Etsy update in the making

We’ve finally taken photos of all of our leftovers from APop and will be putting everything up on Etsy soon! Maybe some tonight even!! WOW!

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We're at Atomic Lollipop!

We're at the Toronto anime convention Atomic Lollipop right now pedaling cuteness! Tune in a couple days right now for an update and a poor excuse for our absence!

April Ice Storm

Hello!

    We've had an ice storm in the city where B and I live. It wasn't particularly destructive, though the ice on the power lines caused power outages in a few areas and some small tree branches came down. It started yesterday, and continued until at least 5am today (I had a bit of a late night). Everything was coated in about 1cm of ice.

    It's warmed up a bit today (sitting at around 3 degrees C), so the ice has started to melt and drop off of whatever it had previously been stuck to. Trees are surrounded in bits of broken ice. Underneath the power lines are inch-long U-shaped bits of ice in straight lines that had obviously fallen from above.

    It certainly is pretty.

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Spring Update Post

Hello, beautiful people!

    It's been far too long. Here are some things I've done.

    I finally finished that tortoise that I started a while ago. If I had to redo it, I'd make the top half of the shell larger than the bottom half, so that I didn't have to attach the limbs flat. They flop around like that, though, so I guess it's cute. I also sewed the limbs onto the bottom before attaching the top, so the one round on the outside kind of curls under (you can see that in the above photo, sort of. It's the cream part on the bottom.). Next time I'm going to sew them to the top and attach the bottom, so it makes a little ridge thing.

oh hi

    I also made a cat.

    I'm pretty places with how it turned out. I used a pattern that I've used before, but I was much worse at crocheting last time I attempted it, so it turned into a weird monkey-rat thing. I also used a slightly different method of doing the muzzle and ears, which I think are a vast improvement.

Also it can stand, because of the tail.

Best friends.

Cutieshack will also be at Con Bravo and, possibly, Atomic Lollipop this summer. More news as events warrant.

That's all for now.

<3K.

Free Pattern Friday - Mushroom Pouch

Hello!

It's been a bit. I don't have an excuse. Today is going to be a Free Pattern day, where I highlight a free pattern from someone else's site that I really like.

This week, it's the mushroom pouch from crochetme.com. Click here to see it. I really like this pattern for a number of reasons:

1. Mushrooms are cute

2. Pouches are occasionally useful.

3. The flip-top on this pouch is kind of inconspicuous, so you're like a secret mushroom spy.

Using buttons as spots on this looks terrific, and makes the button you use to actually close the flap basically unnoticeable. I really super like this idea. I haven't made this myself yet, but it is certainly going to be my next project. I'm still working on that tortoise, somehow. I've been caught up in other things. Mostly video games.

Maybe I will talk about video games next time I don't have anything to post.

<3K.

Free Pattern Friday: Twinkie Chan's Gummy Bears

Hey everyone!

We're sharing another free pattern from Twinkie Chan today! If you don't know who she is (and you should!), you can read our little blurb about her in the Free Pattern Fridaypost that featured her super cute crochet cotton candy Christmas ornaments!

  

Today, we're featuring her pattern for glittery gummy bears! She made this pattern for Lion Brand to feature their new line of yarn called "Bon bons!" Such cute little balls of yarn! I wish I could get them here, but I haven't been able to find them yet.

You can still make this pattern from other kinds of yarn! And believe me, I will! <3

I can't wait to make some of these. Maybe I'll make some keychains so I can put them on my purse?

Hope you guys try out her pattern! Go over to her blog here and let her know how awesome you think her pattern is!

Happy hooking?

B

B's SUPER LATE Giant Christmas Post

Hey guys!

So I realize it's a bit late, and I bet you've missed me! (Har har). But here is the long overdue post of Christmas-y goodness!

Also, New Years happened.
My break went by really fast!
But a lot happened during it.