Painting and fiber crafts with some fun thrown in
So I love the Hunger Games. Katniss is the biggest badass since Ayla of the Clan of the Cave Bear. I went to see the movie and avoided the smack down when we called a dude out on singing randomly during the movie. However, the black angry bird I was working on is still not done. I hope to finish it tomorrow. I will post it tomorrow. It’s awesome.
If you are upset, blame Katniss. Be prepared, she’ll kick your ass.
The parade was amazing and crowded this year. The weather was so nice, people came out in droves.
The scarf made the news. I’m glad they went with a younger, perkier model. My scarf was pretty saggy this year.
The lovely April tackled the Foofa pattern. She said it only took her a month and 5lbs of pillow stuffing. Here’s her version.
I like that she gave us some perspective on how big Foofa really is. She mentioned there might be an error in the pattern on the feet. I’m looking into it and I will post the errata.
Thanks April.
If anyone else has completed photos, let me know. I’d love to post them. You can reach me directly at wendythornburg@yahoo.com.
Also if you haven’t stopped by the Facebook page, I’m playing a new game called WTH is Wendy making. Basically, I’ll post pieces of an unfinished project and the first person, if any who guesses what the finished product is going to be, gets the original. After I have it photographed of course.
Here’s the head of the current project. I’m making this a Facebook only game so I can keep track of the winner.
First guess is Carol Channing which is hilarious but sadly incorrect.
Wendy
I still haven’t found any models for the new hat, so I put it in the dog that sits still. Sort of. It took about four pictures to get this. Personally, I find it hilarious. He’s about two pounds so the hat is way too big for him.
Ever feel like your holiday season doesn’t have enough yarn. Ha ha right! Well bring it into your decor. Hang small amigurumi plush on your tree. Use curling ribbon to add a flair.
So a friend of mine wanted me to make him a bacon scarf. This is the end result after multiple tries. I wanted it to look crackly and bubbly like cooked bacon.
I’m not super happy with the color choices I used, but I didn’t want it to skew too red. I used I love this yarn in burnt pumpkin and Vanna’s choice yarn in beige to get the coloring.
He wore to the wineries last weekend and it was a big hit. We named it Kevin the bacon scarf.
I hope to have the pattern up on my at my etsy shop soon.
Update: I made this scarf available for free. Kevin the Bacon Scarf.
Happy crocheting.
I’ve finally finished Foofa. Pictures are below. I’ll try to get the pattern typed up as soon a possible. I need to check it for mistakes before I share. It’ll be up soon. Next up, Plex!
This weekend was the annual Grand Parade for Mardi Gras in St. Louis. We don’t go anywhere near as crazy as New Orleans, but we give it a go. Last year at a friend’s urging I came up with these for us to wear.
Those got us a lot of attention and quite a few beads, which are always a plus at the parade.
This year I decided to change thing up and make a couple of different versions for the parade.
They were pretty easy to modify. I used iron on appliques from Wal-Mart to dress them up.The piercing is actually an old gold hoop that I had laying around that was missing its friend. Unfortunately, that was lost pretty early on and I had to re-pierce while at the parade with found objects.
Needless to say fun was had by all. For your own boob scarf go to http://www.etsy.com/listing/62272879/boob-scarf-crochet-pattern-instructions for the original recipe pattern.
Until next time.
Wendy
I’m not a photographer, but I think these turned out pretty well. I’m lucky I had such cute and cooperative kids. As a bonus, the parents had a good time as well.
The pink owl hat is from a pattern by Inner Hooker, but she looked so cute, I couldn’t resist.
The pattern for the lady bug hat and cookie monster will be available at http://www.etsy.com/shop/WendysWildLife.
So I got a bee in my bonnet to creat a ladybug hat for little kids. Problem is, I don’t have little kids. Therefore, I have no idea if this is cute or fits or anything. So I stuck it on my glow in the dark cow. Why I have an illuminated cow is a story for a different type of post. In this situation, it looks like a demented bovine bicycle helmet. This to me then presents the image of cows on bicycles which is slightly amusing. Hopefully, I will have an actual child to model it this weekend and I won’t seem so strange.
Sizing is difficult if you have no kids but like to make children’s things. I’m just saying.
Please forgive the picture quality as it is a picture from my phone with no flash and I have had little sleep today.
