Since Craftster is down...

And Lenny is going on a trip for "little visitor swap #6"...
I made him a fake ID.
Yes. that is, in fact, a mustache.

This is Fred.

Fred is a caring and friendly bear. He loves hugs and cuddles.

He also likes to help his friends- like Lenny here, who was feeling a bit low.

His absolute favorite thing to do, however, is play Barrel of Monkeys. He currently holds the state record for most monkeys linked in a single game!

What, more?!

Yeah, I finished something else today- those slippers for Nicole. Another pair o' mary jane type ones, in that yarn I forgot the name of again. dangit. I left the wrapper at work. Oh well. In any case, it's that soft squishy stuff I used for the other pair of slippers, but red this time.I LOVE the buttons- little blue stegosauruses and green t-rexes. They remind me of Wash (any firefly fans out there? Yes? No?). Hooray, now I can devote all my time to that teddy bear!! :D

Meet Lenny, Destroyer of Worlds.

I finally finished that dang octopode, and now you all get to meet him.

This is Lenny. Lenny, Destroyer of Worlds.
Upon being fully awakened, he promptly stole my computer,
My chocolate stash,
And proceeded to attack my head.
After all that time I spent on him! You'd think he'd be more grateful. However, we've settled down to a truce now (meaning I bribed him with more chocolate) and managed to get my computer back. I hope he likes this world enough to not, you know, destroy it. That'd be nice.

some atcs

Hooray, i made more atcs! ...finally. Anyway, here are four. All are up for trade.
The first one is called "light". Obviously. The second is untitled at the moment, but expresses how I feel about people giving fat people "that look" when they see them eating something fattening. It's stupid, and I eat fatty food in public with pride. And so should everyone.


The third one is fairly personal for me, but I think anyone who has had depression would appreciate it. The last I made a while ago, and it doesn't really have a story- just inspiration striking.

WIPs

Here are my two main WIPs, the octopode and fuzzy bear. First the octopode, which may turn out as more of a septopode, because I'm getting dang sick of crocheting tentacles. I only have four done now, and a start on the fifth. I'm not sure why the body is ...deformed, but once I attach the tentacles you shouldn't be able to tell. Also, the tentacles that have a long string for attaching them look a lot like purple tampons.



And Fuzzy Bear, possibly my favorite amigurumi pattern I've EVER seen. SO cute, and versatile too! And a reason to buy cushy fuzzy yarns :D I have head and ears done, and a start on the body.

Speaking of cushy yarn. I LOVE Patons Divine, the yarn I'm using for this teddy bear. It's so fuzzy and squishy and delightful. I had a picture but it kind of made the yarn look dirty which is not how it looks at ALL, so go buy some and you'll see what I mean. It's on sale at Michael's. GO BUY IT.

Some recent projects...

Yeah, I've been really bad about posting here, particularly with my month long trip out of the country, but I'm back! With stuff!

First, while I was abroad I found a number of gorgeous scarves/wraps, and I've been getting really into wearing them when we go out to semi-nice places. I wanted a way to store them without wrinkling them, while also displaying them (because they're bloody gorgeous). So I grabbed some wire and came up with this.

I think it came out really nicely. And I do love swirlies!


Then I made these. They're... less cute than I expected. Hmph. But they're nice and warm. I got the pattern from here. I then did a personal swap and made someone a much nicer and cuter pair, but no pics 'til she recieves. Hehe, no swap spoilage here.



Then I was looking at that same yarn and decided to try amigurumi. This is the first time I've ever done it, and, insane person that I am, I ended up making up my own pattern (no I didn't write it down, sorry... wish I had). I think it came out REALLY well. I'm going to be giving it to my cousin's baby, after said baby gets born. I hope she likes it.