April 28, 2012
“Hello! My name’s Spring Bunny. Miss Jo said I should say something about myself so umm… I LIKE CARROTS, but only really short chubby carrots! The long skinny ones are no fun to eat. And ummm… I’M TALL! I’m 14 inches tall! That’s like, SUPER tall! The other animals in our home are only as big as my EAR, so playing hide-and-seek with them is kinda hard. They find me too fast. :( If you’d like to learn more about me or my friends, please visit us at A Morning Cup of Jo Creations! Miss Jo will be introducing many new friends to our home in the months to come. Hope to see you there!” <3 Spring Bunny
I’m really excited to send off this bunny to her new family because she’ll be meeting a newborn baby very soon! :D Yay!
This energetic sweetheart has been a work-in-progress since January! Her ears and other limbs have been remade a few times, I experimented with different buttons, and I even crocheted a fat carrot for her. Redesigning last year’s bunnies has been a fun task, and I’m still working on the official 2012 design to turn into a crochet pattern. :)
Next up: spring bunnies with pink and green sweaters! :D
<3 Josephine
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What color combinations (for the sweater and flower) do YOU think would be really cute???
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March 6, 2012:
We-Love-Crocheting Community Challenge: Day 3
Completing the challenge with a picture of my yarn stash, collected over the years. Those are 56-gallon tubs… and this photo only includes the yarn that I already had neatly stacked away. I didn’t even bother trying to collect all the skeins I’m currently using for WIPs! At least now I understand how all my money disappeared over these last couple of years… @__@
Yes, it’s a sickness.
I made this icon/logo the other night for a new blog exclusively dedicated to, you guessed it, CROCHETING! :)
I’ve met so many crochet lovers on Tumblr, and I thought it would be cool to create a community-focused blog where we can all get together and share patterns, experiences, photos, etc. I hope you’ll stop by to join in all the fun, meet other crocheting Tumblarians, and share your love for crochet!!! <3
See you there! :D
<3 Josephine
P.S. we-love-crocheting is currently a WIP, so please excuse its nakedness! :X
NibbleZ and Z-Stanley have become inseparable! It’s amazing how similar palates can create such strong friendships. :P
<3 Josephine
Work-in-Progress pt. 3
Despite all of their hard work, Millie and Mumbles couldn’t save Nibbles! There was just too much sewing to do and too little time. :(
It seems that Z-Stanley may have a new friend after all…
Feb. 4, 2012 update: I’m slowly creating an army of baby pandas!!! >:] There are limbs and disembodied heads everywhere (I find that crocheting the parts is way more fun than sewing them all together). So far, I’ve already made a classic black and white one, a hot pink one, a blue one, and a zombie (a.k.a. Mumbles, Millie, Nibbles, and NibbleZ); my aunt and cousin have made a chocolate panda and a light pink one. ^__^ Orange, red, my own chocolate one, and a green eco-friendly one are on their way! There’s still lots of pattern editing to do in order to make it as clear as possible. I don’t know if I’ve said this before, but trying to make a pattern good enough to publish is TOUGH! I’m loading it with tons of step-by-step pictures and detailed notes. Fun fun fun! :)
While this is going on, I’m also trying to work on remaking the Chinese wedding dolls and the twin amigurumi Easter bunnies that I designed last year. :D
I think I’ll be adding ONE more photo set to this WIP story. Must find time to take more photos!!! Bringing these pandas to life is just as fun as crocheting them. :P
Feb. 1, 2012.
With the amount of crocheting I’ve been doing lately and with the super tight tension I’ve been using, my aluminum Boye crochet hook has been tearing up my finger. The callous and gnarly cuticle is kinda scary (TMI?)!!! Don’t worry, I won’t upload any pictures. :P
I finally decided to purchase two ergonomic crochet hooks and a thread-cutting pendant (I strung it on a ribbon to use as a necklace) by the Clover brand. If you know how frugal I am, you’d probably understand why I was mulling over this decision for so long. >.<
THIS WAS THE BEST CROCHET PURCHASE I’VE EVER MADE. EVERRRRRR. The blade pendant is soooo handy, and it looks so much less dangerous than whipping out my huge scissors in public. Most people think I’m just wearing a locket, and have complimented it as a pretty one… yes, I crochet in public. :) As for the hook, it’s much smoother against yarn and doesn’t catch as much, making amigurumi animals a little easier to crochet now. Oh, and the grip is nice and soft! :D
I EVEN BOUGHT SOME ECO-FRIENDLY YARN!!! <3 Watch out, Jo is splurging! LOL. Ideally, all of my yarn will be eco-friendly one day… when I can afford it. A girl can dream. :)
Wow, I just realized that I was overwhelmed with the need to blog about crocheting supplies in the middle of the night… This is slightly embarrassing, but not enough to click ‘Cancel.’ :P
If you’ve read this far about my silly excitement, thanks. :) BTW, the photos were stolen from amazon.com and the Red Heart website… hehe.
Happy crocheting!
<3 Josephine (A Morning Cup of Jo and A Morning Cup of Jo Creations)
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January 25, 2012:
As I’m moving my Old Creations Page to this new personal crafts Tumblr, it seems like a perfect time to start welcoming these Chinese wedding dolls and their memories into our new home — I’ll be remaking these amigurumi sweethearts for a Canadian client’s wedding!!! Yay! :D
Stories and work-in-progress photos of my original wedding dolls will come soon, as well as work-in-progress photos for the new ones! The quest to find another double happiness pendant similar to that old one is already turning proving to be quite difficult! Stay tuned. :)
I know the official date to say this was on the 23rd, but Happy Lunar New Year!!!
新年快樂, 恭喜發財
Still moving my old posts from A Morning Cup of Jo to A Morning Cup of Jo Creations! Please excuse the currently jumbled timeline! You can think of it as having flashbacks… or time traveling! :P
June 12, 2011: This little guy was fun to make! After adding the black stripes, he definitely looked more like a tiger than a bear! (Some of you may remember how worried and unsatisfied I was during the work-in-progress post.) I’m loving the look of the stitching now that I’ve applied new techniques that I’ve learned. :) Also, switching to a smaller hook feels like it creates more work because it takes longer to build up to the same sized animal, but I think it’s worth it! The stitching is much tighter, which means that less stuffing shows through. Yay!
This tiger took about 9 hours to make (counting the time that it took to take apart and remake some body parts). If I make a tiger again, I’d like to change up his proportions a bit to enhance the cuteness factor.
January 15, 2012. Work-in-progress pt. 2:
After the initial shock of seeing the crocheted catastrophe, Millie and Mumbles decided to take action.
It looks like they borrowed my crochet hook and yarn to help fix Nibbles! How sweet of them. <3 That frees up my schedule to work on new amigurumi projects. :)
Will they be able to sew him up properly?
April 2011: This amigurumi baby bear may only be 6” tall, but he is jam-packed with love! I worked on him for hours and hours, making and remaking his limbs to fit the cute design in my head. :)
From my December 2011 perspective: I used felt and buttons for eyes when I was learning how to crochet animals because I had not yet heard about the magic of SAFETY EYES! Once I learned of those, I never went back to felt and buttons again (unless I chose to do so intentionally for a design). Safety eyes changed my life. Hahaha. :P
April 2011: I’ve crocheted another baby giraffe! This is Little Raffie, and he is slightly different from his brother. As I’m getting the hang of amigurumi, I’ve been having a lot of fun making these guys. :)
From my December 2011 perspective: When comparing my new amigurumi to these older ones, switching to a smaller hook and tighter tension made a HUGE difference.
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