Non Geek Chic

Inbetween Squirrel making I knocked up a doily for my mum, she kept hinting she wanted one for her kitchen table, the biggest and last hint was when she purchased a ball of orange cotton yarn.

Despite the fact that my mother taught me to crochet she doesn't do any herself, therefore if she wants something made she waits for me to it for her.

Cute doily!

 I do like this doily, I wish she wanted one with a few colours in though as plain orange was a bit boring to make,  thankfully making one is super quick though so I didn't have to stare at it for too long.
I got the pattern from Simply Crochet magazine, it's supposed to have another couple of rows added onto it but I decided it was about the right size like this and the petals look sweet sticking out of the bottom of the fruit bowl!

Looks like a flower under the bowl!

Deadpool Squirrel

I'm making more squirrels for All Round Clothing, It's great they have been so popular!
Inbetween making batches of the crochet bad boys I decided to make a Deadpool version for my friend for his birthday, He designs for All Round Clothing so I thought it'd be nice for him to have a custom squirrel, thankfully he loved it!

I had to spray paint the eyes white as I couldn't find any white safety eyes, I used Plastikote spray paint which worked quite well, I had to use a few coats as it kept running off the eyes.
His little Swords are wooden skewers which I covered in glue and wrapped the wool around, I was worried it was going to unravel but Pritt Stick worked better than I had envisioned, the glue gun would of made a mess everywhere.

Deadpool Squirrel ready for action

Mr Pea has been creating!

Lee had a burst of inspiration over the weekend and customized a couple of vinyl Munny type figures, we got them out of a Gatcha machine in a Hungry Horse restaurant, only £1 each!
He did himself a vault boy from Fallout and he made me Chun-Li from Street Fighter 2, I think he has done a good job for his first go.
We're going back to the restaurant tomorrow night so we'll get some more for him to play with, I'm quite pleased Mr Pea has found something crafty he likes doing!

Vault Boy and Chun-Li Munny type figures

Wolves!

The wolves for Lone Wolf Mobile Bush Craft are finished! I'm pleased with how they have turned out, I bought a pattern from Raverly for them, I just couldn't get it right on my own!
Pattern is from here http://www.ravelry.com/designers/kati-galusz

It's-a me! Mario!

Such an unoriginal title, I know.
I had a quick little request for a Mario amigurumi in between Wolf making and preparing another batch of squirrels for All Round Clothing
I couldn't say no as it is for my mums friend's son, he's cute, and 6, you can't say no to cute 6 year olds when they want cool Nintendo things! The bright side of making things for my ma is that she pays me in yarn, which bulks up my crochet stash quite nicely!

This Mario is a bit different from the one I made Mr Pea for Christmas in 2011, I followed a pattern to the letter for that one while this one I kind of "winged" as basic shapes are just required to make him really, except the hat, I did have to look up the hat, the hat is from WolfDreamer

It's-a Mario time!

Crochet v's Coding

I fear that crafting has pushed out all the tech knowledge in my head, I've spent a lot of time today watching videos on how to start up a website on Google sites, so far I've managed to create a site and inform any visitors that it's being created....that's a lie, I have given up until Mr Pea can look at it for me.
So soon, hopefully, we will be reachable at www.craftygeeks.co.uk (at this moment in time this URL is still directing to 123-regs, takes a while to do some "mapping" thing)
If anyone wishes to see our site it's HERE for now, very exciting, non?

In Crafting and less Geek related news, I am creating some little amigurumi wolves for Lone Wolf Mobile Bushcraft go check it out and say hello to Bradley, our local Ray Mears!

Squirrels away!

Squirrels are now in stock again at All Round Clothing!

Squirrel army!