Let the yarn sing to you

What started off as a small idea, quickly turned into a vacation away what I would normally do.

For a swap on Facebook, I decided I was going to crochet while others were sewing and what have you.
When I first started to make her, I actually did not like how she was looking. I was thinking that I was going to frog her and end up sewing my own plushie to swap anyway.

After her tail was done, I had to add some frills to match the tutu frill around her waist. From the fringe frill, I had to add some spines up the tail.
The spines on the tail made me add some to her arms. Her arms are bendy due to the pipecleaners in them, all the better to help her swim.
The muted sea-ish colours made me want to add bright, lively colours as her hair.






I don’t know. From Frog Pond to Open Sea is a big leap. I am so glad I like her.
That is one thing about me. I never give up. Eventually, the project will show the creator what he/she/it was supposed to be.

Geekgarumi and Sir Grows Alot

For my brother's 23rd birthday, I decided to make him Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy. I decided this around Christmas time and his birthday isn't until Febuary.
However, it took me about 3 weeks to actually get up the nerve to make it.
First of all, there were no patterns. Second of all, I needed money to buy new yarn. I had no black or grey, and I didn't like the yellow I had.
For Christmas, a friend of mine gave me a set of new crochet hooks. I love them, and I love her. They proved to be very handy.
It took me about 3 days of looking at the picture above to come up with what I have. I am super in love with him. I hope Eric is too. The one downside is the hair. I don't think I could make it stick up, which I suppose is the trademark.


Ok, serious opinions needed.


As per the summer, a little info on plants.
I recently picked up the cactus that's in the picture with Cloud. To accompany that lone cacti, I bought 200 seeds cheaply off eBay (can you say "addict"?)
From this summer, I was trying to hybrid my lily plants. It worked. I came out ahead with a whole buttload of seeds.
I placed some seeds in some seed-starting mix, and they have started to grow roots.
Today, I decided to take them out of their zipper bag, and place them into their own containers -a great use for the old plastic travelwear I have.
All of the seeds started to grow. Makes me glad that I didn't plant them all just for the heck of it.
They have to live in their containers for a year.
Like I have said before:
If they provide the pretty, I can provide the patience.

In like a lion

My friends birthday is coming up. She likes lions. I wanted to make her a lion stuffed animal, but whatever I tried never seemed to work.
I was talking to another friend -the one who the giraffe is for- and came up with the idea for a pillow.
The friend recieving the pillow, has a small girl, so everything is double sewed on.
Please excuse the fugly couch and the paintball mask to the side.

On the flower front, I think fertilizing the lilies "might" have worked. One ovary seems to be larger than all the others and not shrivelling up in the heat.