The pokemon crochet journey!

Hey everyone!! I have been working on a few commissions lately which I am so very very excited about. It's another set of the turtles I have made and an order for Garrus from Mass Effect. I'm so excited to be designing this cute little guy and he's really testing my abilities as there are a few pieces which I haven't made the shape of before. There is also a recipe to be posted when I have time to write it up because I've been playing with panna cotta a lot lately and it's getting me really excited. That and I have gelatin that I haven't used for a while so I'm able to use that all up which is great. On Tuesday I'm diving into the Thermomix world and having a demo and I'll probably buy a machine because it'll mean that I will have time to cook some tasty foods I haven't been cooking (rissottooooo) and still be able to crochet all the amazing ideas that I have but haven't had time to tinker with. ANYWAY, that's enough of my...

Hello everyone! Sorry it has been so long since I've completed a fortnightly freebie. I went to Japan and came back and now I have had a little rest and worked on some things. I have finished a pokemon pinch purse and a sailormoon doll. I'm so proud of them! They're both going to be in my stall at the next convention and maybe my online stall depending on whether or not I have any stock left. I'm trying not to have too many things in my online stall otherwise I might have nothing left for the upcoming convention! So today I come to you with the pudding pattern that I promised before I left for Japan! I had posted pictures of the pudding but never ended up getting the pattern completed. THEN when I came back from Japan I found that my photos didn't make it on my camera so I made the pudding again, changed the plate design slightly and now I can finally have the pattern on my blog. Pudding body Round 1: CH2, SCx6 in the 2nd stitch from the hook (6) ...

Hey everyone!! Thank you so much for following my posts and having a look at what I have to offer. I am sorry to say that I haven't been able to follow through with my plan of posting one more free pattern before I leave for Japan. Mainly because there has been so much to do that I haven't had a chance to write anything up! Well, I lie. I have two patterns that have been written up but I don't like releasing things before I have had a chance to proof and then make them all pretty. I would rather hold off on a little longer than release something I'm not proud off so I'm sorry! My etsy store has now had the vacation sign put up. This is because I leave for Japan in less than 5 days now so there isn't time for me to get to the post office as I have four, ten hour shifts ahead of me at work. :) I'm so happy with the job I have at the moment and I am happy to come home and be able to work more on a hobby that I love. But I do have a free pattern to share...

So today, I bring you a free design inspired by the country that I am going to be visiting in another 32 days. I have made a little teru teru bozu doll! To find out more about this doll, please venture over to Wiki . :) This is a very simple pattern and was definitely a lot of fun to make. So I hope this fortnight's pattern didn't disappoint in any way! Head Round 1: CH2, SCx6 in the 2nd stitch from the hook (6) Round 2: 2SCx6 (12) Round 3: [2SC, SC]x6 (18) Round 4: [2SC, SCx2]x6 (24) Round 5 – 8: SCx24 (24, 4 rounds) Round 9: [SC2tog, SCx2]x6 (18) Round 10: [SC2tog, SC]x6 (12) Attach the eyes and stuff firmly. (I attached my eyes between rounds 6 and 7 and about 5 stitches apart.) Round 11: SC2togx6 (6) Sew closed and leave a long tail. Needlefelt on the cute mouth or embroider on, depending on which technique you feel comfortable with. Swishy tail ...

This time I present to you another Friday pattern and this one I think turned out exceptionally cute even if I do say so myself. I made a little onigiri! And you can totally make one too by following the pattern below!!   Onigiri Main Body Round 1: Ch 2, SCx6 in the 2nd ch from hook (6) Round 2: [3SC, SC]x3 (12) Round 3: SC, [3SC, SCx3]x2, 3SC, SCx2 (18) Round 4: SCx2, [3SC, SCx5]x2, 3SC, SCx3 (24) Round 5: SCx3, [3SC, SCx7]x2, 3SC, SCx4 (30) Round 6: SCx4, [3SC, SCx9]x2, 3SC, SCx5 (36) Round 7: SCx5, [3SC, SCx11]x2, 3SC, SCx6 (42) Round 8: SCx6, [3SC, SCx13]x2, 3SC, SCx7 (48) Round 9: SCx7, [3SC, SCx15]x2, 3SC, SCx8 (54) Round 10: SCx54, using the front loop only (54) Round 11: SCx54, this time crochet through both loops AND the loop that was dropped in the previous round. This will give it a nice sharp corner. That means with every stitch you should have 3 stitches on your hook instead of 2. (54) Round 11 - 13: SCx54 (54, 3 rounds) Attach the eyes. Round 14...

So I here I am back again, this time wanting to share the pattern for the dango hairclip that I have made just a few days ago. It was quite an easy pattern to make up but a lot of fun and it's really quick if you need something cute to go with your outfit! So this is what you'll need to make the Hanami Dango Hairclip.  *three sets of 7.5mm plastic eyes *Yarn in the colours you want. I went with the colours above and the brown is for the dango stick *Bobby pin or whatever you would like to use to attach to your hair later. Dango Balls (make 3, one in each colour) Round 1: CH2, SCx6 in the 2nd stitch from the hook (6) Round 2: 2SCx6 (12) Round 3: [2SC, SC]x6 (18) Round 4 - 6: SCx18 (18, 3 rounds) Attach the eyes now. I put them between rounds 4 and 5. They're about 4 - 5 stitches apart. Round 7.  [SC2tog, SC]x6 (12) Round 8.  SC2togx6 (6) Depending on how comfortable you are stuffing things, you might want to stuff before completing ...

So I said I would try to be doing this more often so this is going to be my first one! I'm quite excited. I'm releasing quite a simple one today and it's going to involve needlefelting as well as crochet techniques! But don't be worried. As always, if you don't want to needlefelt, all the things that I have needlefelted on can be sewn on out of fabric instead or painted on with fabric paint or however you prefer to complete. If you make this pattern, please send me photos because I would like to see what everyone else makes! First I started with the body. The body is made from an oval kind of shape and very slightly tapers towards the head part. It is made from the tail end to the head end so if you need to, you might want to leave a marker to where the top of the piece is or leave the tail attached until after you've finished the head. Body Round 1: CH2, SCx6 in the 2nd stitch from the hook (6) Round 2: 2SCx6 (12) Round 3: [2SC, SC]x6 (18) ...