Projects Post 9/12

So sorry about no post last week. The friend I work events with came home on Monday from Seadogs and asked me if I wanted to work another event on Thursday. I am crazy enough to say yes to something like that so I spent the week working my fingers off to get all my half finished projects done to go to the event.

So due to that I haven't had a lot of time to work on new projects. I had a  couple of commisions over the weekend that I sadly did not get pictures of. Another vendor had me make up a cthulhu pony in black and purple with curly hair that was really cute and put cat ears on a cthulhu.

Other than that, I came home to a Joann's order of bulky weight yarns. I think I mentioned before that that I've been on a giant plushie kick. So I finished my three giant octopus mascots. I'm thinking of making a mash-up of all three, a poke-ball with kitty ears and a top hat. These guys are using Bernat's Softee Chunky. I do like that it's a larger yarn that doesn't try to fray constantly.

Still working on Princess Cadence, her hair has been taking forever but I'm still having a lot of fun with her. The pattern is really fantastic and I have been learning so much working on it. As expensive as they are, Nerdy Knitter patterns are really worth every penny. Now if only there wasn't so much sewing to do.

Also in giant yarn I'm making a rainbow dash. The chunky yarn makes up so quickly and I still think they look pretty cute. Using Lion Brand's Hometown USA for these guys and it is unbelievably soft and nice to work with, but it does want to fray a lot. I have to keep my ends tied all the timeor it becomes four strands of light worsted yarn.

Working on more pokemon, I'm giving the big ones a chance again and trying to finish a set of the smaller ones, see if one does better or I should just keep making both. still haven't finished jolteon, not sure why it's just sewing and making accessories at this point.

I finished Groot, now that he is finished I realize the work wasn't that bad, I just need to get more appropriate yarn in the future. Everyone wants me to make him able to dance, but I think that's above the technical level I want to deal with right now.

That's about it for now, I hope to be back on schedule next week as we don't have another event until November. Hope you are all having a wonderful National Crochet Day. Go celebrate and make yourself something pretty.