1/26/2017 0 Comments Dragon Gloves and Wrist WarmerPersonally I preferred the first version of dragon gloves (which are these ones) but other people didn't seem to like them as much as I did. I named them Become the Dragon because that's what they felt like and what I wanted them to be like. Going from being a normal glove into the dragon scales (that and personally I always think of the scales going in this direction as they would travel up the dragons body). I also feel like these ones would work better for gaming because the scales are at the bottom and less likely to get in the way. This was the first attempt at the other style but they weren't quite right. The thumb hole was too large and they just didn't have the right flow, I put them but wasn't happy with them so I ended up redoing them. This was the updated version the 2.0 if you will. I think this one has a better flow and on top of that I really like that I added a layer of scales in the other color, most of them being in the azure but then having one row in blue. This helps with the flow I was lacking the other scales just kind of stopped once they hit the other color and it just didn't feel right. The scales are pretty thick so while I personally haven't tested them for gaming these ones have scales all the way around the palm so they could get in the way easily. If I was going to use some for gaming I would use the Become the Dragon ones. I always like having a lot of color options for people to choose from and it's neat to see what someone else would choose, and how they see the dragon. I think of reds but like my D & D dragons poster there are so many other colors that they could be. I pictured this one as a sea dragon, maybe somewhere inland with the lush greens around. Even though it is in cool tones it feels like a very happy glove :D. This one I also pictured as a sea dragon but maybe in the depths of the ocean where there isn't a lot of light. In the deep blue waters. I like to make up little stories about why they are the colors these two were both orders and I don't know the actual reasons behind the colors but the stories are fun regardless :D. After I made the dragon gloves it started getting cold here which was about the time that I realize I should make wrist warmers to keep my wrists warm while crocheting (my hands are always cold but in winter they get so cold that sometimes it feels hard to move them and the wrist warmers helped a lot with that problem). I figured it would just be the end scales mainly showing and that they would look really pretty coming out of the bottom of the sleeves. These colors remind me of a flower more than a dragon but a pretty magenta dragon would be pretty cool maybe they would be a tiny little dragon one that goes from flower to flower. Like a fairy dragon I bet they would be beautiful (and adorable)!
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1/23/2017 0 Comments Lich King KittyHe was actually a custom order that was never bought, but I ended up liking the idea so much that I had to make him. Plus my boyfriends favorite character is the Lich King so he was kind of like a present to him (although he mainly uses him as a pillow lol). Who better to become the next Lich King than a cat? I can't think of anyone XD. This also turns him from being crazy to cuddly and just a little frosty! It took me a long time to figure out how to do some of the pieces, most the of the stuff I make I end up taking apart a couple of times because its just not right and for me it has to be perfect :). I make him so that his little helm comes off and the cloak does too, this way if you wanted to adjust him you could or even if you wanted to have the helm/cloak sitting next to him you could do that. Its hard to see in the pictures of him but there is also a little strap in the front that is holding his armor together and he has a cute little tail in the back, you can just barely see it peeking out in the picture on the left side. I didn't think the Lich King could be cute but I think I managed to take the idea of the Lich King and turn him into a cute snuggly little kitty :D Also it has a nice ring to it if you sing "Lich King Kitty" XD. CategoriesAll Crochet Guild Wars 2 League Of Legends Life Overwatch World Of Warcraft 1/23/2017 0 Comments Knee High SocksI've always loved stockings and knee high socks, so it was about time that I made some! I've been making the much smaller socks for awhile now but talking to someone about doing a custom order of knee high socks really sparked my desire to make them. I didn't want to wait to do the custom order when it is such a cool idea (and they are something that I will actually wear). I chose these colors because they are bright and happy, and those are the type of things I want to be surrounded by! I actually used a bunch of yarn scraps from other projects, and from ones that I took apart because I made a new and better version of the item. I think these will look really cute with a black skirt and a plain white, lavender, yellow, pink, or gold tank top. I'm not that big into crazy patterns so most of my tank tops are just simple colors but I have been liking stripes more and more as I crochet (and I bet these would look awesome in Lich King stripes, thinking about it makes me want to bring out my inner goth XD). I also think that knee high socks are pretty sexy, which is nice because efficient plus sexy does not usually go together! Having something happy, fun, useful, and sexy seems like the perfect combo to me! I am super excited that it is getting warmer so that I can wear them! The button takes you to the Knee High Sock listing :). CategoriesAll Crochet Guild Wars 2 League Of Legends Life Overwatch World Of Warcraft 1/20/2017 0 Comments Cooler Gaming GlovesI wanted