Owlishly

Kindergarten

Well, this kid started kindergarten last Tuesday so it's been all about him and adjusting the past week.  For him, and us not having him around all the time.  His little sister starts asking when he's going to be home around half an hour after he's dropped off. 

He's there full day, and it's a dual immersion school, so he's be spoken to in Spanish for 90% of his school day.  He's doing well, but he comes home with lot's of questions, so I'm going to have to brush up on my Spanish too.

Anyway, no crafting of any sort has been taking place since Tuesday,  I'm hoping this week I can finish up a custom doll for a friend- it's a replica of her child's Halloween costume- a little mushroom kid.

Oh, and I was thinking about changing the look of my blog around a bit, I'm getting a little tired of the way it looks :)

Yowzah! where does the time go?

I've not really had much time the past couple of months to sit and relax and crochet.  I did finish up two dolls for Plush You!- I made a mermaid and a bear boy.

I used Malabrigo kettle dyed worsted in Hollyhock for the mermaid's tail, Lamb’s Pride wool in roasted coffee & Paton’s silk bamboo in bark for the hair, TLC cotton plus for the skin, wool felt for the shells,  9mm safety eyes, and DMC satin embroidery floss for the shells & the seaweed that ties her hair back.

We'd gone out to Huntington beach for the day, so while the kids played, I got to finish up the embroidery, weave in all the ends and take some fun pictures.

I knew I wanted to do a mermaid and in a different color than the original, but took a while to decide on what color I actually wanted to do.  I REALLY like the color I ended up using- it's Malabrigo kettle dyed worsted in Hollyhock, and while I thought there was more purple in it, I was pleasantly surprised to find that it's more of a magenta.  Then this time around I embroidered the scales on the tail with a satin embroidery floss.

The little bear boy was made with Cascade 220 wool for the skin, Lamb’s Pride (in brown bear) wool for the body, 9mm safety eyes & DMC embroidery floss for the hair.

The color is a little off in the first picture, the one with the two of the bears is a more accurate representation.  I wanted to take a picture with the Malabrigo bear from my pattern for scale- the only difference in the two bears was the brown yarn, and I went down a size with my crochet hook, but it made a noticeable difference.  Nevertheless, he makes a cute little brother :)

I hadn't noticed how long it'd been since I last posted, but I'll try to update more often, especially now that the summer is winding down and *sniff, sniff* my little boy is starting Kindergarten on Tuesday.  Once our routine is set I should have time to set time aside to crochet all the pattern ideas I have floating around in my head!