Good news everyone! I just opened my Etsy store:
Coopersita’s Cute Creations
Right now I’m just selling 3 patterns of Halloween amigurumi: Nicky, Wendy and Franky!
My three Halloween amigurumi patterns
They are $3.99 each, or $10 for all three. You read right, you can save $2.00 if you buy them all at once!
And to entice you even more into buying them, here are some desktop wallpapers of them:
Standard (800×600, 1024×768, 1280×1024 and 1600×1200)
Nicky
Franky
Wendy
Widescreen (1280×800, 1440×900, 1680×1050, and 1920×1200)
Nicky
Franky
Wendy
For instructions on how to install or download, see this post.
Wish me luck!
Alpacas at Penny Lee Alpacas
Today, a bunch of us fibre enthusiasts went on an tour of some of the local alpaca farms in our area (Manitoba, Canada). It was organized by my LYS. We went to 4 farms:
- Aurora Alpacas (Luoise and Kurt Dorward) in St. Norbert
- Penny Lee Alpacas (Penny and Rick Gogush) in Cartier
- Legacy Fibre Works (Michelle Rossnagel and Jackie Campbell) in Stony Mountain
- Serenity Alpacas (Angela Guenther) in St. Andrews
Male at Aurora Alpacas
It was a lot of fun. I had no idea there were so many people involved in Manitoba in this industry.
The animals are so beautiful, soft, and cute. The farmers were just so gracious to let us touch them, and answered all our questions (“No, you can’t ride the alpacas”).
I was surprised to see how docile they were. Their hair is super dense, and sooooo soft. They also have the most amazing colors. In one farm they had a table with yarns made from their alpacas, and you could tell by the color from which animal each one came.
Alpaca yarn at Aurora Alpacas
The gray yarn in the picture above (you can barely see it at the top of the picture) is from the male in the second picture.
It really makes you appreciate more the yarn, once you get to know the people and animals that are involved in this fascinating process. I wonder if Walmart will ever organize an Acrylic oil platform tour 🙂
Male at Serenity Alpacas
If you are interested, I posted many more pictures in my Flickr account. Also, if you’d like to know more about this industry, visit the Manitoba Alpaca Club.
If you live in North America, chances are there is a Michaels store near you. I visit mine often enough. That’s where I buy my acrylic yarn to make amigurumis, and where my parents spend countless hours buying art supplies.
Well, it seems Michaels is going over a branding overhaul: they have a new logo!
Michaels' new logo
I like it so much more than the original. Which in my opinion was old-fashioned, and un-cool.
Michaels' old logo
Crafters are more than old ladies scrapbooking (not that there is anything wrong with that). We are inventive, creative, hip and imaginative. I think the new logo is closer to that.
Now I just hope they redo the website… ugh!
If you want to read more about the re-branding, check out the article on Brand New. That’s how I learned about it.
I love my new pucca stitch markets so much I made a desktop wallpaper with them.
Standard
800×600, 1024×768, 1280×1024 and 1600×1200
Widescreen
1280×800, 1440×900, 1680×1050, and 1920×1200
For instructions on how to install or download, see this post.
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I know I’m too old, but I love Pucca! Mi latest Pucca related purchase was some earing I bought with the intention of converting into stitch markers wit the help of some fasteners.
Earings and fasteners
These fasteners I can use for knitting, and since they also open up, I can use them for crochet as well (given the yarn is not too thick). All I did was use pliers to twist the earing’s wire to attach it to the fastener, then I just cut off the excess wire.
I placed the fastener into the earing
I also decided to add a red bead to make them look nicer. Maybe later I’ll switch them for red hearts or something nicer.
The final product
As if I needed another reason to knit!
Some months ago I translated Mélusine Tricote’s ‘Irene’ Scarf into Spanish:
'Irene' Scarf
If you like it, vote for it in this creations contest. Just click on “Voter”.
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