There’s so many things for me to post about…

But I have really bad timing

Like, I’ll be driving along the freeway… and my mind starts buzzing with a multitude of thoughts and ideas to share with you guys…

I start thinking about exactly what I’ll write… which photos I’ll add for interest… and by the time that I get to where I’m going, my brain is convinced that I’ve actually written a post!!!

Am I the only one who does this?

I often do it with emails too…

I read the email. Think about how to respond. And then my brain thinks that the job is done.

It’s madness!!!

Imagine if we could blog by ESP. Just by thinking about them, the posts would appear…

Actually, that would probably be dangerous. You guy would defininitely be getting TOO MUCH INFORMATION if all my thoughts were transposed onto my blog!!!

Anyway…

Something I did want to share, is the result from the VIDEO CASSETTE CHALLENGE over at the laughing purple goldfish designs group on Ravelry.

Now… this IS NOT MY WORK…

This is the winning entry, created by Loren aka twisted1

Take a close look at these photos, and watch the progression from junk to fabulous royal penguin… who would have thought???

You can read Loren’s comments about how she made the little guy here

Over at Crochet Lovers Victoria, we had a Valentines Day Competition…

The idea was to design and crochet a gift for a loved one, and to incorporate a heart somewhere in the design.

As always, I left it until the last minute. Not because I wanted to, but just because I couldn’t think of anything interesting enough to enter.

In the end, I decided on a very mainstream piece… and designed my interpretation of the standard Valentines Day Bear.

Of course he is made using reclaimed yarns… the eyes are beads from a recycled necklace, and the nose is cut from a felted jumper.

I have a bit of a thing about stuffing though… it has to be new. I’ve experimented with recycled stuffings from inside old toys, cushions, etc… but I’m never happy with the quality of it. It seems to have deteriorated over time, and almost have a crumbly, powdery texture to it – that I just don’t like, and refuse to use.

I know that there is the idea of using wool/fabric scraps as stuffing… but I just don’t like the results I get from them.

Totally open to ideas though.

If you have a fabulous stuffing idea, let me know!

And if I ever come across one… of course you guys will be the first to know…

Meanwhile… this little guy won me the competition, and is now for sale in my madeit store.

I will be perfecting the pattern, and once it has been through the testing process – it will be available for sale as a PDF and also as part of a kit (including yarns, beads and felt for making your own bear)

I would think that we are looking at a time frame of around 8 weeks…

what would you do to transform a humble tin can into a work of art???

would you use crochet, knitting, macrame, carving, weaving, sewing, painting?.. or maybe another technique entirely…

let your creative juices run wild, and join us in the february challenge – over at the ‘laughing purple goldfish designs’ group at ravelry

you can enter the competition yourself, or just watch the fun unfold…