Throwback Thursday: Neon Pink Jellyfish

Neon Pink Jellyfish

Another Work In Progress post: I was busy at the time making items for my first craft fair. I'm happy to say this little guy found a lovely new home, yay!

Read the blog post here: Pink Jellyfish: A Work In Progress

Chica and a Knobbly Jellyfish

Hey! Thought I'd update with some bits I've been making lately on the amigurumi front :) 

Has anyone played Five Nights At Freddy's? If you have, you should have a pretty good idea who this little guy is. But if not, Five Nights At Freddy's is a very popular game that's exploded onto the gaming scene over the past few months. It's basically about you playing as a security guard at a kids pizza chain restaurant, and things go, well, a little bit wrong with the animatronic characters after hours.

Although I haven't actually played the game myself, I love watching others play it on YouTube, especially Markiplier - he's so funny and always seems so enthusiastic about what he is doing. You can check his channel and the game itself out here.

Anyways, I thought I'd make a little Chibi Chica the other night, and this was the result...

She's a lot less scary than the original lol! I think with a little tweaking I may type up the pattern and make it available in my Etsy Shop, we will see :)

Also I have been working on a revamp of Jacob The Jellyfish; here he is half finished...

As you can see, I've added some puff stitches to the head/body piece, to make a knobbly effect; and also some gathered rows of lace trim for extra fluffiness. For the tentacles I will be adding some clear pony beads, so it looks like bubbles.

I'm always looking for new ways to update old patterns of mine - so instead of rewriting them completely I have been trying to add some other materials and elements to the design, to give people more of a challenge/something other to do apart from crochet the entire piece. I hope to have the pattern available by the end of the year, along with some other revamped favourites :)

That's all for now! Take care, and Happy Crocheting!

Wabbit

First off - I've just come back from meeting my cousin's new born twins Roy and Alan! SQUEEEEE! They're so cute! Roy is bigger than Alan and has black hair, and Alan is the small one with brown hair. Simon and Caroline loved the jellyfish ami's and said they are going to go on their pram :) Aaaaand I found out that Caroline collects bears - so guess what she'll be getting for Christmas from me lol!

I went crochet mad the other day and designed and crocheted a whole rabbit ami haha! Here he is...

He's made with a 3.25mm hook and acrylic DK yarn. His head alone took me the whole of The Matrix to make - it's 60 stitches round lol! I'm happy with the way he turned out - but can't help thinking he looks abit like a dog instead of a rabbit. What do you think?!

Babies, Babies, Babies

I'd like to congratulate my cousin Simon and his wife Caroline on the birth of their twin boys on Friday! They named them Roy (after my grandad) and Alan (after Caroline's Dad).

It's been a long time since I've crocheted anything for a baby, now there's 2 to make stuff for! I was gonna make them some hats and jackets, but it's still summer so I thought I'd make them these instead...


You can't beat a Jellyfish toy! I double and triple stitched them so they are more or less child proof. And I also sewed some bells into their heads so they rattle! I haven't been to see them yet, but will be this week when they've got settled in at home, I hope they like them!

I'd also like to congratulate Crystal, who has also had a baby boy! Congrats Crystal - he's so cute! You've got to make him loads of toys now! :p

Re-Listed And Re-Priced!

I've re-listed and re-priced 2 amigurumi in my Etsy Shop!

Lydia the Lilac Flumplebee is now $11.50, and includes FREE SHIPPING! Yay! Anywhere in the world - I'll ship for free :)

Rosie The Pink Jellyfish is now $10, and again includes free shipping :)

I'll be listing the apple ami's soon, and also a Super Monstie I made last week. I'll let you know when they're up!

While I'm here - does anyone think I'm charging too much for these ami's?! I have no idea how to price them, so I'm just charging what I sell them for at craft fairs. Are these prices suitable for Etsy?!

Stupid Blogspot

Blogspot is being stupid again and not letting me upload any photos. Does anyone else ever have this problem?!

Anyways, hope everyone had a nice weekend. I've been carrying on with the diet - I've lost almost half a stone! Yay! Though last week I hadn't lost anything so I'm making myself go out for a walk everyday now. I'm gonna get ready to go after I've typed this up actually. If it doesn't rain.

I've been asked to crochet a Shaun and Timmy The Sheep for a friend of my aunties - so that's what I've been up to on the crochet front lately. I've nearly finished Shaun _ I just have 2 legs to go and to attach the eyes, which are either going to be big googly eyes or felt - I haven't decided yet. Then it's on to Timmy. I've also started crocheting a blue and white Jellyfish for a friends baby that is due soon. I hope she'll like it!

The Monsties have been posted off to the winners. I didn't do it on Friday as I didn't go out in the end, so my Mum posted them off this morning; hopefully they should be arriving soon. I hope they all arrive safely, and that you're happy with them!

That's about all. I'll keep trying with the photos. Stupid Blogspot. I'm off for a walk.

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Pink Jellyfish: A Work In Progress

I've been asked to do another craft fair this Christmas! So I need more 'stock'. Que crazy fast crocheting, including this Jellyfish made from my Jacob The Jellyfish pattern!

I start, as always, with the main body/head of the toy. I chose bright pink for this one. Nice!


This is the head/body, the bottom of the body and the hanging loop finished. I like to use 2 different colours for my jellyfish and thought these 2 pinks worked well together.


Starting to make the 1st of 4 big tentacles (are they called tentacles on jellyfish?! Stingers?!!) . It's basically just a chain with lots of DC's into each chain stitch.


Big tentacles done, time for the smaller ones. These little guys need a bit of help curling up, so I wind them round a pencil/pen.


All the jellyfish parts done! Time for the sewing. There's quite alot...


All the tentacles sewn on to the bottom of the body. I arrange them in a kind of 3-9-6-12 pattern to make them even.


With the bottom of the body sewn on, she's finished! Took a couple of hours - most of that was the sewing lol! Anyone got a name?!

I've made 6 jellyfish in all, 3 for Brentwood and 3 for the other show I've been asked to do. Yep, they ASKED me to do it lol! I hope they're not dissapointed with my stuff! More WIP's to come, as I'm making things all the time for the fairs. My amigurumi army is growing...

First Pattern Sold!!

Yay! I sold my first amigurumi pattern on Etsy today!! I'm very happy!!



Plus I've had loads of feedback from my lovely testers! All their jellyfish/turtles look excellent!

A big Thank You to everyone; you made my day! :D

Sarah
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Jellyfish And Walter!

Walter's arrived!! He was dropped off by the postman on 3rd June and has settled in nicely! I have set up a seperate blog for him, which is here.

The 2 weeks are up on the testing for my Jellyfish Amigurumi Pattern, so I put it on sale today! Check it out here. I like to give all my ami's names, so I chose to call him Jacob lol! No reason, it just began with a J!

I've asked on Craftster.org for testers for my Tilly The Turtle ami pattern, and again I had lots of lovely people willing to test it out for me :o) I should have the pattern perfected in about 2 weeks time and then put up in my Etsy shop :o)

LV Partners and Jellyfish Testers

The partners were announced for the LV Swap today; Eddie's going to America!! He's mega excited, he's going to be sent off tomorrow! Here he is getting ready for his long journey!

I'm hosting Walter the dinosaur for the summer! He's lovely! We're gonna have lots of fun; including my hoilday to Cyprus!

Two testers have finished testing my jellyfish pattern; they're both excellent!! We've had Gimpy from CrazyCristyC, and Rupert from MissFlynn, which you can see here.

Big Thanks to them both for testing it for me, and to all the testers! It's really helping me out!