Amineko

Witajcie! Dzis przedstawiam spiacego amineko. (Amineko to skrot od japonskiego wyrazenia - amigurumi neko, co po prostu znaczy amigurumi kot). Robilam go z darmowego wzoru (diagram plus tekst po angielsku w linku ponizej). Zeby bylo smieszniej i aby dodac mu wiecej charakteru, lapki i uszy zrobilam w roznych rozmiarach. Wszystkich pozdrawiam serdecznie i zycze pieknego dnia.

Hello! Today I show a sleeping amineko (combination of 'amigurumi neko', meaning amigurumi cat) toy. I made it from a free pattern (link below). To make him more wonky and to add more character, I crocheted his legs and ears in different lengths. 
Have a wonderful day, everyone! See you in next post.

Specifications/Dane:
Pattern/Wzor: Amineko Crocheted Cat  by Nekoyama
Yarn/Wloczka: Red Heart Super Saver Stripes, in Retro

 

Crochet doll/Szydelkowa lala

Witajcie! Dzis pokazuje lalke i potrzebne jej akcesoria, ktore udalo mi sie wczoraj skonczyc. Robilam je w/g wzoru "So Cute Baby Doll", autorstwa Teri Crews. Swietnie sie to wszystko dziergalo - szybko i dosyc latwo. Troche szycia bylo z palcami, uszami i powiekami, ale nic takiego, co by zniechecalo do pracy.
Wszystkich serdecznie pozdrawiam i slicznie dziekuje za odwiedziny na blogu.

Hello! Today I'm showing you a doll with accessories, which I finished yesterday. I made them according to the "So Cute Baby Doll" pattern by Teri Crews.  The pattern was so much fun to crochet. It was relatively easy and quck. The fingers, eyelids and ears were a bit fiddly, but not so much that it would detract from the fun of making this project.
Thank you so much for visiting my blog. Have a wonderful day!

Kitty

Witajcie!  Dzis skonczylam dziergac kotka Kitty dla corci. Bardzo latwy do wykonania, chociaz miejscami troszke bylo ciezko, poniewaz trzeba robic gesto a to znaczy, ze material wychodzi sztywny i nieraz trudno bylo wbic szydelko w oczka. Korzystalam z instrukcji po angielsku, zakupionych na Etsy tutaj. Jednakze czesto widzialam schemat i instrukcje japonskie krazace szeroko po internecie. Plastikowe oczka i nosek zakupilam takze na Etsy w tym sklepie. Wloczka, ktorej uzylam to zwykly akryl Soft Touch firmy Red Heart.

Hello! I just finished a kitty for my DD. It was generally very easy to crochet, although sometimes a bit difficult on the fingers, due to the necessary stiffness of the fabric. I used a downloadable Huggy Kitty pattern (in English), purchased from TGLDdoll on Etsy. The plastic eyes and nose were also bought via Etsy, from yeahshop. The yarn I used is Red Heart's Soft Touch. It is generally a nice, soft acrylic, but I found that it develops a considerable bloom. It didn't pill for me at all, but it got very, very fuzzy. I had to use a sweater shaver on the kitty to remove the fuzz.

Family of Snowmen/Rodzinka Balwankow

Wczoraj skonczylam rodzinke balwankow. Tak sie balam ze nie zdaze przed Swietami, ze jak dodalam gazu, to skonczylam na dlugo przed Bozym Narodzeniem. Wzor, ktorego uzylam, to SnoBuddy Family Chris de Longpre (po angielsku; mozna tu kupic wersje elektroniczna). Ja kupilam swoj w zestawie z wloczkami z Mary Maxim, poniewaz tak bylo mi wygodniej. Musze jednak dodac, ze same balwanki sa nieduze, latwe i dosyc szybkie w wykonaniu. Robimy okrazeniami,  i na samym poczatku dodajemy duzo oczek tak, aby powstalo mniej wiecej plaskie denko, a potem dodajemy oczka lagodniej, robimy az osiagniemy pozadana dlugosc i zaczynamy zmniejszac az do szyi. Od szyi znow poszerzamy na glowe, i tak dalej. Najwiecej czasu zabralo mi dzierganie tych wszystkich czapek i szalikow, bo to jednak troszke male. Zanim wypchalam balwanki specjalna "wata" do zabawek, nasypalam na sam dol troche ziaren soczewicy (moze byc tez fasola lub groch) w celu obciazenia dolow, aby balwanki ladnie i latwo staly. I to wszystko na dzis. Dziekuje slicznie za odwiedziny. Zycze pieknego dnia i zapraszam do obejrzenia fotek balwankow ponizej.

Yesterday, I finished a family of snowmen. I was so afraid that I wouldn't be able finish before Christmas, that I decided to really 'step on it'. Consequently, they're done well before time. The pattern, which I used for this project, is called the SnoBuddy Family by Chris de Longpre (you can purchase the pattern here). I bought mine as a kit from Mary Maxim because that was just more convenient for me. The snowmen are relatively easy and quick to make. They're not too large - the tallest are approximately 7" tall. I filled them first with a little bit of dried lentil seeds (you can also use dried beans or peas), and then with polyester fiberfill.  The accessories required a bit more concentration and time, but that's because they're a bit small. And that's about it for today. Thank you for visiting. Have a super day. 

Prosze panstwa, oto mis.../Pablo The Bear

Here is a little bear I made for my little DD. His name is Pablo (I have no idea why we called him that - he just looked like a Pablo to us) and you can find a free pattern for him on the allaboutyou website.  He's a quick, little project -  he only took me four days of sporadic knitting to make, he's about 7" tall and the most fiddly part was sewing up and assembly. I also decided to make him in stockinette stitch - I wasn't a big fan of the bumpy texture for this specific bear.

The yarn I used is Bernat Mosaic. It comes in several interesting colourways (I used Spectrum), and in this respect it's very much like Noro yarns, but without the cost and the scratchy texture. It is actually quite soft. The only problem I had with it is that at times, the strand of yarn (it is single ply) was so weak, it just broke apart/disintegrated during regular knitting - no excessive tugging or tension, just plain, old knitting. It also tends to pill, but that's the nature of the beast. So, that is that. On to the next project I go.  Have a wonderful day.

...dla mojej coreczki. Nazwalysmy go Pablo (nie wiem dlaczego - jakos tak wygladal na Pablo). Zrobilam go wedlug opisu tutaj (po angielsku). Zajal tylko cztery dni sporadycznego dziergania, ma okolo 18cm wzrostu i najbardziej zmudna czesc roboty stanowilo szycie i konstrukcja.  Wloczka, ktora uzylam, to Bernat Mosaic. Bardzo podobna w charakterze do slawnej Noro Kureyon, ale poniewaz jest z akrylu, kosztuje o wiele mniej i jest o wiele mieksza. Jedyny problem to to, ze miejscami wloczka byla tak slabo skrecona, ze po prostu rozpadla/urwala sie podczas normalnego dziergania (nie bylo tu mowy o jakims napinaniu lub ciagnieciu). Szkoda.
Wszystkim dziekuje za odwiedziny i zycze slicznego dnia.