Tuesday, March 26, 2013

One A Day Project - Tuesday's Tallies

WEDNESDAY:
A trip to the city and this purchase:
 AND:
+ 2 dark blue squares

THURSDAY:
+ 8 squares

FRIDAY:
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+ 0 squares

SATURDAY:
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+ 0 squares

SUNDAY:
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+ 0 squares
(went away over the weekend and left wool at home to lessen my luggage)

MONDAY:
+ 2 squares

TUESDAY:
 + 2 squares
The last two squares!!!

Positioning and sewing:

All forty squares.

Where they will be sewn on.

Current Status:

23 out of 40 squares sewn on.

See you next Tuesday ;)

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

One A Day Project - Tuesday's Tallies

WEDNESDAY:
+ 4 squares

THURSDAY:
+ 7 squares

FRIDAY:
+ 3 squares

SATURDAY:
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+ 0 squares

SUNDAY:
+ 3 squares

MONDAY:
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+ 0 squares

TUESDAY:
+ 10 squares
I finished it and sewn it all together, but can't show you as it would spoil the surprise.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

One A Day Project - Tuesday's Tallies

WEDNESDAY:
Finished the Korok and posted the pattern/Tutorial.
AND
+ 9 squares
THURSDAY:
+ 5 squares
AND
+ 3 squares
FRIDAY:
+ 3 squares
SATURDAY:
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+ 0 squares
SUNDAY:
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+ 0 squares
 MONDAY:
+ 3 squares and... Does that count as one? it's not finished yet... It's supposed to be as big as 3x3 squares
AND:
+ 3 squares
TUESDAY:
+ 3 squares
AND
+ 2 squares (left 3x3 squares, right 2x2 squares)

TOTAL:
+ 20 squares for my blanket and
+ 11 squares for Jade's birthday present.

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Korok - Zelda, the Wind Waker

This is a knit-crochet crossover pattern for the creatures called "Koroks" in Zelda, The Wind Waker. This is what they look like:
What you need:
- 1x light brown/grey-brown/cream wool
- 1x green wool (for the leaves. If you want, use red, orange or purple for the face)
- 1x crochet hook (adapted to green wool)
- 1x set of 4 or 5 knitting needles
- 1x tapestry needle
- 1x stuffing
- 1x green pipe-cleaners
- 1x brown pipe-cleaners (should have a color as close as possible to the brown wool you are using.
STEP 1 - BODY:
BROWN
Cast on 60. (if you want a smaller one, try 40)
Knit in a round until you find your tube long enough. CAREFUL! The length of your tube will not only be the main body, it will include the legs, but not the "ears"!
Finish off.
Put aside.
Cast on 16. (If you use 40 for the body, try 8 or 10)
Knit in a round for about 10 to 20 rows.
Finish off.
Make a second one.
Don't worry if you miscount, they'd better not be exactly the same size.

STEP 2 - LIMBS:
PIPECLEANERS
Twist two brown pipecleaners together and slip them through the tube's stitches like this:

Twist two green pipecleaners together and attach one end to one of the "hands". You will attach the "parachute-leaf" to the other end.

STEP 3 - FACE-LEAF:
GREEN/ORANGE/RED/PURPLE
Create a circle with 6sc.
Increase until you find it big enough.
Make two big ones and two smaller ones (To have a sort of clover)
Don't finish off the last one.

Crochet along the first side of the last hexagon, join to the other big one, crochet accross one side, join to one small one, crochet across one side, join the last one and crochet across one side, join to the beginning.
Sew the middle hole around the Korok's nose.
Sew on the eyes and a hint of a mouth on with black yarn.

STEP 4 - PARACHUTE-LEAF:
GREEN
Double or Triple-strand the green wool.
Create a circle with 6sc.
Increase the circle until you find it big enough.
I like mine like this: (1sc in 6sc, 2sc in 1sc)



Continue increasing in the first two sides of the hexagon for 1r.
Start decreasing on the sides to make the leaf's tip:
Make two of them. Don't worry if they're not the same, no leaf is exactly the same as another one...
Sew them to the pipecleaner:

STEP 5 - FINALE:
Sew ends of the tube to have a nice shape.
Stuff.
Bend the arms in whichever way you like.

Finished! :D

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Granny Blanket

First things first: No, it isn't finished yet.
It is now 2'11x2'11 inches big. (Approximately)
In cm that is: "height" 89cm, width 90.5cm.
It's a bit less than a meter, which I find odd, because it looks so big to me...
So... Lea? I apologize for saying that it has to be more than a meter, because obviously it isn't.
I will add one more frame of squares (maybe I'll change me mind for 2 frames, we'll see) and then I'll be making the border. I will make dc-clusters of 3 all around and then I will add a granny stripe to two of the sides to make it longer.