Congratulations Ashley Mansfield! You’re the winner of my hat giveaway! You’ll be receiving an email from me today.
Thank you to everyone else who entered! Keep watching for my posts on Facebook and Twitter. My next giveaway will pop up there soooooon! :)
Just a quick post to show off this dude that I made not too long ago. I’ve been wanting to make more plushies recently. I love making amigurumi but always get frustrated with how long it takes to make anything that is a decent size. This results in a lot of unfinished projects for me. I made this guy in a few hours. He’s about 10 inches tall. He’s all hand sewn because for some reason, I see using the sewing machine as more of a hassle than hand sewing. Despite how much quicker it would be. I can’t really figure out my thinking there. Maybe it has something to do with being able to hand sew in the coziness of my bed.
This picture was taken with an iPhone app called Hipstmatic. It’s my new favorite app. I’ll post more about it later because I have lots of pictures from it to show off and it deserves a post of it’s own.
To celebrate the release of my newest hat pattern, I’ve decided to have another giveaway in which you can win one of the hats! One lucky person will win this hat:
To Enter:
1- Become a fan of Gleeful Things on Facebook OR Follow Gleeful Things on Twitter.
2- Leave a comment on this blog post to let me know your name on Facebook or Twitter so I can verify that you’ve become a fan/followed.
I will accept entries until the 27th and will do the drawing on the 28th. The winner will be notified by email (so please be sure to leave an email address when you comment). Good Luck! :)
I have new patterns up for sale today! *so excited* because I really like these ones! I’ve been wearing the green one constantly! Introducing the Pineapple Coconut hats!
They are available individually in the Shop or if you want to buy them both, you’ll save $2 with this deal.
I also added a package deal to the Shop that allows you to buy all 5 hat patterns and save $5 (so you get one for free!).
The Pineapple Coconut hats will also be available in my shop on Ravelry and in my Etsy shop.
I hope you like them! And what do you think, is the name too weird? I have a hard time judging because every name that I’ve chosen for a hat has seemed weird to me until I’ve gotten used to it. I hate naming things.
Here’s a sneak peek at the next hat pattern I’m going to release! This is the first one that I’ve done a slouchy and a skully version of! I’m really happy with both versions!
Now I’m looking for someone to test the pattern for me. Hopefully a couple people, maybe one for each version. It’s made with light worsted weight yarn (I used Caron Country) and you won’t even need a full skein. It’s super fast to make. Stitches used are ch, sl st, sc, dc. Pretty simple! If you’re interested, scroll to the bottom of this post for details.
If you’re interested in testing, please email me at nocturnalcreative@gmail.com. Please either attach pictures of a few things you’ve made or you can link me to your Flickr or Ravelry if you’d prefer. Also, please let me know which version of the hat you want to test. Previous testing experience is not required. Please only apply if you’re able to complete it in a timely manner.
Testing involves trying out the pattern and letting me know if you run into any typos or problems or have any questions. When you’re done, I’d like to see pictures of the finished project and hear your overall thoughts on the pattern (let me know if anything could be made less confusing, if any steps need photos to help explain, etc).
I’ll pay you with free patterns! :D
I’ve been meaning to make some tutorial videos for a while now. I finally have two up! The first one is for the puff stitch. I get the most questions about the puff stitch so I figured that it was a good place to start with making tutorials!
The second one is on how to start an amigurumi. I figure this might be helpful for anyone who is new to amigurumi.
I hope that you find these useful! If you have any requests for other tutorials, please let me know! I’d love to know what people want to see next. And this is my first attempt at video tutorials so let me know how I did! :) Also, I apologize for the buzzing sound. My camera always does that and I don’t really know how to fix it.
Here’s something that I made not too long ago that I’ve never shared here before… Hula Hoops! I started hula hooping almost a year ago. A few months ago, I finally figured out how to make my own hoops and where to get the supplies. They’re all wrapped in pretty, sparkley tapes so I have to show them off!
This is the first one I made:
I had a horrible time trying to photograph that one! The stars just did not want to show up in the pics!
The second one I made:
This is the one that I use the most and you can tell! I don’t think I’ll ever use white tape again. Everytime it falls, it either gets dirty or grass stained. I wish I would have taken a pic when I first made it. I had a hard time finding a spot that wasn’t incredibly messed up looking.
After that, I decided that it was too hard to use that many tapes. As you can see, there are lots of bumps in the tape. It’s really hard to keep the spacing perfect between the tapes.
Then, I want to try mini/twin/hand hooping so I made myself a set:
This is the best tape job I’ve done so far. I was really happy with these. Unfortunately, right after I took this pic, I was using them, one slipped out of my hand, hit the stucco wall and now has a big gash in the tape which reveals the red tubing underneath. boo!
Anyway, for anyone who is unfamiliar with hooping, here are a couple videos! :)
And this is mini/twin/hand hooping (what the black hoops were made for):
I’ve been experimenting with a way to add some sparkle to my amigurumis. This is the first thing I made. A sparkley mushie!
It’s much more obvious in person but sort of hard to see in pictures. Here’s a closeup:
Whatcha think? :)
I made some popsicles super ghetto style. Open a cup of yogurt, stick a plastic fork in it, and put it in the freezer. So ghetto but so good. Once upon a time, my mom had a set of popsicle molds and used to make me yogurt pops. Yesterday, I went to Target with the intention of buying a set. I bought yogurt and completely forgot about the molds. :/
I sometimes regret not spending more than $20 on a webcam :/
I don’t know how/why I ended up searching for monsters. But I found some cute (and creepy) ones! :D
