Clara the travelling Owl visiting Tallinn, Estonia

Some while ago Susanne from Lilla Luise contacted me and asked if I would like to join the Travelling Owl project. I have never belonged to any craft communities, participated on forums etc, so this seemed to be a nice opportunity to try something like that.

On monday she finally arrived – the travelling Owl Clara! Our children were surprised and excited when we unpacked her. First they started arguing of who will have her, but soon they understood that Clara is only a guest.

She came with a cute little present from Karina. We loved it a lot!

I hope Clara had wonderful time here in Estonia. I placed her on the shelf on my working desk so she would have the best overview of what is happening in the room. She met three playful kids – Jakob (9), Linda (5) and Paul (3). She saw them playing football, singing, drawing and modelling plastiline. A little bit arguing with each other, but mostly playing friendly together :) 

Also Clara met a lot of other softies and made friends with them.

Today Clara will continue her journey and travel to Finland. She will take with a tiny gift for Keanne who probably is already waiting for her.

Bye-bye sweet Clara!

Heegeldatud poiss-nukk/Amigurumi boy doll

Lõpuks ometi tabas mind inspiratsioonihoog ja tegin esimesed katsetused poiss-nukuga. Eks oli ta ju plaanis kohe hetkest, kui valmisid tüdruk nukud, aga hoovõtt ja mõtete kogumine võtsid oma aja.
Esimese nuku - nimeks sai ta Oskar - heegeldasin katsetamise mõttes lihtsas riietuses, et vältida keerulisi parandusi ja ümbertegemist. Oluline oli aru saada, kas tervik toimib. Kõige rohkem pusimist oli tennistega ja nende lõpp-lahendust annaks kindlasti veel lihvida, aga kes teab, kas ma seda enam teengi, sest hetkel on juba valmimise järgus järgmine poiss. Teda saab siin ka õige pea näha.

It took time to collect myself but here it is - my very first attempt on a boy doll. I had him in my plans already when I made the girl dolls, but inspiration and energy  to actually start with them burst out just now.
I named him Oscar and crocheted him in a simple outfit to avoid reworking as the important thing was to understand whether the model as a whole works. His sneakers definitely were the most difficult part and they could be improved in many ways, but I´m not sure I will do that, as I have another boy already in progress and soon I can show you pictures of him also.

 

Little kitty - new revision of the pattern

I took my very first pattern - Little kitty - and made a new version of it. The idea wasn`t to change the pattern, but to make new photos of the preparation and use the whole potential of the pattern, as I felt there was more than I had taken advantage of in my previous version. Also the structure of the pattern was a little bit different as then I didn`t have my style yet developed.

As I went with the pattern I made some small adjustments on the head, ears, eye size and arms. Nothing major as I wanted to keep the similar look. Of course I used a different yarn. The first kitty was made with half woollen yarn, this time I used mixtures of cotton and bamboo. Added eye lashes and a little spangle tattoo on the side :)
It felt awesome to make something tiny! You can actually finish a toy in a day, wow!

The new revision of the pattern is available in my etsy shop, but it will be for free for all those etsy customers who already have bought the first version. You may contact me at lilleliis@gmail.com and ask for the new Little kitty version, BUT please dig out your etsy INVOICE NUMBER for making it little easier for me.