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So Much Free Time and No Idea What to Do With It

Emerald Thunder

The public schools are now on vacation, which means I have nowhere to go for the majority of my days. What am I going to do with all of my free time now? So far I’ve been catching up on sleep and lazing around, but I need more to occupy my time with. Unfortunately, everything costs money, so it’s not like I can be going out and buying books and crafting stuff and such all the time (no matter how tempting this may be).

I’ve finally finished the crocheting part of my big project, and now I’m just waiting for fiberfill so I can stuff and sew the limbs onto the body.

A body, two arms, a tail, and two ears. I can’t wait until I can finish it. The body is so cuddly, and with everything assembled, I think it will at least come slightly close to doing justice to the original pattern, even if the eyes and face are slightly wonky.

In other news, my kidney bean plant is starting to grow actual beans!!

I’m so proud of little Catherine (yes, that’s her name, because her boyfriend is Heathcliff, who resides on the outside balcony of the other bedroom in the suite). She’s grown so much in the little over a month since I planted the seeds.

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Productivity Abounds!

Emerald Thunder

The past 24 hours have been filled with completing projects that have been hanging around for a while. I first decided I wanted to finally finish the second hat I had been paid months ago to make for the teacher with whom I work. Seeing as how this is the last full week of NYC’s public school, it was now or the fall, and I just wanted to get it over with. My original concept for it was completely dreadful, so I cast that pathetic excuse for a hat aside and started again. This time I didn’t try to over-complicate it, and I am MUCH happier with the final product.


It’s not perfect, and it’s not "exactly" what she wanted, but it’s what I was able to do with my skill-level and quantity of dark brown yarn. I was not going to spend $4 on another skein just for 4 or 5 more rows, partially because she wasn’t going to pay me anymore money.

Next on my list of completions was a pink knitted square for another bunny. The most I could do was finish knitting/purling it because I STILL don’t have fiberfill. . . .

I then finished this "Love Bunny" I had crocheted a few days ago but hadn’t yet stuffed it because there was nothing to stuff it with. I ended up using the yarn from the first hat I started because I wasn’t going to be using it for anything else, and the bunny was crying to be finished.

And finally, earlier today one of my suitemates had said that my other suitemate was super stressed about a final project for her class that’s ending this week, so I thought I would make a little flower for her since she thought the other one I made was cute. It just so happens that the yarn I have almost perfectly matches the color scheme of all of her personal belongings.

I think I might next tackle finishing the remaining pieces for my big surprise project; it seems the most logical option. Although, I don’t know when I’ll be able to do that because the next couple of days are going to be super busy for me. . . .
  

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Finally Getting Around to What’s Been Sitting in my Stash for a Year!

Emerald Thunder

When I first started crafting last summer, I saw these free pattern sheets at Walmart and took this one for the heck of it, even though I didn’t know how to crochet at the time. Well, I can finally crochet well enough, and so I decided to attempt this one last night. I managed to finish everything but the wings before I went to bed, and I just made and attached my version of the wings this afternoon.

May I present: The Most Adorable Bumble Bee I’ve Ever Seen!

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Amigurumi, Part 2

Emerald Thunder

Yesterday’s foray into spherical amigurumi led me to try out something new very quickly. After finishing Winston, I found a pattern online that explained how to make a Mario Power-Up Mushroom, and of course I jumped at the chance to make one. At the moment I only have the one, but I’ll be making a 1UP one after I complete my current project and get my hands on a ton more fiberfill.

May I present, Peter the Power-Up:

And here is a sneak peek at the project I started this morning, because I know some people are just too impatient to wait for the final product, especially one so time-consuming and tedious.

When I began this morning, I was blissfully unaware of the size the finished product would be, and for that I am now paying. This part alone has used up most of my blue yarn and ALL of my fiberfill *sadface*. As a result, my plans for tomorrow include a trip to my old neighborhood to try to find some Red Heart Super Saver yarn and stuffing. I just hope that if I find what I need, I can get out of the store without spending too much more money and without too many additional bags of yarn and notions and anything else that happens to be in stock.

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Expanding Techinques and the Yarny Family

Emerald Thunder

Today I decided that I want to break into the world of crochet amigurumi. The pink heart I made last weekend wasn’t terribly difficult, so I thought I might try my hand at something else. I figure what better way to start than to learn how to make a ball, and then turn that ball into something else. Baby steps. May I present, Winston the Caterpillar! Credit for his name must be given to my lovely suitemate who came up with it as she was going out the door a minute ago.

 

Winston gets to know his first flower friend.

Winston introduces himself to his new friends Fishy and Fishy-Fishy, who are visiting for the weekend.