something. Her friend bought a Time Out stool for her little girls this past week and they asked if I could jazz it up for them. So I get to do some painting this week! I think I might even sketch something out for it first as well. Plus I might hammer out some Tiny cars as well. We'll see. 

Hopefully I'll feel better soon. Oooo and the kitchen is finally gonna get started this week. This last Wednesday mom and I got to see how the cabinets were coming. They looked great, only the shell of whats gonna be in the kitchen but its supper exciting to see it. Demo is supposed to start like Wednesday/Thursday and I'll probably be painting this weekend. WooooooHoooooo!!

See you all next Sunday. . . 

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Tiny Turtles!

So this week after looking for patterns and finding a new batch, I landed on the Tiny Striped Turtles. And holy cow these guys are super adorable. I found this through Pintrest and after finding it I was seeing the pattern everywhere, it was crazy. These little guys work up supper fast and are crazy easy to make. I just love them so darn much. Everyone seems too actually. I did a few stripped ones and then a couple of them with multicolored yarn. and they aren't complicated in the least to put together, which is so nice. I want to make one with a top hat, monocle, and mustache. It would be too adorable for words I think.

RATING!. . . Super simple this week guys.

▪ Pattern Readability - 5 Yarn Balls. Nothing confusing with these little guys.
 

▪ Ease of Pattern - 5 Yarn Balls. Simple stitches, great for the beginner.
 

▪ Adjustments - 5 Yarn Balls. Nothing needs to be changed. You can add a little something the the bottom of the shell though if you want to make it flair out though.
 

▪ Final Product - 5 Yarn Balls. Who doesn't love some Tiny Freaking Turtles!
 

▪ Personal - 5 Yarn Balls. LOVE!!!!
 

▪Overall Score -  5 Yarn Balls.Perfect score for these little ones.

In Pieces.... oh no!

My mom loved them so much she just had to have one for her desk at work. So she picked out the colors and this guy is gonna be her desk buddy starting tomorrow.

Tiny Turtle Tushies!!

Like I said I found a ton of patterns this week. I was kind of addicted to looking for new shit to make. So I pinned and bookmarked dozens on Pintrest and Ravelry. I printed just shy of 2 dozen of them. My printer is probably wondering what is wrong with me using it so much. But I found some pretty good stuff. Like lovey blankets with part of a stuffed animal on it, an awesome Rainbow slouch, Daleks!, other little monsters along with a cell phone case among other awesome geek things to boot. So many patterns, so little time. 

Along with pattern hunting I helped my dad replace our broken down double gate. That was fun. . . I guess. Needed to be done (like 10 years ago), but with the guys coming to do the kitchen soon it REALLY needed to get done. I also got a bee in my bonnet and washed both the cars yesterday, plus vacuumed out my own. Who knew doing all that could make you so darn tired. I was whipped but happy to get it done.

 

And then I got to watch the season opener of Orphan Black!!! Thats right the clone club is back in action. So freaking happy!! I can't wait to watch all of this season and so happy they brought it back. I love my BBC America shows.

 

I think the one of the best parts of my week would be today. I spent the day with my siblings. We went out to lunch, hung out around the mall all before going to see Furious 7. We've seen the last few Fast & Furious movies together. It was awesome! Tons of action, cars (obviously), some tears, and an ending we weren't expecting. But it was a great flic. If you haven't seen it I say spend the money and go. I won't spoil any of it for you but it is so great and fits all the pieces together with this franchise.

This week. . .  For starters I'm getting my hair dyed again on Thursday. My good friend Carson is awesome for doing it for me. She is a Rock Star! But as for project, now that I have all these new patterns I'm not totally sure. My first thought was to do this tiny car pattern I found. But now its between that, the rainbow slouch, and one of the two Ogie Boogie's I found. So come around next Sunday to find out what I choose. Or let me know in the comments which sounds better to you.

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This is the first little guy I made and I took this to share with Facebook. I could not contain the cute to myself on this one.

Getting it done!

So this week with my massive To Do list I've made, I decided a little down time with my art journal and a pencil was the ticket. My free for all journal plays host to just about anything. I vent in it like any other journal along with story writing, doodling, really whatever I need to get out of my brain. And man did I have a fun doodle dump this week. I didn't realize how much I missed just letting my mind relax and let my hand do the talking. I need to start making time for this kind of thing again. Not sure how all this will come together in the end, but I think all of it will play into some story one way or the other. . .  The power of brain magic. . .  So prep for NaNoWriMo (national novel writing month) got started early I guess. November really sneaks up on you.

I had a few characters already semi mapped out in my head as you can see in the first picture (Note that the one on the right is not a vamp. I was going for werewolf teeth, just to be clear). At least some details about them at any rate. The second picture is a bunch of markings for different orders and then individuals as well. I had a lot of fun with those. They mostly started out as doodles and then i assigned them random off the wall names. Even gave them some contexts or direction too.

I recommend doodling to anyone that needs a stress reliever. It doesn't have to be anything specific, just let your hand wander across the page and see what happens. All it is is putting basic shapes together to form something new.

