Showing posts with label Amigurumi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Amigurumi. Show all posts

Monday, August 02, 2010

Polyfill

Hey all, I’m back! Sorry it took so long to write again, but I needed to reorganize and have some time away from the computer. Now let’s just pick up where I left things in May.


Just as I sacrificed another silly toy to get new polyfill for my piggies…
I found this. Looks like one amigurumi or pillow maker gave up her hobby, but placed the bag of filler neatly beside the underground bin instead of dumping it inside probably hoping someone would pick it up.

Monday, May 17, 2010

Cotton Yarn

Here is a picture to show you the amount of yarn you get out of just one garment and this is not all because I’ve created a number of things with it already.

This once was a cotton hooded vest and of course I kept the zipper as well. Only the hood had serged seams and was therefore useless. Always remember to check those seams when you go thrift shopping for sweaters to unravel!
Pure cotton knits are not so easy to find so I’m always very happy when I do. The material is extremely versatile and on top I can stencil on it.
Too bad however I didn’t see any cool potholder or cell phone cozy coming from this baby pink. Though it seemed great for face scrubbies after a pile of 20 or so I got fed up of making them and I’m not into baby stuff either. When nothing else came to the question ‘what is cool in pink?’ I simplified that to ‘what is pink?’. First thing that came up was pigs.
Ah well, why not? Amigurumi isn’t my first love but I had fun designing the little creature and in the process developed a few tricks to make the putting together of the parts easier. Dutch readers will find those soon here on my Dutch blog Gevonden Voorwerpen.
Does this make you feel greedy? Piggy is not for sale on Etsy yet because I made him for the markets gambling on huge success. Well, at least the BF already snatched my test model to keep for himself while I still had it placed on my worktable as a reference. I take it that’s a good sign.

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