Friday, March 2, 2012

fish to sushi amigurumi

Everyone seems to love sushi.
My youngest son and his girlfriend
would eat it daily if they could 
so when I saw this pattern
it made sense that I make it for them.
fish to sushi amigurumi
But this sushi and fish are slightly different.
Inside the fish is a sushi, they actually transform. 
Cute eh?
 Here is a pic of the sushi in the middle of 
transforming.
fish to sushi amigurumi

Click here for the free patten.
 I found that making the pieces themselves were easy,
but putting them together was a bit fiddly.
Also it's not easy to push the sushi into
the fish and vice versa.  
You really have to put some effort into it.
But it's such a unique pattern
that I think it was well worth the effort.



Friday, January 27, 2012

MollieMakes vegetables (Craft Book Challenge)

A while back I found a wonderful vintage bag
at my local thrift shop
and ever since then I have used it as my market bag.
But I've always wanted to gussy it up a bit and
when I saw issue 5 of MollieMakes mag
I knew how I would do it.

My market bag
I also wondered what else I
could make with these cute veggies.
Then I started to think ahead to
spring when I could start planting
my garden and I came up with these
garden markers.

Pretend that the apples are lovely garden dirt.
Garden markers
 I used chopsticks because I have a lot of them.
I'll have to make more with tomatoes, beans, etc.

The patterns were really easy and quick to make.
I subscribe to the emagazine
because here it is about a third of the price
of the printed version.

I've called this a craft book challenge item 
despite the fact that it came from a magazine.
So for me, at least,
I'm including magazines and books
in both digital and print form.

Crochet Max from the Wild Things

 Who doesn't love Max!! I'm really happy with this cute little guy Pattern by Carla Mitrani  You can find her on Ravelry  Max Patter...