Unique Handmade Gifts & more
Witchy is very unique crochet Fantirumi (Fantasy Amigurumi or doll)! They were finished just in time for Halloween. The original Witchy is designed to be made with a plastic Easter egg within her body which will hold a trinket or surprise of some sort inside for the recipient of this lovely gift.
I chose to do the crochet elephant from the book Crocheted Wild Animals and it was a LOT of fun. You can find a free pattern just for the elephant on the Deramores website – you will need to provide them with your email address in order to get the free pattern.
100% Cotton fingering weight yarn – it’s not as easy to find as you might think!
searching for 100% cotton fingering yarnHave you ever searched for something until you feel like you are obsessed – or that you are looking for that proverbial needle in a haystack? I know I have.
My most recent obsession has been to find a source for buying 100% cotton fingering weight yarn and man it drove me nuts! Here is a resource to help you in your own search.
February’s CAL project was this lovely Rainbow Cuddles Crochet Unicorn, the pattern was designed by ChiWei over at One Dog Woof and he’s just the cutest thing!
A New Beginning Scarf designed by Patricia Stuart
One of the hardest things any crafter has to do is determine how much they will charge for a handcrafted item that they make and intend to sell; I’m no different! When it comes to pricing handcrafted crochet items, there are several schools of thought as well as a really cool app that can help you out when it comes to pricing. In this post I’ll discuss 3 of the most common manual pricing methods, talk about the Crafts Calculator, and at the very end of this post I’ll also explain how I price my crochet gift items.
Crochet Christmas gifts were next on my list – and after I got the fairy to a point where I was happy with her I starting thinking about Christmas and what I was going to make for my daughter, Heather, and my granddaughters – Rebecca, Jordyn, and Hailey – time was running out and I needed to get busy!
One thing that I’ve learned about crocheting dolls and fairies, while it doesn’t cost a lot for materials (there is about $20.00 in materials) – the amount of time that goes into making one is incredible! It takes roughly a month to crochet a doll or fairy – including the clothes.
This doll was originally supposed to be for my granddaughter, but as I began putting her together and making clothes from what I had on hand (which was #10 cotton) she began to take on a life of her own.
When making crocheted dolls, rather than clothing or accessories, is that you ALWAYS have to constantly test, fit and adjust the piece that you are currently working with — to make sure it’s going to be correct for the finished item. While the arms and legs are fairly standard in size – the body and head always seems to vary a little by doll — just because of the amount of stuffing and the size of the yarn and the hook.