to make some gaming gloves for family, but they live in a warmer area. That's when it dawned on me. If I used a similar stitch to one that I had just used for a scarf I could make a cooler gaming glove that still gives support but has vents on top. This is what I came up with (I took it apart three times before I got to this). Because the stitches are farther apart it leaves room for the air to travel through the top of the gloves (personally I think a size larger than your normal hand size is even better for this because it allow more air to get in because there is more room). The bottom of the glove is the same as my normal gaming gloves with the thicker stitch. This way it still gives the wrists the cushion they need but allows the hands to be cooler. As most gamers know when your playing games you will usually get that red mark on your wrists (which can sometimes be pretty painful). I've known some people who get cuts or blisters there because of the constant rubbing and pressure. This prevents that. There still may be a little bit of a red mark but it goes away fast and doesn't get to that cuts/blisters point. I redid the gloves I made for my boyfriend as well, he was getting the mark with pain but the gloves were too warm for him so I redid them to be cooler for him (For him I also made a desk edge cover, it is kind of like a sock that covers just the edge of his desk because he was getting pretty bad bruises from it constantly digging into his arm). I've had a lot of people ask how warm the gloves are because they didn't like being warm or figured it would make their hands sweaty (personally I wear mine all year round regardless of how warm it is because of how much they help but for someone who is worried about that these are definitely a better choice). Trust me you don't want your wrists getting messed up (I had tendinitis in both of my wrists) you use them for Everything, until I hurt them I didn't realize how much I actually used them and how big of a deal each little wrist movement can be.
To sum up these gloves are a lot cooler than the other gaming gloves but still give the wrists a nice wrist cushion to prevent pain and rubbing that can happen while playing video games (or doing any activities that make you press your wrists hard on a hard surface, a lot of desk activities have you doing that). They are great for people living in warmer areas or who are just normally warmer. The button takes you to the cooler gaming gloves listing :). 1/14/2017 0 Comments Extra Long Infinity ScarfInfinity scarves are pretty cool. They look nice, simple, and pretty, adding just the right amount of color to an outfit with adding a lot of warmth. On top of looking nice, they definitely keep you warm, those layers of yarn over one another keep the wind from getting in and from it attacking your neck. I know from living in cold places that this is a pretty big must. In winter when it is like -5 degrees or worse you definitely need something to keep your neck warm. With my asthma anything under zero makes it so I can't breathe, if you get a good gust of wind at that cold it makes it hard for anyone to take in a good breathe. Personally I would put a bit of the scarf in front of my face to help with this. They are really pretty too. This one I was testing out different length & widths, it happened to be a little too long and not wide enough for a lot of warmth but was still pretty! I didn't even like this yarn in all honesty my boyfriend got it on accident because I was trying to find my rainbow yarn (which its actually name is bikini and I had forgotten that). Couldn't go into Michaels because mine is so perfume so he went in for me and this was the rainbow yarn he came back with. It looks a lot nicer on something than I expected with the black shirt I am wearing it really pops and adds a nice bit of color to the outfit :).
The infinity scarves are pretty neat and easy to use, one of the things that can get annoying with normal scarves is when it tries to come back over your shoulder or keeps slipping down, but with these you just make the infinity symbol and then put one circle over the other and slip it right on, it is super easy and they aren't going anywhere :D. As someone who like functionality over fashion this is perfect for me. I'm not interested in dealing with something annoying because its pretty, its just not my jam. So I love these things and they are fun to make :D. I am really glad that they came into style so I could make them and put them up in my shop :3 1/11/2017 0 Comments Puff Scarf!This scarf is very warm, the little puff stitches really add to the thickness of the scarf and make it great for places that get really cold (I could see being in temperatures around 0 and still being pretty warm with this on). The puff stitch is a thick stitch (it is more like 3-4 stitches in the same stitch, for anyone that doesn't crochet basically its a lot of yarn in one spot XD). so cold are and cold wind don't really get through it. It makes me wish I had it, in some of those cold Wisconsin winters (below 0 and I can't really breath with my asthma, it definitely would have helped with that). I'm more of an efficiency over fashion type of person, so the fact that it works well is really nice (and that it looks cool just happens to be a nice bonus XD). I have a lot of fashion related items in my shop but the ones I always go towards are the ones that will keep me warm (most of the time I am cold). I could see this looking nice in a bunch of different colors, I would personally love to see it in some happy colors (those are the ones I like XD) but I think it would look really nice in a purple or navy blue too. The puff stitch is just kind of a cool stitch, it gives things a neat look, and is nice and cozy :D.
