Patterns for Adorable and Distinctive Toys
Shakesbear models the Eileen slouch hat. I need to get an actual human to model my finished hat patterns. In the meantime, here is William Shakesbear wearing the finished slouch hat from last week. Side view showing the zig zag lace pattern I'm ...
William Shakesbear models the slouch hat in progress. This version turned out to be too big for me, too. My latest trial piece for a pattern has retaught me the wisdom of doing your gauge swatch on the exact needles you will be using. That zig-zag lac ...
Fun with test swatches. One cable pattern, two colors, three needle sizes. The orange yarn marks where I changed needles. The switch from orchid to blue marks where I ran out of my leftover orchid yarn and had to pull out another color. Just because I h ...
Test of my first idea for a cabled slouch hat. I deemed this one NOT A SUCCESS. The free Cratchit Cable Braid gloves were a big hit, so I have decided to see how an accessory pattern or two would do if I offered them for sale. First up is going to be ...
Lots and lots of tiny pattern pieces, and I still have to cut out their Santa hats. When my part-time retail gig put up the "Black Friday Ugly Holiday Sweater Contest" sign by the time clock, I realized three things: I refuse to pay money (even i ...
My creative week in a nutshell - three tiny pandas and some possible costuming pieces for my hippie psychic Since last week I have made three of this year's writing buddies (except for their embroidery finishing) and spent a lot of time and a little m ...
Leaf lace pattern. It makes either a 70 by 70 stitch square or a circle which is 280 stitches at the outer edge. Free pattern day! This is a lace pattern that I designed to be used with Heather Zoppetti's Dahlia Cardigan pattern. I made the Dahlia Car ...
Chorizo and Puerco model for the fabric. They don't know that they are only getting 2D burritos. Madeleine is on a brief hold while I contemplate the issue with her ears, so I am playing around with a vector drawing program and some fabric design. I'm ...
It's like the Reign of Terror around here, only with teddy bears. After six trials, I think I have the pattern for Madeleine's head. It fixes the problem of a too long, too skinny snout that a couple of friends pointed out in previous versions, but it ...
Me in the second production of "Pirates" that I both appeared in and helped to costume My first major foray into costuming for community theater was for a production of "The Pirates of Penzance" with the Sudbury Savoyards in Sudbury, Massachusetts. Ev ...