martedì 25 maggio 2010

Felt felt felt

Avevo ordinato dei coloratissimi fogli di feltro su Etsy e mi sono arrivati l'altro ieri, dopo più di un mese dalla spedizione... ormai avevo perso la speranza.
Il primo lavoretto che ho fatto è questo portachiavi a forma di carlino.

I bought many colorful felt sheets on Etsy and they arrived the day before yesterday, after more than a month from the shipping... I had almost lost the hope.
My first work has been a pug dog keychain.

Pug dog

Poi ho fatto un'orsetto ...

Then I made a teddy...

Felt bear

...con un cappottino verde.

...with a green raincoat.
Felt bear in his raincoat

Felt bear in his raincoat

I have both templates available.

Ho entrambi gli schemi disponibili.

martedì 18 maggio 2010

Wip crochet bag

Sto facendo una borsetta all'uncinetto con un cotone rosa chiaro. Ho quasi finito il corpo, adesso devo fare la fodera e il manico. Vorrei mettere un manico in legno, oggi ho chiesto a mia madre di cercare al mercatino qualcosa di economico, speriamo abbia trovato qualcosa di bello...

I'm making a crochet bag with a pale pink cotton. I almost finished the body, now I need to do the lining and the handle. I wouls like to use a wooden handle. Today I sent my mother to the street market to seek out something cheap, I hope she found a beautiful handle...

Wip crochet bag

domenica 16 maggio 2010

5 bears / 5 orsetti

I5 Bears

Ho completato i 5 orsetti colorati. Il pattern è quello per fare Clover, disponibile qui in pdf.
Si chiamano, da sinistra a destra, Scarlet, Liquirizia, Sunnyday, Happyness and Seashell. Non sono dolcissimi?

I finished the five bears. Il pattern is the one to make Clover, downloadable here in pdf.
Their names are, from left to right, Scarlet, Liquirizia, Sunnyday, Happyness and Seashell. Aren't they cute?

5 Bears

5 Bears

venerdì 14 maggio 2010

Wip Amigurumi bears/ Orsetti

Sto facendo 5 orsetti colorati, devo solo imbottirli e cucire le parti.
Nel prossimo post inserirò la foto degli orsetti finiti e il link al pattern gratuito.
Qualche suggerimento per i nomi? Per ora quello nero si chiamerà Liquirizia, quello giallo Sunnyday, gli altri ancora non so... Aiutatemi :-)

I'm making 5 colorful bears, I just have to stuff them and sew the body parts.
Next post I'll make a photo of the finished project and the pattern link.
Any suggestion for their names? I only decided the black one (Liquirizia, in italian means liquorice) and the yellow one (Sunnyday); I don't know how to call the others dudes... Help me :-)

Wip Ami-bears

domenica 2 maggio 2010

Walkman hoodie/ Felpa per il walkman

Durante un noioso pomeriggio piovoso ho realizzato questa simpatica felpa per il mio walkman. Ho preso ispirazione da questo pattern che è per l'uncinetto tunisino. In pratica io l'ho tradotto in un pattern per uncinetto tradizionale e ho aggiunto qualche piccolo particolare.

During a boring rainy sunday I created this funny hoodie for my walkman. I took my inspirsation from this pattern which is for tunisian crochet. I translated in into a traditional crochet pattern, making few changes.

Crochet hook 5 mm
Pattern

Body:
13 ch turn
Starting from third stitch from hook, 11 hdc,2 ch turn
11 hdc, 2 ch turn (11 times)

Begin working the left neck side
3 hdc, 2ch, turn
1 hdc, inc, 1 hdc, 2 ch, turn
2 hdc, inc, 1 hdc, 2 ch, turn
2 hdc, inc, 2 hdc.
Tie off yarn.

Attach the yarn to the right side and work the same pattern you used for the left side:
3 hdc, 2ch, turn
1 hdc, inc, 1 hdc, 2 ch, turn
2 hdc, inc, 1 hdc, 2 ch, turn
2 hdc, inc, 2 hdc, 2 ch, turn
Work hdc across the right side and then continue through the left one (12 sc), 2ch, turn

11 hdc, 2ch, turn (8 times)
Tie off yarn.

Hoodie:
ch 18
hdc in second ch from hook and till the last ch, ch 2, turn
hdc in each sc, ch 2, ch 2, turn (5 times)
7 hdc, dec, 7 hdc, ch 2, turn
6 hdc, dec, 7 hdc
Tie off.

Pocket:
ch 9
sc in second sc from hook and till the last sc, 1 ch, turn
sc in each sc, 1 ch, turn
dec, 4 sc, dec, 1 ch, turn
dec, 2 sc, dec
Tie off.

Now you should have these three pieces:
Walkman hoodie

To make the hoodie, fold the rectangle in two, sew one side together and then sew the other side to the neck opening.

Walkman hoodie

Sew the pocket to the body and then close all the sides of the body leaving some holes for the headphones and the usb cable.

Walkman hoodie

Add the final decorations. I sewed the sentence "let the music play" and a little symbol with white yarn. Then I added two little laces near the hoodie.

Walkman hoodie

Walkman hoodie

If you create something with my patterns, I'd like very much to see it. If you want you could send me the image link via comment, I'd be very glad!