Mom’s Crooked Pillow

So my mom had wanted a neck pillow for a while now and no one knew where to get it.  I think she really needed one because she ends up sleeping while sitting up a lot, both in the car and at home lol.

So, I decided to make one :D

Notice, it’s crooked, lopsided, and lumpy x3 I don’t have a lot of experience sewing and sewing curves seems to be my breaking point right now.  The lumpyness comes from the uneven front and back and from the stuffing, I had no idea how to fix it, if you have any advice for the future please feel free to comment (if you’ve stumbled across my blog lol).

It was also the first time I sewed a zipper and it wasn’t as hard/freighting as I expected.  I have to say I think I did a good job on it for my first time, even if it does look like a monsters grimace. 

At the end of the day, my mom liked it :3 and more then that, she uses it <3

Amigurumi Optimus Prime Tribute Doll

Amigurumi Optimus Prime Tribute Doll
Originally uploaded by voxmortuum

Found Craft on the Web: Optimus Prime

Awesome Transformers amigurumi by awesome crocheter voxmortuum. It's probably the best one I've seen, but then again I haven't seen a lot of them :p  Check out his/her(?) other works, Pennywise is a creeptastic favorite of mine.

It always amazes me how creative people get with their crochet :3 and people still think its a grandma craft. Aside from the indirect homage to geekery this one takes me straight to my childhood :D

Xmas Crafts Gifted, kinda…

So I didn’t exactly make a craft for Christmas (btw I hope everyone had a Happy Holidays o/), rather I had made some things for my mom that I gave her for Christmas.

First off here’s some house slippers, otherwise they look a lot like adult booties.

1. Mom House Shoes 002, 2. Mom House Shoes 003,

3. Mom House Shoes 001, 4. House Slippers WIP

Yarn Used: Lion Brand Lion Wool Solids in Cocoa & Lion Brand Wool-Ease Solids & Heathers in Rose Heather

Skeins: 1 of the Wool Solids and a little tiny bit of the the Wool-Ease Heather.

Pattern:  Mary Jane Slippers by Lisa Gutierrez over at goodknits.com

How Long Did it Take?:  A couple hours really, but I stretched it over about a month, cuz I’m lazy like that.

Thoughts:  This was a super easy pattern, nice and quick to make, I think I’ll probably make a pair for myself either in the rose with a cocoa accent or ones identical to my moms.  She ended up liking them a lot but has yet to wear them around the house :p  The only real problem I had was with the pattern when you do the top part of the heal, but after all its crochet and easy to improvise as you go.

I’ll post present numero dos tomorrow, maybe :D

The Buko is Not Quite a Buko

So my first ever conceived softie is a buko.  Or a young/tender green coconut you cut open, stick a straw through the hole and drink.  So far I have my paper mock up, pattern pieces and fabric that looks way too light for buko.  I’m contemplating looking for a darker green or just going with the lighter one. Bleh.

Now the question is, if I get new fabric should it be solid or a patterned green?  And I still haven’t figured out how to do the straw.

Yet again…

I have bought two more craft books :p

• あみぐるみcollection Volume 7 : another amigurumi book.  I especially like the Kappaxile’s armed with toothpick wepons :D and the alligator.
• てあみのクローゼット-カーディガン&ジャケット (Let’s Knit series) : A knit book of cardigans and jackets.  I’m in love with the raglan cardigan on page 20

In another update, I wanted to crochet something in my かわいいレース編み (Let’s Knit series はじめてかんたんできちゃった!) book.  I was thinking either a cup/glass/mug cover or a cozy for my Japanese tea mug.  I have some garish orange yarn previously purchased at what was formerly a San Diego Daiso, but I didn’t have any hooks so I had to go out and buy my teeny tiny hooks.  For some reason the JoAnn’s near me don’t carry hooks small hooks.  They did have a .90mm one that I bought (!!!)  I was thinking I could try to finish up a tablecloth into my dotage and ultimately die by stabbing my eyes with it and bleeding to death.

I ended up buying two hooks at what was formerly a San Diego Daiso and two at my LYS.
and completely unrelated, but kinda not, are these things that I found hanging around my room.