This year, we decided to spread some holiday cheer with handmade personalized name keychains for our kids’ classes! Using the xTool M1—a laser cutter, engraver, and blade cutter—we created unique gifts that added a special touch to the season.
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Every now and then, I dabble in crafts that are not crochet and I have fun doing it! If you love Disney and Taylor Swift, you'll want to check out this DIY project!
Earlier this year, our family took a Disney Cruise vacation! Disney Cruise vacations are not cheap, so to help with costs, we chose to take one of their shorter 4-day repositioning cruises from Vancouver to San Diego on the Disney Wonder. It was a great way to get a taste of cruising with Disney without breaking the bank!
Every Disney vacation deserves something special made like all my other Disney vacations. I usually craft a lot as preparation and help build up excitement!
I love crocheting continuous rounds when I crochet amigurumi so that there is no visible seam. However, because there's no seam, it's hard to know where the start of the round is. This is where the running stitch marker comes in handy.
You can use regular stitch markers when crocheting in spiraled rounds and move them each time you start a new round, but you would only be keeping track of the beginning of the current round. If you notice a mistake a few rounds back and need to take it apart, you could easily lose your place.
Not sure if you've ever been curious and just searched "clever business cards" or "business card designs" just for the heck of it, but there are some really neat ones out there!
When I was designing my business card, I knew that besides having information to visit my blog, I wanted them to also be functional as well! I searched all over the internet for inspiration and decided to go with something crafty to suit my audience's needs!
Did you know that this clever business card design can turn into a mini pompom maker?
Please note that this blog post is a tutorial for Jiji the Black Cat amigurumi crochet pattern. The FREE crochet pattern can be found here.
I absolutely love my little black cat, Jiji. Crocheting with faux fur yarn can be a bit intimidating, but it was so worth it!
I wrote a blog post with some tips on using faux fur yarn for amigurumi, here.
I end up making a total of 3 black cats with the faux fur yarn that I got and each one turned out slightly different. I guess that's the beauty of handmade.
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So after getting a chance to work with Lion Brand's Fun Fur to make my little soot sprites, I decided to be a bit more adventurous and try out other novelty yarns.
I *LOVE* faux fur!
When faux fur yarn just came out, I saw people make all kinds of things with it including home décor, scarves, hats, outerwear, etc.
However, one thing I wish I had seen more was faux fur yarn amigurumi. As much as I love traditional amigurumi, I always dreamed of making my own little plush toy that I can hug and cuddle.
When making amigurumi using regular worsted-weight yarn, stitches typically have to be very tight to hide the stuffing inside. In turn, this makes the fabric very stiff and not very cuddleable.
Also, when you do try to cuddle and squish amigurumi, they don't always bounce back to their original shape on their own.
Sadly, just when I had the idea and courage to go for it and crochet amigurumi using faux fur yarn, my local craft store no longer carried the yarn. But then again, it's also the middle of the summer, so who can blame them.
It feels like it takes me forever to publish new content on my blog. The truth is that it's not that easy to come up with your own crochet patterns, write them out, test them, photograph them, and edit them.
I have a few crochet patterns for my Mini Mimi amigurumi doll that I've created. I just haven't had the time to write out the crochet patterns from my messy notes. So make sure to watch out for those coming soon!
Hair adds so much character to an amigurumi doll, and I really wish I was better at doing amigurumi hair. I have tried many amigurumi hair tutorials but I think this is probably still my favorite method.
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