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♥ Booknook Part 1

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Hey lovelies! I don’t know if you love reading or not at all? I personally love books, reading them, collecting them. I often get inspired by them and that brings me to today’s post. A while ago I got introduced to something called a “booknook”, or bookshelf insert. It’s just a little world inside a nook of your bookshelf. Ever since I saw one, I kept looking at videos of people who would make them. Everyone makes them how they want to, it’s really fun. You could make them inspired by books or movies, or just make something up yourself. So, today I will show you a bit of progress on my first ever booknook that I will make. I’m very excited already! It’s not really a tutorial what I will make here. But more like an explanation of what you could do. Be inspired and get creative yourself. This is gonna be fun! Ah, right, this will be part1, part2 will come next month, didn’t wanna rush.

Base of the booknook

First I started off with the base of the booknook, I used foamboard for it, since that was still lying around from school days. I’d better use it now. But you could also use wood or cardboard. Just what you have around. For the size, it is really up to what your plan is. That’s why I made a sketch first to see how much detail I wanted. Then I measured up a book to figure out the height and the depth.

The sizes I used for this booknook I am working on.

I used tape at first to put it together but then decided I wanted to glue one side, the back and the bottom together to have some sturdiness going on already. The other parts I wanted to keep loose so I could remove them while working on the inside.

the start of a booknook with foam and clay

The Inside

For the inside you could use any material you would like. Think of clay, miniature objects either made yourself or bought, foliage, wood, etc. Use anything you could think of to make the nook you want.

Since I wanna make a booknook based of “Helende Bladeren” by Claudia Boon. I went ahead and started with clay, as you can see in the pictures. Since I used light air dry clay, I had to deal with drying time. And that’s the main reason I’ve split up this blog post. I wanted to let all parts dry properly before continuing to paint etc.

So next month I will release part 2, hopefully I’ve a finished booknook to show to you. But I already know now, that I really wanna make more of them. Different themes though, just wanna have fun! I hope you get inspired by my work as well. If you do, don’t forget to tag me on Twitter or Instagram, I’d love to see what you create!

I hope you have a wonderful day and I’ll see you next week!

Love
Danielle

PS. if you love those DIYs, maybe you’d like to support me on Ko-Fi?! So I can keep making content like this!

// ©2021 Delinlea / Danielle Kaal // You may not reproduce, translate, share, freely distribute or sell this tutorial/craft as your own in digital, made or printed from.

♥ Sakura Mochi Tsum Tsum Amigurumi

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Hey Lovelies! Spring has arrived, but the weather here acts like it is Winter. We sorta had a white Easter instead of a white Christmas haha. Is the weather acting weird, where you live, as well? Let’s try to make this blog a bit more Spring like so we can enjoy it at least inside. With this adorable Sakura Mochi Winnie the Pooh Tsum Tsum. I chose to make this version with my Winnie the Pooh Tsum Tsum pattern that you can find here. The pattern for the leaf will be in this blog.

Sakura Mochi Winnie the Pooh Tsum Tsum made with the amigurumi Technique

For this Pattern you’ll need:
♥ This Winnie the Pooh Tsum Pattern.
♥ Yarn in the color Light Pink, a Darker Pink and a Light Green. (I used Zeeman Supersoft)
♥ Crochet Hook (I used a 2mm hook).
♥ Stitch Marker
♥ Stuffing.
♥ Scissors.
♥ Sewing Pins.
♥ Yarn Needle.
♥ Brown & Pink Felt for the facial details/Sakura.
♥ (Fabric) Glue.
♥ Piece of Elastics. (Optional)

Stitches used (US Terms):
Magic Ring.
CH = Chain.
SLST = Slip Stitch.
SC = Single Crochet.
HDC = Half Double Crochet.
DC = Double Crochet.
Picot = Picot of 3SlSt.
ST = Stitch.
Inc = Increase.
Dec = Decrease.
(…) = Repeat the space in brackets the given number of times.
[…] = Total number of stitches.

Sakura Mochi Winnie the Pooh Tsum Tsum made witht the Amigurumi Technique

Pattern Winnie the Pooh Sakura Mochi Tsum Tsum.

This pattern is made using continues rounds, use a stitch marker to mark the first st of each row. If worked differently, it’s stated with that part.

Use this pattern to make Winnie the Pooh. For the Yellow parts you use Light Pink and for the Red part you’ll use Darker Pink. The shawl that’s in the pattern, you’ll leave out. Assemble Pooh as written in that blog.