 

The major pains on my To Do list for the week are happily done. My taxes, plus my dad's (his was an add I didn't expect), my car passed DEQ and it was a super quick trip down there too. And the guy that was running the test was super duper sweet. He was kinda explaining what was going on in the test as it was happening. It was nice to have such a friendly interaction so early in the day (It was just before 9 am when I was in there. No grumps that morning). Then I also helped one of my sisters move this week. YAY a pretty house for her and her man (plus some of his family that live with them). Went through all or most of my email, which I didn't like doing. But it needed to be done badly. I cleaned out a bunch of junk, now I just gotta stay on top of it. I also finished tagging up the last bits of merch to go in my box, which is full. It feels crazy that I have a full tote of merch.

I also looked over my inventory and took some new pictures. And I'm happy to say that I've made my inventory goal for Woodburn, and a lot earlier then I thought too. So now I can have free rain over my pattern binder for projects. Woo!

So here is a picture of my inventory. . . all but my Dream Catchers any way.  Some of this you guys have see here on the blog. Some of it you haven't. Down at the bottom is a couple of scarves on the left and hats on the right, along with a bundle of my Poppies. My Hippos are on the ends buddied against the Little Lambs. Down in the center are my Octopi, recently changed their eyes from buttons to yarn. I think they look cuter this way. I have a bunch of Sy-Clopies scattered around and a Dust Bunny wedged in there just north of the Team Rocket Poke Balls. And to the right of Woodstock are my Petite PopTarts. They're all ready to find new homes.

As for next weeks project. . . Not sure yet. I'm tempted to make a blanket, I have several cool patterns and tons of granny square patterns I could make a blanket out of. But I don't know if I want to under take that just yet. Blankets are a ton of work, not to mention yarn. I have made one before that I love, even if it isn't perfect looking it was my first HUGE project just for myself, and am afraid my pups might kill because they dig at blankets so I don't have it out. I'll have to scour the net and look through the binder again to find something I guess. Please send me any suggestions you guys have for new projects. What do y'all want to see me make?

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Its Easter and the Yoshi is back

Happy Zombie Jesus Day Everyone!!

Found this on the net and I just love it to death!

I think this week went pretty well. Made a few of the adjustments I talked about in my last Yoshi post.

Like: -Using the bubble stitch for his thumbs was so much easier, and it worked out great too. That is now a permanent change to this pattern for the future. It really just looks a lot better for the final product and is easier to work up rather then follow what they tried to do.

-His boots were another story all together. I probably spent the better part of 5 hours figuring out the best way to make these boots work for me (no joke, 5-ish hours. I think I tried half a dozen ways before finding the modification). And the way I did the pattern could probably be done more eloquently, but I was working it how I best could. Not sure if I've mentioned this before but I'm not a huge fan of making my own patterns or a HUGE modification of someone elses. Did that last summer when I made a big black widow for someone (Pictures on my Facebook page. Link for that down below). I couldn't find a pattern so I wrote one up. Its a really big pain. That could change in the future but at this point, not the biggest fan of pattern writing. And to make things more frustrating when I went to use the pattern I made (maybe two days later?), I had issues following it because I seemed to have left a bit out (it was a comma, but it was important in the placement of that row. I was also tired at the time). Grrrrr! After a few boots I figured out what my problem was. But damn it was annoying. But I think I'm gonna keep my janky boot pattern anyway. The size is much bigger than the original patterns and I think the bigger boot suits Yoshi. Its better balance on the doll, plus after looking at reference pictures online it is kinda his thing. Let me know what you guys think, I can always use the input.

But I have a Yellow and Green Yoshi at the end of the week. YAY!! Thanks again to a few of my Facebook friends who helped me decided on the green Yoshi's boot color. Couldn't pick between the red or brown. We went with brown as you can see from the pictures (which is more burnt orange but it was the best I had in the weight I needed. I think they work well). 

You can see in this last picture with all three of the Yoshi's I've made, that the boots are better on the new Yellow and Green ones as apposed to the purple ones. Or at least I think so. 

Rating-

▪ Pattern Readability - 3 Yarn Balls. Very well written pattern for the pieces of the doll. Not so easy to follow the assembly instructions though.
 

▪ Ease of Pattern - 5 Yarn Balls. Pattern pieces work up great, there are a lot of them (21).
 

▪ Adjustments - 3 Yarn Balls. The boot thing knocked this down two points for me. The original pattern for them is just so. . . Blarg
 

▪ Final Product - 5 Yarn Balls. After getting through all the 'growing pains' he works out great.
 

▪ Personal -  4.5 Yarn Balls. If it wasn't for the fact that I had a hell of a time with the boot pattern mod, it would be a 5. They come out so darn cute!
 

▪Overall Score - 4.1 Yarn Balls

 

Dang I think he hit one of my lowest scores to date. But still an awesome pattern I think.

I hope everyone had a happy holiday weekend. We just had a simple family dinner around here. 

So for this week I'm not sure what I'm gonna work on for the blog here, but I don't think it will be crocheted whatever I end up working on. I do have a long To Do list to accomplish this week and most of it isn't all that fun.

• Go through emails
• Get those pesky taxes done
• Take the car to DEQ
• Work on shop listings

General house keeping type stuff. But it must be done. So I'll find something fun to craft up and talk about next Sunday. Until then. . .

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