Intarsia...Yeah!

I have been on an intarsia kick this month! I am usually busy with swaps, but I didn't have one this month, so, I have been making myself some things.
Geek alert!

Star Trek hat. I love this hat! It has many ships from the different incarnations of Star Trek. Also, the gold Delta shield imblems..
 I used larger yarn and needles, because by the description, I thought it would be too small. It is a tiny large, but I can still wear it and it is a beauty to look at.

Next...
Doctor Who Mittens!! I really love these. I changed the pattern(chart) a little as there was a fish in one section. I didn't recall who or what the fish was, so I made the Classic Question mark instead. Daleks, K-9, bowties... so fun! I need to put the light at the top of the TARDIS with duplicate stitch.. and done.
Just in time for the Doctor Who season premiere tonight!!

Zoo swap!

I just received my Zoo swap package a few days ago.  I was spoiled by the great pasluv2002.
Here's the swag...
First, very very cute little lemur and polar bear amigurumi! You can't see the lemur's tail but it is so big and funny... cute. The polar bear has sparkly filament crocheted in to make him look icy.

Next, she sent a pattern of a Red Tail Boa Constrictor.... AND all the yarn with which to make him! Wow.

Here's the rest.. yummy Zebra cakes(I had never had these before, veryyyy good)

Chocolate/pomegranate bar(goes without saying but I will.. YUM)

zebra tote, Burt's bees salve and lip balm, and a zoo key from her local zoo in Texas!

Thanks so much pasluv2002!

Ok now, here are the handmades I made for my spoilee, Nanishiori..
an Okapi amigurumi, koala tape measure, stitch markers, tote with a cloth pattern of an okapi( I made this up and I think it turned out pretty good!) and last but not least, a notepad with a tatted koala on it!

of course I sent other goodies too, I am just showing the things I made.

A little behind..

oops. I am a little behind on reporting my swaps! Yikes!
Ok, so the one right after the Doctor Who swap was the Garden/Nature swap.. here is what I received from Nittanyknits.
First, I received these cute little stitch markers as a pre-gift! Cool. This lovely card was also enclosed.

Then, I got the big package. Yeah!

Look at it all. She made the oh-so-cute black bat garden gnome, what a great idea. She also sent temporary tattoos, Halloween fabrics, BEEEAUTIFUL Noro yarn, a project bag she made(it looks professional), chocolates, a Butterfly dishcloth, (which is the first in my "made by my Rav friends afghan project") flower scented perfumes, wonderful handmade soap(it smells SO good) a metal butterfly magnet, pens and sticky pad collection, butterfly notes, magnetic notebook, a smudge stick to rid my home of undesirable spirits, a very cute bee afghan pattern, a carrot with jellybeans in it, and two geocashing dogtags.

Wow what a haul! Thanks so much to Nittanyknits!

Close up of the gnome, cloth and Noro.

This is what I made for my spoilee.. thehysterian.

The handmades are an owl purse, leaf dishcloth, Steampunk style owl necklace, Fairy garden with mandrake, and a birdseed bag tote. Ok now, to the last swap I just received..see next blogpost.

Swappy Goodness!

Another awesome swap has come and gone. But, oh, my children.. this one was so important. This was the Doctor Who swap! I had been waiting for this all year! First I will show you what I received from my most fabulous spoiler, Paula.
This package arrived in the mail. Note the so cute little 'evil' ducks on the tape. (I saved them!)

Inside everything was wrapped in sparkly papers with little star stickers and glittery blue yarn(saved that too!).
Serendipitously.. the first package I openned.. was the socks. Oh how I wanted those socks. I hugged them and said aloud..'I LOVE her!!(My sister and Rebel were watching me open everything, so I wasn't just talking to myself, though, I probably would have..)

 

They fit, and I love those socks! She also made me this cute project bag from the wonderful DW fabric from spoonflower.com. It even has a pocket on the outside! Fabulous yarn in Adipose colorway.. what will I make from this! Plus the cute pin!. She handmade River's journal for me.. it looks just like River's. A little tin of apple mints, and the little repurposed tin with the TARDIS held the oh, so, scary, Blink Angel necklace! EEEEEk.
I had written that I would love to get a kinder egg.. which are extremely hard to get in the US.. and she sent me 4! Wow. Below them is what was inside them, not to mention the nommy chocolate. Lastly, she sent treats for my sweet! He loved them, and he is usually picky about treats! Thanks so much to Paula for spoiling me rotten!

Ok, here is a one shot of the things I made for holynarf. She especially likes Doctor number 5.. so, her package was more or less him.. and the TARDIS. The cowl is called Tilting Tardis..it was, for some reason, hard for me to make, but I preservered! The mitts,.. no sweat.  I painted the tote to look like DW#5's Cricket outfit. The Tardis wine box, painted, Tatted Tardis, Steampunk Tardis in bottle fob, Spoonflower Fabric, Doctor Who cursive shawl pin, celery, angel, and adipose stitch markers, and Tardis dumpling bag. I am so sorry this swap is over. It was a lot of fun! Plus, our group set a record of over 30,000 posts!!! We had 77, I believe, swappers in this swap.. but wow, 30,000? That is unbelievable!

Doctor Who swap... OMG!

I received my Ravelry Odd Ducks group Doctor Who swap package from Paula. Wowowowowow!
Look! First of all.. the package.. so cute the ithe ducks! And Rebel was so excited my sister had to hold him back after this picture 'cos he wouldn't stay out of the box!

The sparkly packages wrapped with pretty yarn and stickers!

Then... first opened.. I clutched these to me stating 'I love her!"..

