Coming out of my shell...

Guess what I've been up to since my last post?

TURTLES!!!

I posted way back when about all the turtles I had made previously using the Tiny Striped Turtle pattern.

Since then, you may vaguely recall a post last from earlier this year with this picture:

Those were the first two turtles I made out of this "collection". The intent was originally for them to be last year's Christmas presents to some of my friends here at med school.

Clearly that didn't quite work out.

"We're blind!" D:

This was their status before I started working on them today. All complete, but eyeless.

A couple episodes of Avatar: The Last Airbender and 14 black seed beads (as seen above) later and...

They are complete!

Note how so many of them are drastically different sizes. Apparently my gauge and stuffing technique can vary by a lot.

These turtles were all made using Caron Simply Soft yarn and an H hook. When stuffing the bodies, I added 5-7 pennies to their tushies to counterbalance their enormous heads.

This turtle was a little different:

You see the gold threads? I took some metallic gold embroidery thread and pulled out a single strand, then crocheted holding that together with the yarn. So this turtle has a little extra sparkle.

Edit: My friends have informed me that this turtle will now and forever be known as Edward. I am passing this information on to you, dear reader.

I can't believe it took me this long to finally get them all done! But now I'm done and so happy. Their adorableness is killing me.

 Thanks for reading, guys!

-Annie

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Christmas 2010: Present 1

Hello, hello, how are we all? I hope the new year is off to a good start for everyone!

I'm kicking off the year with my Christmas present posts. Given all the crazy stuff that is happening in my life, none of my handmade presents were finished on time this year. ^_^;; In fact, some are still not finished, but that's okay, since those are the ones for my friends from school, and we aren't even doing the present exchange until we all get back. Here's to hoping that I finish before then!

Moving on: Handmade present number 1 of Christmas 2010 is.....

Ta-dah! My very first shawl! I decided to make this for my mom because the one she used before had a fringe on it, and the dryer...sort of ate it. Plus, it's black with very colorful designs on it, and while that's nice, it doesn't match her decor at all. Her room is very, very white. So I decided to add a little color to that theme and went with a nice baby blue.

Click to see more!

Edit: And click here to see the stitch pattern!