Showing posts with label amigurumi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label amigurumi. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
80's Flashback: Rainbow Brite!
This project was a special request from a coworker who wanted to surprise his wife with a blast from the past on Valentine's day. I was a little nervous since I had never made it before and had little time for mistakes. Luckily I found a great pattern on Ravelry.com by ShadyCreations. Check out all her lovely patterns! The only changes I made was the color of the arm bands and the size of the safety eyes. I used slightly bigger eyes. I had a hard time finding the perfect little stars to make it complete, but I found some acrylic stickers that did the job. I was happy with my final piece and so was the recipient!
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Do you want to build a Snowman?
One day I was thinking about crocheting a snowman. We don't have any snow right now, but it would be perfect for this time of year. I was looking online for some inspiration and I came across a free pattern for Disney's Olaf from the movie Frozen. Click here to go to the pattern. I love how it came out (after a few boo boos that I had to fix).
When I put the eyes on, I started my count from the wrong side and ended up with an upside down head. Whoops! I probably would've put it together like that had it not been for my daughter who pointed it out. I almost gave up on it at that point because you can't remove safety eyes without cutting the plastic piece off and the head was already stuffed and closed off. There was no way to get to it. Luckily, the felt piece for the mouth was big enough to cover it. So I glued it on with some fabric glue and you can't even tell where I messed up. (Unless you feel for it.) I opted out of making the crochet arms. They just hung there, and I didn't like that. I had some leftover brown pipe cleaners from my Baby Groot project and stuck it through his body. It took a minute to figure out his fingers. In all the pictures I saw of Olaf, he has 4 fingers, so I cut another piece of pipe cleaner for each hand and twisted them together. Overall he is very top heavy and floppy, but I actually got him to stand up for his photo shoot. I was thinking next time instead of sewing his head on, maybe I'll use velcro so it can be detachable.
Looking at the bottom half of his body gives me ideas for Baymax from Big Hero 6. Stay tuned.
When I put the eyes on, I started my count from the wrong side and ended up with an upside down head. Whoops! I probably would've put it together like that had it not been for my daughter who pointed it out. I almost gave up on it at that point because you can't remove safety eyes without cutting the plastic piece off and the head was already stuffed and closed off. There was no way to get to it. Luckily, the felt piece for the mouth was big enough to cover it. So I glued it on with some fabric glue and you can't even tell where I messed up. (Unless you feel for it.) I opted out of making the crochet arms. They just hung there, and I didn't like that. I had some leftover brown pipe cleaners from my Baby Groot project and stuck it through his body. It took a minute to figure out his fingers. In all the pictures I saw of Olaf, he has 4 fingers, so I cut another piece of pipe cleaner for each hand and twisted them together. Overall he is very top heavy and floppy, but I actually got him to stand up for his photo shoot. I was thinking next time instead of sewing his head on, maybe I'll use velcro so it can be detachable.
Looking at the bottom half of his body gives me ideas for Baymax from Big Hero 6. Stay tuned.
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