Next let’s make the leaf.

Leaf
Use the color Light Green.

1: Ch26, insert in second ch from hook, 24SC, 3SC in the next st, continue along the other side of the chain, 23SC, inc. [52]
2:5SC,2HDC, 17DC, 2DC in the next st, 3DC in the next st, 2DC in the next st, 17DC, 2HDC, 5SC, inc. [57]
3: (1SC, skip 1 st, 5HDC in the next st, skip 1 st) 14 times, 2SC, picot. [87]
Fasten off and leave a long tail.

Assembling

Of course you don’t have to assemble much now, since you already assembled Winnie the Pooh. All you have to do, is to add the leaf around his body. You can sew this on to Winnie the Pooh. Or, if you wanna be able to remove the leaf, use a bit of elastics in between the tip and the end of the leave and sew this on.
Don’t forget to cut some sakura blossom/petals out of felt and glue those on your Tsum. To really give those spring vibes.

Your Sakura Mochi tsum is done! Ofcourse you can do the same with other Tsum patterns, just switch out all the color to different shades of pink. It would look really fun to have multiple together. If you made some yourself as well, make sure to show me on Twitter or Instagram with #DelinleaDIY, I’d love to see what you made with my pattern!

I hope you had fun and I wish you a wonderful day!

Love
Danielle

PS. if you love those Tsum Tsum patterns, maybe you’d like to support me on Ko-Fi?! So I can keep making content like this!

// ©2021 Delinlea / Danielle Kaal // Items made with this pattern may be sold in a limited number. Credit to ‘Delinlea’ is appreciated. Not allowed for mass production or commercial purposes. You may not reproduce, translate, share, freely distribute or sell this pattern as your own in digital or printed from.

♥ Easter Shakers DIY

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Hey Lovelies! It’s almost Easter time and I have barely done anything this year. While usually I have plenty of ideas that I wanna make/do. *Sigh not sure why actually. Maybe I’m just too tired still (and in pain, but let’s not talk about that). Anyway, let’s go to today’s tutorial! We are gonna make some Easter shakers, you can put them to decorate of as a little gift or just to play around with. It’s fun and I hope you will join me to make some.

For this DIY you’ll need:
♥ Paper.
♥ Pencil/Marker.
♥ Printer. (optional)
♥ Sheet of clear plastic.
♥ Needle and Thread. (color of choice)
♥ Glitter, Sequins, etc. (to put inside)
♥ Glue.

DIY Easter Shakers

Start with drawing or printing out an egg shape on paper, make it as big as you want. This will be your guide. Trace this with pencil or a marker (test what works for you) on a sheet of clear plastic. Make sure you cut out 2 of the same shape.

Option 1, Easy

Prepare some glitter, sequins, etc, that you can put inside your egg. Set it aside and continue with the clear egg. Take your needle and thread color of choice and start sewing the 2 sheets of the egg together. Sew about 2-5mm from the edge, with a running stitch (a blanket stitch will work too). Try to make your stitches not too far apart from each other, or the glitter or other things will fall out. When you almost reached the end of sewing the 2 pieces together, about 2cm left, open this hole up and put the glitter you prepared inside, you might wanna make a funnel of paper to make this easier. Then continue to sew the opening close. Tie a knot in the yarn and with the left over yarn you can make a loop to be able to hang it.

Option 2, Harder

Trace the egg on green colored paper as well, I used 2 different shades of green but 1 is fine as well. Draw grass in those egg shapes and cut out. You can make as many layers as you like, use a bit of glue in between the layers to make it a bit easier. Now you can choose to glue some of the sequins/glitter to the grass already, or add those later, or do both, glue and add later like I did. Next, put the paper in between the two plastic egg shape sheets. Make sure to hold it in place well, maybe with the help of a clip. Now start sewing like I explained by option 1.

Wrap up

Now your fun egg shape shakers are done! I hope you will like them, I absolutely did and went ahead to make some different shapes as well. I love the clear and shaker effect of it. A bit more playful! If you had fun making some as well, make sure to show me on Twitter or Instagram with #DelinleaDIY, I’d love to see what you made!

Have a wonderful day and I’ll see you next week!

Love
Danielle

PS. if you love those DIYs, maybe you’d like to support me on Ko-Fi?! So I can keep making content like this!