Tardis Socks! Wow. I wanted these so very much! I even tried to make some for

myself, and failed miserably. The pattern says cast on something like 72?.. well even using bigger

yarn and larger needles.. they weren't big enough. But these.. yeah! These fit!!!

Then I found a hand made "River Song" Journal. So cool, it looks like the Tardis and the

paper is canvas.  There are also little apple flavored mints, yum, a tiny

Tardis repurposed tin that contained this awesome 'Don't Blink' Angel necklace!

Then I found this oh, so cute project bag made from the Spoonflower

11 Doctors fabric! Yes, they are all there and so cute!

And the Adipose yarn. Wow... so soft and cool! It came with the little pin too! What shall I make

with this!

And what? Kinder Eggs! You are kidding me?

There was a discussion about these eggs, which are chocolate eggs

that contain a toy, on Ravelry. About how hard they are to get.

And I get 4! wowow.

Finally..the reason Rebel was so excited. She included some

treats for him! He loved them. Which is cool, because he can be very

picky about treats, but he wanted to eat all of them! I made him share with

his visiting cousins, Brittany and Rascal.

 Did I get spoiled or what? Yes yes I did. Thanks so much Paula!

And on another note.. here is what I made for my spoilee...holynarf.

She stated that she would love to have the Tilting Tardis cowl. Well, now she has it! I made the

Seal of Rassilon buttons to go on it. It was tough to make, but so pretty.

The Tardis mitts, I had made myself a pair, and she also wanted these, so I whipped her

up a pair too.

She said she liked project bags.. so.. I made her a Doctor 5 tote! I hand painted the

Doctor's coat and celery onto the tote.

Tardis tatted bookmark? Well, yes! This is not my pattern, but I did

add the white beads.

These stitch markers I made because she loves Doctor 5. His 'thing' is celery.

I also made the Key to time for her, and the Adipose and Weeping Angel stitchmarkers.

This is a wine box. Or so it said in the store. I painted it to look like the Tardis. Now she

can put anything she wants in it. Needles, yarn, anything.

She didn't want painted shoes, so I made this little dumpling purse and

painted the Tardis on it for her! I thought it was so cute, I made myself one, too! I had the

space fabric, and painted the Tardis.

Steampunk phone or keychain fob. Tardis blue beads and a some

wibbley wobbley stuff in a bottle. See the teensy Tardis inside?

I made that from fimo.

The Doctor Who cursive shawl pin. I had this idea, and I think it is sort of

cool and unique.  It is all one piece of wire, bent to spell out Doctor Who.

I also made the little stickpin.

Finally... she REALLY  wanted some of this fabric. So I got it for her.

I didn't want to ruin it by trying to sew anything with it.. so she got the whole piece

to do with as she pleases!

I also sent chocolates, stationery, patterns and such. But these are the things I am

proudest of. Hope she likes it all!

Fantasy Creature swap!

Ok, the last swap I took part in on Ravelry was the Fantasy Creature swap.  Here is what I received from my spoiler...wait for it... wait for it...

A Dragon Shawl! Isn't it fantastic?  I have never received a shawl in a swap before, and I love this one because, A) it looks like a dragon's back, B) It is named Ruth after one of my very favorite dragons in Dragonriders of Pern, C) it is plenty big enough for me!
It was made by Adreeyen (her Rav name). She also sent me these goodies..

Witch Craft book, with tons of Halloweeny crafts, a diy frame with a dragon on it, knitting witch fabric, dragyn blood(aka Hot Tamales!)an adorable little blue Gnome, a lovely handmade shawl pin, Dragyn breath(hot pepper flakes) Perntyne gum (Dentyne fire gum, yum!) and these cute little circular needles.

Yes, I was spoiled rotten by Adreeyen.. thanks again!

Here is what I sent to my spoilee..Blushed.

I sent an example of each of her 5 favorite creatures. So...

Vampires. She mentioned that she wanted these little Twilight finger puppets, and no one had made

them for her, so I did.

I also made her the little gargoyle,  and took a gargoyle photo I found online and made a stencil to make

this t shirt. The Stitch markers are of a little gnome knitting. Also, for her love of zombies.. my very own designed.. brainbag.

Also for the Twilight movie, I sent a wolf and heart charm...like Bella received in the Eclipse movie. The tote bag.. I found a picture of a Gnome holding a child, and did my paintshop magic on it, now he is knitting. I called the bag Gnome Gnitting!

Here are her 'extra' goodies, Elf cookies, seeds, yarn, and a very cute gnome mitten pattern.

The next swap I will be showing will be the Doctor Who swap... I can hardly wait to see what I get for that. I LOVE Doctor Who!!!

Been knitting

I just had to show these. I am REALLY new to colorwork.. but I had to have these Doctor Who Tardis mitts. (the pattern was free on Ravelry).

There is a Doctor Who swap going on now.. and while searching Etsy for ideas, I found some Converse shoes, handpainted... with DW images. They were $180..(now $195 since the swap has begun, huh..)

anyway, I so loved them, and SO could not afford them... I went to my local WM store , bought some black hightops for $10... and painted them myself. I used images I liked, so, they are not exactly like the ones on Etsy.
I LOVE them. I wear them everywhere. Don't care that I am over 50 and wearing something 'young' people would wear. I have watched DW for YEARS, been a fan for years, and by golly, I am showing it. haha! I even bought extra pairs of close out shoes to paint. I haven't decided what to paint on the others yet.. Star Trek...Lord of the Rings...? I will figure it out later, for now, I am having fun wearing these.