Bary san (バリィさん) Felt Tutorial

I recently discovered Bary san while looking through the Line app's sticker collection and thought it was really cute that he carries around a boat xD The only thing I know about him is that he is a mascot representing the city of Imabari (Ehime) in Japan. I thought he would be the perfect candidate for my next felt tutorial so here we go:

Please use this template in order to follow the tutorial:

Notice that I didn't add the eyes since it's just two black dots :)

Please feel free to send me photos if you decide to make him.

Happy Crafting
Kim <3

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Plushy Challenge Day 11-20

These 10 days have been super hard to keep up with to the point where I even left day 12 to last minute because I honestly don't have a favourite felt colour since I'm mostly crochet oriented and ended up just picking my favourite colour which is baby blue. 

As you will see in the video I made more amigurumis than before, simply because they're just quicker and easier to make for me. I had a complete fail with the coffee using felt as you would know if you follow my facebook and was too tired to correct the wrong so went for an amigurumi especially since I was behind schedule. 

I really do try and conjure up ideas using felt but I'm so bad at felt plushies combined with the time restriction I can't help but jump to my hook and make an amigurumi instead. I worked on the felt coffee for about an hour whereas it only took me like 15 minutes to throw together the ami coffee.

It's quite upsetting about Mouton because I used my better quality felt, the thicker sturdier type D: But it helps me for future references if I ever want to make a plush of a similar body type so it isn't all in vain.

Hopefully the last 11 days won't kill me as much as these 10 days.

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Felt Cream Puff Tutrorial

I'll be showing you how to make a cream puff out of felt in the video provided.
It's a very simple, fun and relatively quick project you can make. 
It's very customisable as you can choose and different toppings of your choice whether it be strawberry sauce or maybe even fruit or no toppings at all, it's all up to you ^^

What you need will be:
- Scissors,
- Some form of fake chocolate sauce: I used Daiso's glass paint (optional)
- Paint brush
- Needle and Thread (white)
- Dotting tool (can use anything to dot the paint on with)
- White paint
- Tan and white felt
- Pen and pencil for tracing
- Pastels for shading
- Any circular object
- Stuffing: I used hobbyfill

Happy Crafting~!
Kim <3

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August Plushy Challenge Day 1-10

During the month of August a fellow YouTuber Annascraftytrends has suggested everyone to take on her plushy challenge which involves making one plush for each day of August with the designated theme she has chosen on her calendar. For more info please check the video down below.



I've decided to update for every 10-10-11 days just so I don't end up with a giant pile to showcase in one go. I am however showing each plush I make for each day on my facebook page yimmo89 if you're interested in seeing progress.

For now here's a video on what I've done so far:

Hopefully I am able to keep up for the rest of the month and a big thank you to Anna for boosting our motivation to make plushes.

Have a great day and happy crafting ^^
Kim <3

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Sweets の あみぐるみ book review

From the very beginning I've been very interested in Japanese amigurumi patterns and books. They seem more innovative and the overall quality of patterns seem to stand out.

I had been eyeing this particular book for awhile and decided to cave in and buy it even though the $15.29USD seemed a bit steep for me. I was also wary of the fact that it was in 100% Japanese and I had never tried following a Japanese style amigurumi pattern. Upon receiving the book I quickly discovered this wasn't a problem because there are very clear step by step pictures at the back showing what to do for each symbol. As long as you know the basics this book shouldn't be a problem at all and if you get stuck you can just quickly flip to the back to search up what a symbol means.

There are a total of 12 projects in the book, spreading out to around 20 patterns because of each individual fruit and colour combinations. There are also clear colour photos of each project so you know what you're going to make. A problem I think some people might encounter is not having the right yarn colour; certainly more than 10. I didn't have a problem with this because I tend to hoard yarn in any colour I can get my hands on...

The pattern details are very clear letting you know where each row starts and finishes. A few aspects I found nice about the patterns were that they let you know how many pieces of each pattern you needed to make for each project, provide a column showing how many stitches you need for each row as well as approximately how large in cms that your pattern should end up. I personally found it helpful to know katakana (english sounding Japanese characters) as it made it quicker for me to identify what I was making but it isn't necessary as each pattern is also coloured in the colour of yarn you're supposed to use and if needed you can look at the real photo for reference. 

The only problem I ran across was what sized hook I was supposed to use, I'm sure it must state it somewhere in the book but because I can't read Japanese I wasn't sure as there were many different mm references throughout the book. I used a 2.5mm hook for all the the normal sized patterns and a 1.25mm hook for the smaller keychain sized patterns and everything turned out nicely sized. A 3.5mm hook also worked out for the taiyaki as I ended up snapping my 2.5mm hook so the patterns are versitile enough between hooks.

The book can be purchased online here:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Sweets-Amigurumi-Japanese-Craft-Book-/360432988680?pt=US_Crocheting_Knitting_Patterns&hash=item53eb7af208

If you live in Japan then it only sells for 500yen which is equivalent to around $6 so rather cheap.

My verdict is if you are confident in your crochet basics then this book is a very nice purchase for your book collection. With patterns for pouches, keychains and containers it's not only super adorable but practicle as well so perfect for gifting as well.

I hope you give this book a look as it's well worth the money.

Happy Crafting ^^

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Charmander Amigurumi Pattern on Etsy

As someone who has grown fond of amigurumi over the past couple of years I've had the dream of making my own amigurumi book but I'm starting small for now.

I've put my Charmander pattern up for sale on Etsy and it being my first time trying to sell anything of this nature I am super nervous about if I've done anything wrong or not made my instructions clear enough.

I'm not expecting any sales off the bat as there are many Charmander patterns for sale on Etsy but the fact that I've put it out there to the world is an achievement for me. Await anxiously for any feedback in the following months. 

With positive feedback I hope in the future I am more confident in my work and am able to make better quality work that I can be unwaveringly proud of.

If you have spare time I appreciate it if you took a look at the listing, there is no need to buy, I am happy just with the thought that someone had enough interest to take a look ^^

https://www.etsy.com/listing/157721241/charmander-amigurumi-pattern

I hope each and everyone of you have a wonderful and amazing day :)

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Contest in celebration of 1000 subscribers

Hello to whoever's reading this~
I am currently holding an all crafts contest for reaching 1000 subscribers on YouTube so if you are interested please give it a watch thank you ^_^

Here is info on the contest:

Rules & Regulations:
- Must be a subscriber
- Be 18yrs old+ or have parents permission
- All crafts accepted: clay, sewing, needlework etc
- Drawings must have progress proof through video or photo
- All items must be made specifically for this contest
- Must be a video response to THIS video (will not search for entries)
- Video no longer than 10 minutes
- Must stick to themes, any non themed crafts will automatically disqualify you
- Not necessary to send BUT additional prizes will be added if you do
- No slideshows
- Minimum 6 items, no maximum
- Like & Favourite this video
- No badmouthing
- Can choose multiple themes from the list
- Linked charms, accessories will not be counted as a seperate item
- Deadline is August 31st, no extensions
- Contest will be cancelled if there are less than 5 entries

THEMES:
All Studio Ghibli: brownie points awarded for
- Howl's Moving Castle
- Princess Mononoke
- Laputa Castle in the Sky

Disney: cannot choose other Disney
- The Lion King
- Aladdin
- Pocahontas
- Mulan

Sentimental Circus: no other san-x

Video Games: cannot choose other games
- Professor Layton
- Ace Attorney
- Anything Final Fantasy
- Ni No Kuni
- Silent Hill

Anime: cannot choose other animes
- NANA
- Death Note
- Cardcaptor Sakura
- One Piece

- Full Metal Alchemist

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