// ©2021 Delinlea / Danielle Kaal // Items made with this tutorial may be sold in a limited number. Credit to ‘Delinlea’ is appreciated. Not allowed for mass production or commercial purposes. You may not reproduce, translate, share, freely distribute or sell this tutorial as your own in digital or printed from.

♥ Pearl Tsum Tsum Amigurumi

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Hey Lovelies! During the move I sometimes wanted to crochet a bit, just to get my mind of things. Needed something that was easy to crochet. Then I remembered Pearl of Finding Nemo. So cute! And very easy to make. Just one color and go. So, today’s Tsum Tsum Pattern if of Pearl! I hope you will enjoy it, even though it’s easy.

Pearl Tsum Tsum made with the amigurumi Technique

For this Pattern you’ll need:
♥ Yarn in the color Pink. (I used Zeeman Supersoft)
♥ Crochet Hook (I used a 2,5mm hook).
♥ Stuffing.
♥ Scissors.
♥ Sewing Pins.
♥ Yarn Needle.
♥ Felt for the facial details.
♥ (Fabric) Glue.

Stitches used (US Terms):
Magic Ring.
CH = Chain.
SLST = Slip Stitch.
SC = Single Crochet.
ST = Stitch.
Inc = Increase.
Dec = Decrease.
(…) = Repeat the space in brackets the given number of times.
[…] = Total number of stitches.

Pattern Pearl

This pattern is made using continues rounds, unless stated otherwise. Use a stitch marker to mark the first stitch.

Body
Use the color Pink.

1: 6SC in a Magic Ring. [6]
2: 2SC in each st around. [12]
3: (1SC, inc) 6 times. [18]
4: (2SC, inc) 6 times. [24]
5: (3SC, inc) 6 times. [30]
6: (4SC, inc) 6 times. [36]
7: (5SC, inc) 6 times. [42]
8-29: 42SC. [42]
30: (5SC, dec) 6 times. [36]
31: (4SC, dec) 6 times. [30]
32: (3SC, dec) 6 times. [24]
33: (2SC, dec) 6 times. [18]
Stuff the body here.
34: (1SC, dec) 6 times. [12]
25: Dec around. [6]
Fasten off and weave in tail.

Legs (Make 8)
Use the color Pink.

1: 4SC in a Magic Ring. [4]
2: 2SC in each st around. [8]
3-5: 8SC. [8]
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Antenna (Make 2)
Use the color Pink.

1: 4SC in a Magic Ring. [4]
2: 2SC in each st around. [8]
3: 8SC. [8]
4: Dec around. [4]
5: 4SC. [4]
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Assembling

Whenever I start assembling a Amigurumi, I use sewing pins first to put everything together. This way I can move all parts around easily until I am happy with how it looks. Then I will sew it on. I recommend you do so as well.

Now, Pearl is pretty easy to assemble. Start with sewing on 4 legs on each side of the body. Then sew the antenna, side by side on top of his head. From felt, make his facial details and glue those on.

And that’s it for this adorable Pearl Tsum Tsum, I hope you had fun making it! If you did, make sure to show me on Twitter of Instagram with #DelinleaDIY, I’d love to see what you created with my patterns!

Have a wonderful day!

Love
Danielle

PS. if you love those Tsum Tsum patterns, maybe you’d like to support me on Ko-Fi?! So I can keep making content like this!

// ©2021 Delinlea / Danielle Kaal // Items made with this pattern may be sold in a limited number. Credit to ‘Delinlea’ is appreciated. Not allowed for mass production or commercial purposes. You may not reproduce, translate, share, freely distribute or sell this pattern as your own in digital or printed from.

♥ Flounder Ufufy Amigurumi

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Hey Lovelies! So, the last 2 weeks, as you probably noticed, I couldn’t make a blog post. We just moved, and the lovely people who renovated this place, cut all the internet cables. And guess what, we had to wait forever for someone to fix it. Good timing, to have no internet, in times like we live in now. Oh well, we survived 2 weeks without and we are back online. I am so tired and full of pain from the move though, so it was a challenge to upload a pattern today, a day late, I’m so glad I made it! Today I wanted to show you how to make a Flouder Ufufy, from the Little Mermaid. I hope you will love him a lot!

Flounder Ufufy made with the Amigurumi technique

For this Pattern you’ll need:
♥ Yarn in the colors Yellow, Light Blue and Darker Blue. (I used Zeeman SuperSoft).
♥ Crochet Hook. (I used a 2mm hook).
♥ Stitch Markers.
♥ Sewing Pins
♥ Stuffing.
♥ Yarn Needle.
♥ Felt in the color Black.
♥ Scissors.
♥ (Fabric) Glue.

