Thursday, April 28, 2011

014. well it's about damn time, right?


The socks, also know as those goddamn socks of doom. XD Finally finished last night and despite looking a bit weird in the above pic, they actually do fit. Oddly in places, but I'll wear them into the right shape eventually. Probably sometime next winter, if spring really is finally deciding to appear around here. :p

Of course this means I am now at a bit of loose ends to decide what I should be working on next.

Saturday, April 23, 2011

013. you know that feeling

So many ideas for projects - and attending Sakuracon yesterday just made that worse - and not enough time to do everything I want to get done in a day. So while I have almost all of the camo-sheep's body parts done, his last leg has been giving me fits. I should have taken -it- with me to the con instead of something that I still need to pay attention to the pattern. Ah well, yesterday was filled with learning experiences, really.

So the most creative thing I've done lately has actually been my nails. Creme grey with ruby red tips (with just a hint of shimmer), which was an experiment I did just because of the con. I really like how they came out, though now I'm wondering if they wouldn't've gotten more notice if I'd used white instead of grey?

Thursday, April 14, 2011

012. ah the smell of progress

And here we see both my very messy work space (meep) and the latest finished project. Sitting on top of the pattern from which he came. ._. But isn't he adorable? Also, I'm kinda digging these mouthless versions I've been doing lately.

I started a pea today for a peas-in-a-pod set, but I may set it aside tomorrow to start another sheep. Or two, depending on how much yarn the pattern uses. Always way more ideas than time, it seems.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

011. fell off the wagon

To be honest, I haven't been doing much crochet this past week. A lot of mixed personal issues. Lots of grand plans and not a lot of time for much of anything, as odd as that sounds.

That said, I did get most of the sushi seal finished ... though he might have come out too big for the original idea. Sigh. This is what I get for free-handing him. When I finish this sheep, I might try again, using a different basic body shape, something more compact. Or I might try an alternate sheep pattern first. Oishi-kun is going to be a more involved project, since I want to have several interchangeable toppings, so I might be better off working on some other, quicker things first, just to build up more stock. I don't know, this is one of those ongoing debates.

I do need to post the potholders and pedobear to etsy, along with the sales posts on Dreamwidth. Or just hire a secretary to do it for me? Ah, if only...