Small Random Update

The semester is winding down so I’ve had some more free time to craft lately.

I started working on a crochet plush the other day and today I’m giving him some hair.

I use a latch hook rug technique to loop the split yarn around the posts of the single crochet hair piece. This guy is a plush Djehuty, the Egyptian god. (His beak keeps getting smooshed, poor guy.)

And I’ve been meaning to re-make a failed shirt attempt for this guy:

He’s an Iplehouse Boris (an ABJD, feel free to ask me questions, I know a lot of people are interested in these dolls when they see them) and the first shirt fit well…. except I forgot how wide his shoulders are so it ripped in the armpit… >.>

Oh well, you live and learn.

Lastly, I’ve been drooling over the Wacom Cintiq companion 2 and I think I’ll be getting one soon.

I used to draw a lot, I mean A LOT, and I’ve recently found inspiration to get back at it again. So I’ve been watching dozens of tutorials and I have some anatomy books and other art related info to study when I’m not worried about course work.

That wasn’t as small an update as I thought it’d be. 😉

First Felting

As a spinner with a large stash of fiber, including raw fleece from a local breeder, I always thought of felting in a not-so-friendly light (especially after my first attempts at scouring that raw fleece).

Recently; however, I have stumbled upon needle felting. I knew about it before but never really was interested for the aforementioned reasons (felting fear sounds like something to call it). I watched a bunch of videos on Youtube and got a ton of ideas for projects and all the versatile things I could do with needle felting so of course I had to jump into another craft and bought a set of needles.

I didn’t take a step by step photo process because 1) I was too excited to and 2) I had no idea what I was doing and wanted to play around first. I’m hoping to do step sequence photos or those fun time-lapse videos when I have more time.

I did use a cheap polyfill material for the inside part and then covered it with wool. I’m not sure this is a great way to do it because when felting a flat piece the polyfibers poke back out the other side. Oh well, trial and error never hurt anyone.