Stitches used (US Terms):
Magic Ring.
CH = Chain.
SLST = Slip Stitch.
SC = Single Crochet.
ST = Stitch.
Inc = Increase.
Dec = Decrease.
(…) = Repeat the space in brackets the given number of times.
[…] = Total number of stitches.

Pattern Flounder

This pattern is made using continuous rounds, unless stated otherwise.

Body
Start with the color Yellow.

1: 6SC in a Magic Ring. [6]
2: 2SC in each st around. [12]
3: (1SC, inc) 6 times. [18]
4: (2SC, inc) 6 times. [24]
5: 24SC. [24]
6: 24SC. [24]
From here on you will change colors to create the stripes on his back.
7: Yellow; (3SC, inc) 2 times, Blue; (3SC, inc) 2 times, Yellow; (3SC, inc) 2 times. [30]
8: Yellow; 30SC. [30]
9: Yellow; 30SC. [30]
10: Yellow; 11SC, Blue; 8SC, Yellow; 11SC. [30]
11: Yellow; 30SC. [30]
12: Yellow; 30SC. [30]
13: Yellow; 12SC, Blue; 6SC, Yellow, 12SC. [30]
14: Yellow; 30SC. [30]
15: Yellow; 30SC. [30]
16: Yellow; 13SC, Blue; 4SC, Yellow; 13SC. [30]
Continue with Yellow only.
17: 30SC. [30]
18: (3SC, dec) 6 times. [24]
19: (2SC, dec) 6 times. [18]
Stuff the body.
20: (1SC, dec) 6 times. [12]
21: Dec around. [6]
Fasten off and weave in tail.

Snout
Use the color Yellow.

1: 6SC in a Magic Ring. [6]
2: (3SC in the next st, 2SC) 2 times. [10]
3: 10SC. [10]
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Fins/Arms and Tail (Make 3)
Start with the color Light Blue

1: Ch5, insert in the second ch from hook, inc, change to the color Dark Blue; 2SC, change back to Light Blue; 3SC in the next st, continue along the other side of the chain, change to the color Dark Blue; 2SC, change back to the color Light Blue; 1SC. [10]
2: (Light Blue; 2SC, Dark Blue, 2SC, Light Blue; 1SC) 2 times. [10]
3: (Light Blue; Dec, Dark Blue, 2SC, Light Blue; 1SC) 2 times. [8]
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Fin/Hair
Start with the color Light Blue.
This part is not made with continues rounds.

1: Ch2, insert in second ch from hook, 1 sc, turn. [1]
2: Ch1, inc, turn. [2]
3: Ch1, 2SC, turn. [2]
Change to the color Dark Blue.
4: Ch1, 2SC, turn. [2]
Change to the color Light Blue.
5-6: Ch1, 2SC, turn. [2]
Change to the color Dark Blue.
7: Ch1, 2SC, turn. [2]
Change to the color Light Blue.
8: Ch1, 2SC, turn. [2]
9-10: Ch3, insert in second ch from hook, 2SlSt. [2]
11: Ch2, insert in second ch from hook, 1SlSt. [1]
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Assembling

Whenever I start assembling a Amigurumi, I use sewing pins first to put everything together. This way I can move all parts around easily until I am happy with how it looks. Then I will sew it on. I recommend you do so as well.

I started with sewing on Flounder his head fin/hair, the third ‘hair’ with be on top of his head. Make sure to keep checking that the stripes of his body go on the back. Next sew on his snout, mine came around row 8 and down, from the body. Next sew on his arm fins and the tail. Last cut 2 eyes (and eyebrows) from the black felt and glue those on. With a bit of sewing thread I made the eyebrows, since I thought that was easier as the felt, but you can totally do felt as well!

Flounder is already finished, so cute right?! I hope you had fun making him. If you made him, please show me on Twitter or Instagram, I would love to see what you create with my patterns.

Have a wonderful day!

Love
Danielle

PS. if you love those Ufufy patterns, maybe you’d like to support me on Ko-Fi?! So I can keep making content like this!

// ©2021 Delinlea / Danielle Kaal // Items made with this pattern may be sold in a limited number. Credit to ‘Delinlea’ is appreciated. Not allowed for mass production or commercial purposes. You may not reproduce, translate, share, freely distribute or sell this pattern as your own in digital or printed from.