Archives for 2014

Woo wee woo

November 3, 2014 by Tessa Leave a Comment

So I’ve started on my Christmas list which admittedly I’ve probably started a little late. I asked my Facebook friends what they thought the item I was working on was from and woo wee woo was the response I got, which to me made complete sense as it is a doctor who related item, and that’s have the theme tune goes, so anyway here is a little sneak peak of my current project.

This is soon to be a full length 4th Doctor scarf, eventually.

The pattern can be found at http://www.doctorwhoscarf.com/s12.html

New Things

September 28, 2014 by Tessa Leave a Comment

So yesterday I went out a bought a sewing machine, it has been many years since I last used one, I remember the impatience I used to have with my mum’s old one, but they are such handy tools. So the first thing that my brain said to make was a dress in haste I got some pretty purple fabric, but at this stage a dress is probably out of my reach, but on the other hand I am capable of making a simple dog bed upcycled from my partners old jeans.

I’m just hoping that the dogs don’t kill it in two seconds.

In the background you can see my pretty sewing machine which I got for $99 rather than $329 it was a bargain that I just couldn’t pass up.

Long Time No See

September 23, 2014 by Tessa Leave a Comment

So it’s been quite a while since I last blogged, I’ve been very incompleteist lately starting too many new projects and not finishing anything. I have a few interesting things that are in the works, such as a couple baby things (this year has become the year of the baby with two being born this year and one early next year) and I have several wash-cloth pictures that I can upload but I don’t want to bore everyone with mostly the same thing, plus they’re all mostly belated wedding presents for my partners friend which I really should finish :/.

I have to say that the biggest project that I have taken on lately has to be the most exciting and very much different to the stuff I normally make, my best friends are getting married next year and they are going for a naturalistic pagan wedding that is completely their own, and it’s not going to be stupidly extravagant. I’m super excited for them, so what may you ask will I be making for their wedding, I have to honour and the time to make the brides veil, which is going to be worn as more of a head dress than anything, so I don’t have to be careful about vision obstructions.

Anyways here are a few of the motifs that are going to be on the veil, maybe I haven’t really made up my mind about what exactly will be going on the veil I’m just experimenting at the moment.

Hopper’s New Collar

August 6, 2014 by Tessa Leave a Comment

Hopper’s Tale

So a few months ago we started fostering a little guy that we named Hopper, he was a sweet little shy guy who was terrified of people but he simply loved our current dog (Shredder), and as he started warming up to us, he came to be one of our family member, but the day came where it was time for him to be adopted out. We were nervous for him and sad to see him go, but we knew he would be going to a loving couple, we hadn’t considered how affected our current dog Shredder would cope with the situation, she was mighty upset that she no longer had someone to snuggle whilst outside. After three days with his new family Hopper returned to us, he was overwhelmed by the idea of moving and a new dog to contend with. He was shaken that was until he saw Shredder, who was just as happy to see him. One week passed and that was when we made the decision to adopt Hopper, not just for his comfort but for Shredder as well, they were simply inseparable, and so came to pass how Hopper joined our family, we couldn’t be happier with our sweet little shy guy.

Hopper – Jack Russel, Shredder – Pug X

Hopper isn’t particularly fond of the camera.

I’ve been collecting a few different things that I intend to do some crochet accessories with and I finally got around to trying out making collar, and why not start with making one for your own pets.

Hopper also has a matching coat to go with his collar but it is sitting in my sewing pile.

Adjustable Pet Collar

This pattern is best worked when you know the size of the dog the instructions for this pattern are specific for Hopper who’s a small dog but the collar itself is for a small to medium sized dog. I recommend that you measure the circumference of your dogs neck and add 50% of the original measurement in order for it to fit and be adjustable. I can be a little fiddly but it’s a relatively quick thing to make

Collar not recommended for use with a lease as it may stretch.