The button takes you to the puff scarf listing :). 1/8/2017 2 Comments AmigurumisAn Amigurumi is a knit or crochet, stuffed yarn creature (so it is basically of stuffed animal where you make the outside fabric by crocheting or knitting). The Amigurumis are different than pretty much everything else that I make, because for the part part they have faces, it really makes them come to life. There is just a different feeling to being able to snuggly Pikachu or Lich King Kitty, something comforting, most animals will want to snuggle with something like them or even with different types of animals. There is a special bond that is created. So even if the amigurumis aren't actually living, they seem to invoke a feeling of life, and of comfort. When I look at them I smile because of their happy little faces (I also smile because making them makes me happy, there is something extra special about getting to make something that smiles back at you :)). Happy salt is one of my favorites its cuteness mocks me as a salty gamer XD, and yet whenever I think of it I can't seem to stay salty for too long! When I made Psyduck I got rather attached to him, he was one of the first bigger scale amigurumis that I figured out how to make (I make up nearly all of my own patterns, I just kind of figure them out in my head and then go about trial and error until I get what I was picturing). It may seem cliche but I really do put love into each one of these, I mean when your making something cute and cuddly how can you not! They are very exciting to make, if it is something knew it is like a puzzle where I have to figure it out from scratch, but eventually I always do :). If I have made it before I get to see it come to life once again, and find the joy in its adorable little face! Some of them don't have faces but still mean a lot to me, because of what they represent. If you've played WoW I'm sure you've used this object a bunch, the hearthstone, and doesn't it just give off a certain amount of comfort? Knowing that you will being going back to whatever inn. Each one of the things I make has a special place in my heart because I got to make it, but the amigurumis have a little bit of extra umph (I mean who doesn't like stuffed animals XD). They are very special to me (and very warm if you put a bunch of them on you lol!).
The button goes to the Amigurumis section of my Etsy shop :). 1/4/2017 0 Comments Dusk AmigurumiShe was a custom order by Shela Monster for Falling Stardusk and I loved making her. She is a little chibi harpy that Falling Stardusk drew and that is very cute! I tried to put in all of the little details that I could, from the different feathers to her little stringy top (it always reminded me of a bikini top)! I was really happy about the blue gem style buttons I was able to find, they matched the Azure yarn almost perfectly and were a nice little accent for part of the best, and the piece that would hold the feather onto her head. The colors she picks for her harpies are are very pretty, usually a mix of white, silver, purple, and light blue, all of which I had as yarn colors (I would have gone out and gotten new yarn colors if I needed to, that is what I do for custom orders normally :)). The hair, it took a really long time, each one of those pieces you see, I put on individually (it is actually two strands for each that I had to put on but still, it was a lot of pieces to put on lol) I am really happy with how she turned out! And her knew own seemed to be really happy with her too :). I found out from making her that I really like making chibi dolls! And would love to do some more in the future! They are very fun, adorable, and definitely cuddly!! Which seems like everything you'd want in an amigurumi :).
1/2/2017 0 Comments Warm and Fluffy Socks!I really love the socks :D, I actually wear 3 pairs of socks at a time because I get so cold, so these socks are the middle layer of my sock trio XD. I drag my feet (habit from when I was anorexic, if my feet were closer to the ground there was less of a likelihood of me falling when I would get dizzy and since I wear 3 pairs of socks at a time they end up pretty poofed out and drag along the carpet easier because of this) so I get hole in the socks. The socks that don't come apart as fast are with the fluffier yarns. Like the type I used in these socks :) (the fluffy parts of the yarn end up knotting when used and washed which just makes the bond stronger/for them to not fall apart as easy when they get holes). I love these socks they are nice and warm and the yarn is wonderfully soft! I put them through a lot and they have stuck around with me longer than other socks I've bought!
The button goes to the sock section of my Etsy! 12/26/2016 0 Comments Mermaid BlanketI really love making blankets so making this as a custom order was really exciting! I've made a bunch of blankets for family (Including one for my Uncle made of 3 pounds of yarn lol it is huge, he wears it like a cape XD. It was perfect for him because he keeps his house cold and is pretty tall!) but not very many blankets for orders! I would love to make more of them! They are wonderful and very warm! The Mermaid blankets are a really neat idea! I mean you get to become a very comfy mermaid what more could you ask for XD. The person it was for asked for the tail fin to be two different colors and it looked awesome! They went so well together! I love doing custom orders like this! The button at the bottom takes you to the Etsy listing, for anyone that is curious! These blankets are pretty great!
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