I’ve finished uploading the grid patterns for my Game of Thrones blanket, so if you want to make you’re own then you’re all set now! Below are the rest of the houses (I posted Stark, Lannister, and Baratheon previously), and you can find them all plus instructions on my patterns page. Enjoy, and if you download one of them then I’d love to hear! Also, if there are any problems with any of the links or patterns please let me know.
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| Targaryan |
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| Greyjoy |
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| Tyrell |
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| Martell |
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| Tully |
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| Arryn |
Continuing the gallery updates, due South! I realize this probably seems oddly out of place to most people – but
due South was my main fandom for a couple of years and I love it so very
much. Before I started crocheting I sewed the occasional doll
from fabric, and so naturally when I fell hard into this fandom in early
2010 I immediately had to make dolls. Then a few months later I started
crocheting, so what’s a girl to do? I made more due South dolls. I
stopped myself short of making all three leads in the big doll style,
but I still ended up with 3 fabric dolls, 3 small dolls, and 1 big Ray
Kowalski. Because RayK. <3
My Game of Thrones blanket is going on tour! Well, not really, but it
will be featured in the upcoming Vancouver stage comedy “We Know Nothing
– Monologues of Ice and Fire”. Come check it out at the Cultch Theatre
November 13-15! I’ll be there on Saturday to see the show and watch my
blanket in its stage debut (spoiler, it’s playing the role of a
blanket). My friend Anne is helping to organize it and asked if they could borrow the blanket, and it’s a great chance for exposure so I’m happy to do it. I’ll post pictures afterwards!
Check it out on Facebook and buy tickets here.
Switching gears from updating old dolls to my gallery, here’s a quick post with one of my most recent projects. My friend Alan’s birthday was last week, and he’s a big fan of the Japanese singing persona Hatsune Miku. Aside from it being his birthday, he’s also very kindly given me many a ride home from La Fontana after NerdHQ meetups, so it was time to give something back!
This is made straight from a pattern to be quite honest. I Googled all over and was surprised that there aren’t actually that many Miku crochet patterns considering how popular I gather she is. I found a few but none I liked. Eventually I came across this video, and in the comments I found a link to the actual pattern. Which was in Spanish. I hunted around but the only English version I could find was this one. I don’t really understand patterns that use symbols so honestly I just found it kinda confusing… In the end I found a list online of Spanish crochet terms, Google translated the regular text of the pattern, did a few ‘search and replaces’ in Word for the crochet terms, and created my own English pattern. There were a few points that were a bit iffy with the translation, but otherwise it was easy enough. She was fun to make – my other recent projects have been a lot of repetition, so it was satisfying to make something where each piece was pretty small and completed quickly.
Continuing to get all my dolls posted on here… Doctor Who!
Another early project – an Ood! For a friend who really liked the Ood. I used a Cthulhu pattern as a base (this one from Cthulhu Crochet to be exact) and then kinda just winged it as I went.
Hi everyone! Sorry for the long delay between posts – I was in Nova Scotia in September (expect lots of Groot photos from that trip at some point), and October… well honestly I don’t really have an excuse, other than the fact that I was trying to get a bunch of projects done and just haven’t gotten around to the blog. That’s changing today – I’m spending the day getting photos of all my dolls (from the old to the new) posted into our Gallery so they are all archived and easy to find. And while I do that, I figured I might as well make each page into a new post as well (with extra comments/notes and some bonus silly pictures that I didn’t include in the gallery).
First up – Marvel!
