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stephaniehf.com crafty blog!
Craft-related entries to this journal are available to anyone who wants to read about my crafty adventures. I keep track of my projects here as well as provide links and tips to others looking to be crafty too. Feel free to comment on the posts I make public <3
All personal entries to this journal are private and friends only.
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[Nov. 28th, 2009|07:22 pm] |
I had a really great time at the first Craftacular! show last Sunday. I found new homes for 15 monsters! Wowza! Because it went so well I am definitely going to do it again, and I'm looking forward to participating on December 13th (Sunday) at Little Mountain Gallery. To prepare I have to make a whole new pile of monsters, some of them are pictured below. I made them yesterday, the last two are not stuffed yet because I ran out of fill. I reeeeeally like the ones with suspenders.
( New! )
I created a profile page on Facebook for my monsters, search stephaniehfmakesmonsters to become a fan <3
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[Nov. 20th, 2009|05:34 pm] |
I'm going to be there with monsters and buttons - including new designs - so you should come check it out if you are free!
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[Nov. 11th, 2009|11:07 am] |
My new yarn from purlsoho.com came in the mail and it is sooo pretty! The perfect shades of turquoise-y green. I still have to finish BFBF's octopus sweater but it is not a pleasant knit so I'm kind of putting it off and I started a new deep v-neck sweater for myself. The yarn for the octopus sweater is so thick and the needles so thick and the sweater is so big that it is actually physically hard to knit! I am also allergic to the yarn so I get really stuffed up when I work on it. It's nearing completion though, I have finished a sleeve and am 1/4 way through the second one then I just have the finish the body and sew in the zipper. I aim to have it done this month though because I want him to wear it for the winter!
I recently bought Custom Knits by Wendy Bernard to give me some pointers on how to construct custom raglan sweaters. I never would have picked it up if I had just seen the cover (The sweater on the cover is hideous) BUT through ravelry I was able to see the 26 patterns inside and they are pretty cute! If you have a ravelry account the link is here: Custom Knit Patterns, and if you don't have an account sign up for one! It's a great source of free patterns. In addition to the cute patterns in the book, Wendy shows you how to customize each one to your own taste and explains how to make your own raglan (top-down) sweaters from scratch. It's really helpful.
I also recently picked up Harmony Guides for Lace and Eyelets and Cables and Arans and they have tons of really nice stitch patterns in them.
That's all!
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[Nov. 8th, 2009|02:24 pm] |
I'm slowly finishing up my WIPs, here are some pics!
( WIPs! )
I also started my first pair of socks at work this week. The sweater is way too big to knit in the office anymore, so a pair of socks is much easier to manage. I'm using this pattern: Monkey, using this yarn: Jazzberry Cream.
I'm waiting for some yarn I ordered from purlsoho.com to arrive in the mail. It's SHIBUI KNITS
merino worsted in Peacock. Me ---> excited.
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[Nov. 2nd, 2009|01:55 pm] |
I got my ruffler in the mail, and just in time to use it on the lining I was putting into my dress.
It's pretty amazing! Here is a sneak peek at my dress. It's all black so it's hard to photograph.
The Where the Wild Things Are costumes turned out really well. They both ended up being exactly the same fabric (which was a funny coincidence), a fairly lightweight grey fun fur with a short curly texture. They each had a zipper opening, wired pointy ears, pipe cleaner whiskers, faux buttons on the front and the floppy hood. Sooo cute. A bit challenging as I made them up completely as I went along, but I was happy with the result.
( Max! )
My favorite part was the whiskers, they made the whole costume for me. I added them last, using a leather punch to put holes into to small squares of furry fabric, threading 3 black pipe cleaners through then securing them on the back with hot glue and a patch of acetate lining. Then I glued the square to the hood and hand sewed the edges down so the squares wouldn't be super obvious.
( Whiskers! )
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) leightsy looked super cute :)
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[Oct. 28th, 2009|11:09 am] |
My clock is nearing the finish! I knitted a band to go around the edge and a multi-coloured striped roof, and am now working on the leaves to make it look like a traditional cuckoo clock (Here are some great ones: one, two, three, four)
I got the pattern for the leaves here, it's really cute. I think I'm also going to add acorns. Yes.
I am stitching the last bits of the two Where the Wild Things Are costumes today, then they are being picked up tonight and I will not have to stress about them anymore! Also I am never sewing with fun fur again, I broke so many needles, haha.
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[Oct. 25th, 2009|12:38 pm] |
So I frogged the start of my clock because I thought it was too wide and the colour changes were sloppy so it was misshapen. Recently my motto has become "Make it nice or make it twice", haha, and so I started the clock over to make it better. I made the face piece from start to finish yesterday at work.
( Clock! )
I have a ways to go (and BFBF is hounding me to finish his sweater!) but it's going to be darn cute.
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