Our State Fair is a great state fair~

*hums showtunes*
So much! In the next two weeks, so busy!
I've started school, so that's part of it. My schedule at work changed two times in the past week, and it'll change again soon. It's confusing, because I have two schedules to remember; they change every other week due to mandated furlough.
Then, the state fair! The Alaska State Fair is the biggest event of the year, there's so much to do! I'm going up both this weekend and next.
Friends have been coming here and back from their various schools too, and that's been fun.
But even then, I've found time to crochet! I'll post as soon as I can take pictures (one piece I've had for a few weeks or more -_-;; I need to try harder at the whole "taking pictures quickly" thing! Perseverance, fortitude...), including a pattern for everyone!

A major update before another lull? I hope not.

Should've posted this a while ago...

I finished this a good month or two ago, actually, but was reluctant to put her up because I wanted to fix a few things, take better pictures... I let time get away from me! I really should be more pressing when it comes to things like this or it'll just fall off my list of things to do haha.
Since a kid I've been in love with horses (which I guess most every girl is at some point? Or so I'm told) and always wanted to make an Amigurumi horse. But not just any cute horse.
I love the ones that are pudgy or simplified, but I didn't want that to be me for this. It was way more of a challenge for me to try and make it stand and look like a horse with the same proportions.
Ah! But I'm being wordy. Here's Ceres, my first (of MANY I assure you!) Amigurumi horse!


I really put a lot of effort into shaping her legs and body, though the body needs a LOT of work and the legs are a bit wonky. Standing was alright before the saddle and stuff, but after that it got too heavy. I bought some white pipecleaners to use in the next one to give added support. They're surprisingly sturdy on their own, though...
Her back legs aren't joined to the body, but rather the back legs form the thighs, which join to each other, and then the body stops at the stomach and is joined there. Can you tell?

The mane and tail were fun :3 I used the fluff technique that I've fallen in love with (it makes things so FUZZY CUTE!).
Not very happy with her saddle and accoutrements, but that's okay. In case you're wondering what the yellow things are, I put felt stars (and a moon on her tail) and gold ribbon throughout her hair. Ceres is the dwarf planet near Earth.

So as not to fill up the page with pics, there's more at my Flickr stream including detailed pics of her legs.

I've done a few more things since then, believe it or not. Here's to a resolution (in the middle of the year, what?) to being more prompt about things!

OMG.

Guys! My Amigurumi Murloc got featured in fandomania.com's Fandomestic World of War-Crafts list!
Oh I'm so happy, he's one of the first real challenging things I ever tried to crochet, and I was rather please with how he came out. I'm super glad other WoW-fans like him too :3

Go check out the list, there are some wicked awesome crafts there!

Orcs! And so far from Orcland...

Of course, this has nothing to do with orcs (I just finished actually WATCHING the first Lord of the Rings, the extended version).
Rather, piggies! Er, one, at the moment.
His name is Pierre, and his pattern's rather simple so I may write it up and post it one of these days.
At the same time as this, I am also working on uploading one of my favourite things I've ever done. It's the reason I named this blog Carousel Cute, to give you a hint. She's all done, but I have to work on the pictures some before I can upload them.

For your enjoyment, Professor Pierre Piggleton!



In other geeky selfrelated news, I'm on book three of the Harry Potter series! Yes, I've never read them, for various not-my-own reasons. However, I've been told by several of my friends that I'm not allowed to watch the new movie until I read at least up till book six. I'm getting there!
I have to say, the books are definetely worth a read if you're even remotely interested in the series. I've never been one to focus on writing but you can't complain about it; they are after all geared towards kids.
Speaking of which, I may get a new job! It's nothing super new than what I'm doing, it's mainly an increase in hours and pay and benefits at a different location. Just an increase in tasks though. I could really use it right now, so I'm crossing my fingers and praying hard; I have an interview on Thursday for it, so wish me luck!

It so has not been a month.
Augh! It's gone by so fast! Nothing new to post, though I've been working on a few things.
I took an extra side job delivering phonebooks to pay for a mini-vacation recently, which was nice :3 It'll probably be our only vacation for a loooong time, but that's okay, we had fun<3

Oh! I discovered that a store in town has safety eyes! The only problem is, they're expensive. They're far more than I would pay for everyday 'gurumis, but I may buy a few sometime for some special ones I have planned. Here's hoping in the next few I can upload some cool projects! And if not at least put up a record of WIPs.

At long last!

Took me a while to update this, but I didn't want to ruin the surprise, since I'm horrible at keeping presents a complete secret (I love to see the look on people's faces when they're happy) XD My latest ami was a large (12" tall) tiger! He was made especially for my fiancee, as a good-luck friend for his first day at a new job just a few days ago.
The guy suprised him by hiding in his car, the little devil. Fiancee was pleased though! Good reports.
Oh I had fun making him, over a period of two weeks on and off an hour or so each night. I sewed on the stripes on the back, tail and legs, however when I got to the head... I was tired of sewing :(

His pendant says "Best Friends". It's one I've been saving for the right ami, I think he was it :3
He's got jointed arms and legs which, after many MANY attempts and re-dos, finally are the way I'd like! They're still a bit more floppy than preferred, but they do their job.


All in all, I like the way he came out. His face-fur is fun, too, so fluffy! It's a technique I heard about from a couple of different sources and decided to try, with awesome results.
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The other thing I wanted to talk about was the new Star Trek movie that just came out.
OMG. OMG.
I went to go see it tonight and I cannot CONTAIN my joy at the AWESOMENESS! I won't spoil it for anyone, heaven forbid, but aside from the one "wtf" it is truly an epic movie. There's just no other way to describe it. Even if you're not a trek-fan, I sincerely urge you to go, it's that great. And if you ARE a trekkie, like myself, then you will enjoy it immensely! Overall, they did a FANTASTIC job.
*hushes*

My new query for myself is, what to work on next. Other than the things I HAVE to get done (which are many), I'm thinking of revisiting a dragon design I was working on, which if it turns out I may turn into a pattern. It's just a small dragon but it's cute and easy to make, a nice friend.

That's it for me, gotta take the sis to school so must nap aforehand. Peace!

(goseestartrekomg)

On a different note

I'm currently working on a secret project, crochet-wise. I say secret, it's not a huge thing but a present for someone and I'm so bad at keeping hints to myself that if I just don't say anything, it should remain a suprise haha.
I hope to someday be good enough to put up patterns of some of the things I make, so we'll see how that goes.
The main news, however, is Cindy!
I welcome Cindy (or Sandy) the 7-month old stray golden retriever to our family! <3 AH she's so cute! She's an enormous pile of fluff and grins and cuddles.
So here's to puppies :3