Bucky / The Winter Soldier
That’s it for now, but stay tuned! I have a few nifty Avengers-related projects coming soon…
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| Kate doll attempt number 1. Not exactly a success. |
Yeah. I looked at it and realized that there was no way I
could give that to my friend on one of the most special days of her life! Itās
about the least flattering body I could have made. So I tore it out and tried
again, with one less increase row and ditching the sad attempt at a waist:
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| Definitely an improvement |
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| Kate doll! |
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| So much hair |
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| It’s the Red Wedding! |
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| Such a lovely sunset for a wedding… |
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| Peter doll! |
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| Kate and Peter with mini!Kate and mini!Peter |
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| Making them kiss – aww…. |
(the top photograph is credited to the professional photographer Ida Magdalena Adamowicz. The rest are mine)
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| The original soft Baby Groot! |
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| Groot overlooking Vancouver from the top of Harbour Centre! In the background you can see Stanley Park and the North Shore mountains |
My photos with Groot weren’t turning up well up there so I took a picture without him just to show the view:
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| Canada Place with a cruise ship in port, and the mountains in the background! |
I gave up on trying to take pictures of Groot in front of the background (he ended up completely dark each time), and switched to taking some pictures of him in front of the giant maps inside the lookout. I don’t know, it amused us!
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| You are here! |
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| Me posing with baby Groot |
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| A more detailed photo of downtown Vancouver – Groot’s checking out the lay of the land! |
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| Groot wanted a photo op with Vancouver’s steam clock! |
Next up we were off to FlyOver Canada, a relatively new Vancouver attraction located down at Canada Place on the waterfront. I hadn’t been yet and since we include tickets for it in our tour packages sometimes I thought it was time to check it out. I’ve got a picture of Groot hanging out at the entrance below, but photos aren’t allowed inside so that’s it. Basically, FlyOver is a virtual flight simulation where you get to ‘fly over’ Canada from the coast of Newfoundland to the coast of British Columbia. It takes about 30 minutes in total including the pre-show portion/introduction, with the ‘flight’ itself coming in around 8 minutes. I’m wary of these kinds of things because I get motion sickness easily (even, or especially, if it’s simulated motion), but I was fine and I have to say it was pretty nifty! So check it out if you’re in Vancouver, but try to avoid mid-day when the cruise ships are in… we had to wait about an hour.
http://www.flyovercanada.com/
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| Groot wants to fly over Canada! This is the closest he will get… |
We took a few photos from Canada Place as well, overlooking North Vancouver and the mountains.
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| Groot and the North Shore mountains |
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| Cruise ship! Looks like a Holland America one, no doubt heading up to Alaska. |
We had planned to do a bunch more, but we were both tired and not feeling 100% so we decided to head to North Van and just chill at my place. Which means that Groot got to ride the Seabus! The Seabus links downtown Vancouver to North Vancouver in about 12-15 minutes. It’s largely a commuter ferry (I take it twice a day to and from work), but is also a great trip for tourists. For only a few dollars and a quick scenic boat trip, you’ll reach Lonsdale Quay in North Vancouver. From there, you can head up to popular tourist destinations like Capilano Suspension Bridge and Grouse Mountain, or explore other slightly less touristy sights such as Lynn Canyon (for a free suspension bridge and none of the tacky tourist stuff at Capilano!), Deep Cove, and Lighthouse Park.
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| Groot’s going on a boat! |
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| Looking back from the walkway that leads to the Seabus – there’s Harbour Centre/Vancouver Lookout, where we were earlier! |
15 minutes later we arrived at Lonsdale Quay, a marketplace on the waterfront overlooking downtown Vancouver. If you want to get a picture of the Vancouver skyline, you have to come to North Van! I’ve been going to Lonsdale Quay my entire life (check out Dex’s Burgers in the food court – one of my favourite quick burger places in the city, it’s affordable, fast, and fresh, and I’ve been eating there since I was a kid). As a child it was an exciting treat to visit, and now I pass through it pretty much every day on my way home. Lots of fresh produce, meats, seafood, and bakeries, plus random shops scattered throughout. It’s lovely to sit outside on a nice sunny day, there’s always buskers and lots of activity. And a farmer’s market on Saturdays in summer!
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| Groot’s at Lonsdale Quay! |
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| Vancouver skyline in the background. This picture didn’t turn out well, unfortunately… too much sun. |
