Owlies fever

Introducing my owlies, three different version of owls


1) Crocheted Geeky looking owl (pattern from a crochet doll book)







2) Fabric (my design after being inspired by tonnes of owl plushies available online)







3) Sock owlie (an experimental owl which originated from a sock cat design originated from a sock plushie book)








and I am still undecided to send which owl for my swap partner, Claire. Well, I guess I will just make more owlies!!!

Last Christmas

I've been wondering when can I post my lovely handmade for Christmas. As the holidays passes by and slowly I became a lazy bump but I would love to share them, so I finally manage to find the memory card and the card reader to extract my pictures.


Well, before I sent my Kodama to my swap partner in the States, it was happily taking photos with some of the Xmas dolls that I've made. An experimental Santa and a few snowmans make a jolly Xmas. If anyone interested in adopting the crochet santa, i will be happy to give away.





Santa wouldn't be happy without Rudolph and Christmas tree! So I added 2 rudolph instead of just a plain o' one.








There's a lot of ideas of Xmas handmade posted by those wonderful crafty people has led me to my new christmas tree creation. In this felt tree, I finally started using ribbons and buttons, which usually quite hesitant to add them as it could be disaster if it doesn't match the handmade.




I added a snowflake embroidery with gold thread and a greeting " Merry Christmas" at the back of the tree.



But my favourite Christmas theme handmade would be the customized crochet snowman and gingerbread man for my friends. The requirement for the gingerbread man as follow: "custom made gingerbread man with half of his head eaten and also his leg" by Karu!


Let's have a look at the baking of gingerbread man:











With a bit of twisted mind, I almost added another droplet of blood at the broken leg.



Finally, it's well baked and ready to go! A special custom made gingerbread man.





And lastly, my first attempt on crocheting a snowman and it's a much larger size amigurumi I've ever made. As usual, my favourite tophat was added to spice up the gentleman look of the snowman and a blue polkadot felt scarf.

Mr & Mrs Hippo

My first hippopotamus plushies!!!


Introducing Mr & Mrs Hippo, a pair of newly wed hippos for my friend's wedding gift to her newly wed friends. The bride loves hippo and purple, initially I want to make a Moomin plushie for her but the time is too short for me to figure out a pattern for it. Instead, I have referred to Tamiesnow's cute hippo for inspiration and guidance.





It was kinda difficult to write a pattern then trying out, as I couldn't achieve the effect i want with my pattern. So I decided to crochet and write the pattern along the way. It's a fun and exciting journey in making this pair of wedding dolls.






The dolls are made with acrylic yarn with some beads for the eyes and button for the nostrils. I added felt bow and top hat for the groom. As for the lovely bride, I made a pearly necklace and a simple veil with white flowers and a small rose corsage that made from an adjustable ring.






My favourite would be the top hat, as I always love to make top hat. Even for my snowman, I always put a top hat to keep them warm and looking sharp!!!




This is my first order for wedding dolls, hopefully more orders will come in. If you are interested, do drop me an email at yi3hui@gmail.com

端午节快乐

五月初五，端午节。
是纪念屈原为国捐躯。
如今，吃粽子是为了品尝美食。
所以献上了两颗粽子，祝大家端午节快乐。