Category: Sneak Peeks

“Scrunchie” is such a lovely word

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Don’t you think?  It’s just fun to say.  Which is why I whipped up this fun scrunchie pattern.  As you can probably tell, it isn’t finished.  I still have some loose ends hanging out.  Other than weaving those in however, this pattern is totally complete 🙂

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By the way, welcome to May.  Wow.  This is all escalating so quickly.  I’m fairly positive that it was January just a few days ago.  I think the scariest thing about getting older for me is that the year seem to go by a little faster each time it comes around.   If someone knows the reason for that, I’d love to hear it.

P.S. It doesn’t matter how I spell it, “scrunchie” doesn’t show up in the spell-checker dictionary.  And that’s really starting to irritate me…

Playing With Dolls

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Meet Rustic Doll, everyone.  Or, to be more precise: meet the head of Rustic Doll.

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I thought it would be fun to craft something a little more three dimensional than what I normally work with.  The first thing that came to mind was a doll and so I trundled off to the local craft shop to pick out some yarn and buy a bag of stuffing.  While I was there I found these awesome leather buttons that I thought would work great as eyes.  (I was right!)

This is the first project I’ve done where no pre-planning was involved.  By that I mean that  I didn’t sit down and figure out exact row-by-row stitch counts on paper.  I did have a general idea in my head and I drew a cartoonish approximation on a scrap of paper.  That makes this doll an official first draft and I’m so happy with the way she’s turning out.  I had my moments of doubt while I was yarning away, but the end result (post stuffing and attaching limbs) is super cute.

The next step will be to design clothing for Rustic Doll.  I have to say that I’m really looking to accessorizing this little gal.  It’s going to be a challenge, but I feel that I’m up to the task.  I’m thinking something with a distinctly 1940s British feel.

FPdcs, BPdcs, and Clusters, Oh My!

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Here’s a close-up look at the current project: IMG_20150325_233603336_HDR I plan on finishing this one by the end of today.  Or tomorrow, barring accidents.  I’m using the Caron Simply Soft brand for this project because I love how shiny the yarn is when the light hits it.  I know, I’m a yarn dork.  It’s also a big pattern, and I have a limited budget.  I believe most people would back me up when I say that Caron is one of the best “budget” brand yarns available. Don’t agree?

  Also, my guilty secret admission of the day is that I don’t actually enjoy doing BPdcs.  I have my favorite and least favorite stitches.  BPdc rank in the least favorite category.  But I sacrifice.  Because: crocheting is so awesome!!!! P.S. Didn’t see your favorite brand in the poll?  Drop me a comment to let me know 🙂