The text is from “The Labourer and the Nightingale” from Aesop’s Fables. Created Using Adobe Illustrator CS3.
tagged: Aesop's Fables, Design, Illustration, illustrator, postcard, Project Gutenberg, song bird, tree
Today is day one of the Stash Reduction contest at PatternReview. com (the contest ends July 31). To help keep me focused, I made a list of some things I intend to make for this contest:
This is a pretty ambitious list for me. I have two other non-stash projects that will take up some time plus a two week vacation in the middle of the contest. But the point is to have fun and try to reduce the stash collection. Watch for updates on progress here.
tagged: pattern review, Projects, Sewing, stash contest
Summer is pretty much here for me. Kiddo is done with preschool and my spring quarter is over in less than two weeks. We have a couple of trips planned for this summer and in addition to those, I’ve created a list of things I want to do/accomplish before September:
That’s it for now. I’m never short of projects so I’m sure I’ll think of something else. Oh yeah, did I mention we’re heading out to Yellowstone for a week?
tagged: emergency plan, garden, gardening, plans, Projects, Sewing, site design, Site Development, summer, vacation, yellowstone
Did I just say that? Well, for St. Valentine’s Day, I offer up these amigurumi-style hearts I’ve designed. I hope to have an Instructable up in the next day or so and will post the pattern here, as well.
Happy St. Valentine’s Day! Enjoy!
Update: The instructable mentioned above is posted here and it’s accompanying slide show posted here on Instructables.com. Both were entered in the Valentine’s Day contest and the Lion Brand Yarn contest. No luck in either, but it was still a fun project.
tagged: Amigurumi, Craft, Crochet, hearts, instructable, softies, valentines
Since the mouse I’ve been playing around with making crocheted amigurumi. Here is an octopus, a turtle, and a chick thing that I’ve made. The octopus is from Lion Brand Yarn’s catalog of free patterns (http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/70588AD.html). You might need to register with Lion Brand’s site to view the pattern. The other two, the turtle and the chick are my own creations. The turtle is the first amigurumi I came up with. The design didn’t come out as I had hoped–I was looking for a more elongated shell. Once I figure out the technique, I’ll post the pattern. The chick, I think, came out pretty cute and the form looks like it will be fun to explore for other critters. I used Caron’s Simply Soft in light blue for the octopus and in lemonade and mango for the chick. The turtle was done using Bernat Satin Sport in taupe and Lion Brand Yarn Micro Spun in leaf.
