Knitted Octopus

I've been admiring Hansi Singh's work for a long time now and when I saw that she had a book out on Amazon with 20 patterns- I knew I had to get it. I love her patterns and to my surprise, as intricate as they look, I knitted this guy up with ease. It was helpful that she included explanations in the beginning of the book for some of the tougher stitches to refresh my memory. I made him on Saturday and plan on making a few more... right now, I'm making the snail for myself because well I love snails!

And lastly, the littlest m blogged about my pink easter bunny mushroom. I love her photo! so I had to share :)

Neon Miniature Mushrooms

This is my summer series of miniature mushrooms. Not sure yet how many I will make of these, but a few more :)

Lilly the Mushroom

Yay! I finally had the chance to add a mushroom to my shop. I still have a few more custom orders to complete, but I needed a break and just started sewing with this fabric combination. Isn't she so summery?! I love her! :) I love how season seem to affect with what fabrics I sew.

Sprouted: May 5th
Favorite Color: teal
Favorite Drink: coconut milk
Favorite Food: saltwater taffy
Favorite Activity: learning about sea creatures
Favorite Season: Summer

Annabelle the Mushroom for HATCH Studios

Sprouted: May 1st, 2009
Favorite Color: cherry red
Favorite Drink: raspberry soda
Favorite Food: watermelon
Favorite Activity: picking flowers for her mom
Favorite Season: early summer

This mushroom is going to Bethany for the opening of her new studio & gallery HATCH. I'm so happy to be part of HATCH. I wanted this mushroom to be bright and sunny just like HATCH's future! :D

I can't wait to see pictures of the Grand opening and see how it all came together.

Super Mega Tiny Mushroom

He's only a little bit bigger than a quarter. I almost had to use tweezer to hold onto the little pieces. I think this is officially as tiny as I can go. The scarf was knitted on 0000 size knitting needle. He turned out to be about 2" tall. The bigger sized one is 3.5". Kind of amazing what a whole 1.5" changes...

He might possibly become a hair clip for my sister if she would like to wear such a thing. If not, I'm not sure what I'll do with him yet. He could totally be a brooch! But I think I might make a few more :)

I've been MIA

As some of you have noticed, I've been a little absent from blogging lately. Recently, my old company had a bunch of layoffs and so I decided to go on a job hunt. I'm very happy to report that I found a really good job that seems very stable. I love the new video game that I'm working on :) I've been there for a little over a week now and it's been great learning new tricks and tools. But with all that going on, I've been a bit too tired to blog or craft when I get home these days...

I did get some things done, smaller projects... I've been meaning to make some hair clips for my little sister. I'm hoping to get better!






And I also finished a custom order of 4 mini-mushrooms. This weekend, I'm going to try to finish a mushroom for HATCH grand opening. Then I think I have about 5 more custom orders to do, some of them are for friends- so I will make them wait and try to update my etsy store a little more. I feel bad about never having anything in there anymore....

A Little Stranger Swap

Holly of A Little Stranger made this lovely bunny brooch for me and in return I made one of my mini mushrooms for her. I love this brooch! The sleepy eyes, the fuzziness, the colors, and adorable scale! I couldn't have wished for more- Thank you!!!

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