Crochet?

The little lady is taking part in a dance concert and concerts mean lots and lots of waiting. So I'm making some toys for her and her fellow dancers. It's a good stach buster for my rainbow loom band.

I'm not sure if these count as crochet, even though I use a crochet hook to make them.

The dolls are from designs by Izzalicious designs.

Cactus boy

Some projects seem charmed.  All the pieces come together easily.  No mistakes.  From idea to finished item in a week or two.

This project has been the exact opposite.  I kept running out of material, and when I substituted, I ran out of the substitute.  I had to redo an arm three times, because it kept being bigger than the other one.  All my sewing came out wonky and I had to unpick stitches and do them over.  I lost sleep because I _JUST_WANTED_TO_FINISH dang it.

It's done now though.  Yeah!  It's huge.  (See the other toys in the photo). Take that Cactus Boy.  You're now a finished object.

Made by me from a pattern by Lydia Tresselt at LalyLala.

Etsy booth

It's been quiet around here. I have trouble keeping up with too many social media, and I've been on facebook a bit more lately.

You can follow Our Crafty Empire on facebook if you like.

We'll be running a booth at Etsy Made Local Malaysia tomorrow (Nov 13th). We'll have tie dye t-shirts aplenty.

The Craft Affair booth

My kids and I ran a booth at with a friend of ours at The Craft Affair this past weekend.  We had our usual bags.  We had crochet critters.  We also had lots and lots of tie dye t-shirts.  Lots of friends popped in to say hi.  All in all, a great weekend, though quite tiring.