Equipment:

1 crochet hook 4.00mm

small amount of yarn colour of choice

I used Thorobred 8ply acrylic in two different colours

Sewing cotton

1 sewing needle

1 yarn needle

1 Tri glide clip (2mm inside)

1 Clasp slide buckle (2mm inside)

1 Circular ring or D shaped ring if you have one (2mm inside)

last three items in picture below – can be found on eBay

Stitch Abbreviations:

ch =chain

sl st = slip stitch

sc = single crochet

rw(s) = row(s)

st(s) = stitch (es)

Method

Ch desired length I ch 101 for a S-M dog.

row 1 1 sc in the second ch from the hook (in the back bump only), sc in each remaining st ch 1, turn.

row 2-3 1 sc in each st.

Fasten off

weave in ends

sew ends at appropriate places follow pictures below

I recommend that you sew the ring into place so it doesn’t move all over the place

Enjoy 🙂

Cyberman Washcloth

August 3, 2014 by Tessa Leave a Comment

So recently I have picked up on the craze of kitting washcloths as my reintroduction of knitting. What better place to start than with going with a doctor who styled washcloth. This pattern is version one of two cyberman patterns.

Made from 100% acrylic yarn. I have limited colours in cotton so I figured as a starting point using acrylic would be an acceptable medium, if anything this item can be used as an ex foliating washcloth or even a dishcloth.

I’ve been considering making a whole bunch of these as a wedding gift for some friends of ours, they are very much into the Doctor Who scene and I think it would be a perfect thing to give them. I’m not sure if they will feel the same about it though.

There are still more washcloth updates to come so keep your eyes open 🙂

Pattern and many other Doctor Who related washcloths can be found at: http://holynarfcrafts.wikispaces.com/Doctor+Who+Cyberman+V1+Dishcloth

Washcloths

August 1, 2014 by Tessa Leave a Comment

Seeing as Facebook has put a ban on my post (because I don’t have a grammatically correct title) it seems only fair that I spend some time putting stuff up on here instead.

So lately,I’ve been doing something a little bit different, I’ve been relearning how to knit. It has been many years since I picked up Knitting needles, most likely about ten, and after a year of crocheting I figured it was time for a change, time to learn/relearn something different. It appears that I’ve caught the knitting bug, I love making little washcloths especially Doctor Who related ones. Washcloths seem to be the craze at the moment and I see why they are easy to make and work up fast.

I will post each Individually in separate post with links to the patterns

Dog Jumper

May 11, 2014 by Tessa Leave a Comment

So I haven’t done any posting for a while, I’ve been super busy crocheting away at a few large projects, or simply not finishing anything. Winter has set in early this year here in Australia so I figured it was time to treat the pets to some clothing, enjoy.

Before my dear foster dog Toby departed for his fur-ever home I made him and my own dog jumpers, I still need to alter the pattern so that my dog Shredder has a fitting jumper, who knows the one I made her may fit a different dog out there.

As you can see below Shredder’s jumper is a little large, another attempt is required to get the sizing correct.Shredder

For Toby’s jumper I added 9 stitches to the original pattern and an additional two rows as he is quite small and he didn’t need much extra from the original pattern. You can’t really see it under all his fluff. The main colour of the coat is a light grey with a darker grey used for the neck and the edging

Toby

Thank you and happy crocheting.

Tessa

The Pattern can be found at : http://stitch11.com/xs-dog-sweater/

Ezio Sackboy Doll

April 14, 2014 by Tessa 2 Comments

So after many hours guess who is finally finished.

This doll is made of general acrylic yarn of several different brands

Alteration that i made to this pattern include using safety eyes with white felt rather than buttons as the item is a gift for a toddler and I wanted to avoid there being a chance of choking

This item was meant to originally be hollow and have a zipper in the body, but I wanted him to have a stuffed body.

Many hours were poured into this doll as it has many little details which required attention for example the hair which is knotted to the head 2 strands at a time with approximately 200 knots that were involved.

Overall I simply love this cute little guy he was worth the effort.

The pattern for Ezio Sackboy can be found at

http://goldenjellybean.com/youtube/about/ezio-sackboy/

Ladybug Set

April 9, 2014 by Tessa Leave a Comment

Here is the completed Ladybug set, the booties and nappy cover were made using existing patterns but they had to be altered so I could use 4ply yarn so they would be soft enough for a newborn, and so each item would be nice and matching.