Nest-ish, don't you think?
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
A couple new things
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Bookmarks
One day I was browsing around Crochet Pattern Central and I saw the bookmarks category. I took a look through the free patterns available and I decided to try some out. This is what I came up with:
I wanted to find more and more unique bookmark patterns, but I wasn't finding any. I did a little web crawling and found that flower bookmarks seemed rather popular. So I opted to stick with a flower theme. Some of the flowers I made up myself and some came from free flower patterns. I'll post my own flower patterns later.
I wanted to find more and more unique bookmark patterns, but I wasn't finding any. I did a little web crawling and found that flower bookmarks seemed rather popular. So I opted to stick with a flower theme. Some of the flowers I made up myself and some came from free flower patterns. I'll post my own flower patterns later.
Monday, June 14, 2010
An Assortment of Mobiles
Among my newest endeavors are my crochet mobiles. I have a blast coming up with new ideas and themes to turn into mobiles. My mobiles are made of a combination of patterns off the top of my head and free patterns I find online.
This butterfly mobile is my smallest mobile. It's made of a 4-inch embroidery hoop, which gives an idea of the overall size. It's done entirely in crochet thread. I made up the patterns for the butterflies and the flowers and the design around the hoop. The leaf chains, which are a little difficult to see, came from this pattern.
This little sunshine/raindrops mobile was inspired by a picture I saw online. I made all the patterns up myself for this mobile.
My very first mobile, this birdie mobile was inspired by a mobile I saw in the book "Amigurumi Two!" I didn't make the actual mobile in the book and I don't actually have the book, but when I saw the idea for a mobile, I wanted to try one of my own. The birds come from this pattern. I think I got the pattern for the flowers from a book, but I can't remember.
This is probably my most ornate mobile, complete with sea life and bubbles. I used a boucle yarn for the top of the mobile and the hanging strands. It looked so ocean-y, it was perfect! The starfish, the bubbles and the puffer fish were my own patterns. The yellow and blue fish come from this pattern and the jellyfish comes from this pattern.
This butterfly mobile is my smallest mobile. It's made of a 4-inch embroidery hoop, which gives an idea of the overall size. It's done entirely in crochet thread. I made up the patterns for the butterflies and the flowers and the design around the hoop. The leaf chains, which are a little difficult to see, came from this pattern.
This little sunshine/raindrops mobile was inspired by a picture I saw online. I made all the patterns up myself for this mobile.
My very first mobile, this birdie mobile was inspired by a mobile I saw in the book "Amigurumi Two!" I didn't make the actual mobile in the book and I don't actually have the book, but when I saw the idea for a mobile, I wanted to try one of my own. The birds come from this pattern. I think I got the pattern for the flowers from a book, but I can't remember.
This is probably my most ornate mobile, complete with sea life and bubbles. I used a boucle yarn for the top of the mobile and the hanging strands. It looked so ocean-y, it was perfect! The starfish, the bubbles and the puffer fish were my own patterns. The yellow and blue fish come from this pattern and the jellyfish comes from this pattern.
Sunday, June 13, 2010
A Little About Me
I am an artist, a crafter and a writer. I crochet, I sculpt miniatures, I do batik, I do abstract drawing and painting and I write poetry. This blog is dedicated to my visual arts. I want to share my creations and my knowledge with the world.
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