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♥ Free Pattern; 7 Dwarfs Ufufy

5 september 2019 by Delinlea Leave a Comment

Hey Lovelies! Remember I made Dopey of the 7 Dwarfs of Snow White earlier this year?! Well I made his friends finally, couldn’t leave him alone! And it feels also perfect with fall kicking in. I don’t know I always think of dwarfs/gnome with fall xD. So, here’s today’s pattern. The remaining 6 dwarfs, Grumpy, Sneezy, Bashful, Sleepy, Doc and Happy.

For this DIY you’ll need:
♥ Yarn in the colors; Beige, Brown, Yellow, Dark Pink, Light Orange, Light Yellow, Light Green, Blue, Light Blue, Light Brown. (I used Budgetyarn.com and Stylecraft Special DK)
♥ Fluffy Yarn in White.
♥ Crochet Hook (I used a 2,5mm hook for the ‘normal’yarn and a 3mm hook for the fluffy yarn).
♥ Stuffing.
♥ Scissors.
♥ Sewing Pins.
♥ Yarn Needle.
♥ Felt in Black.
♥ (Fabric) Glue.

Stitches used (US Terms):
Magic Ring.
BL = Back Loops.
FL = Front Loops.
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.

Color Scheme for each Dwarf

Name Shirt Pants Hat
Grumpy Dark Pink Light Brown Light Brown
Bashful Light Brown Light Brown Light Blue
Doc Light Orange Light Brown Light Green
Happy Light Brown Blue Light Yellow
Sleepy Light Green Light Green Light Blue
Sneezy Light Brown Light Brown Light Yellow

For all dwarfs you alse use the colors Beige, Brown and Yellow.

Pattern

The pattern will be the same as Dopey, which you can find here. With some alternations. Look carefully which color you need for which dwarf. The faces will give each dwarf the personality, so look carefully at that.

Body

If you have a different color for the pants make sure to change color at row 16!

At the body, row 12, you worked in BL make sure to keep the first stitch marked. When you finished the body, work in the front loops of row 12, to make a part of the rim of the shirt but also his beard.

Beard, work with your fulffy yarn:
Skip 5 st, 7SC, 2HDC, 2DC, 2HDC, 7SC and leave the remaining 5st as they are. Fasten off and weave in tail.
The stitches you skipped you will SlSt with the matching color of the shirt. Fasten off and weave in tail.

Arms/Feet/Belt/Hat

These are all the same as Dopey, no alternations, just check you are using the right color for the right dwarf.

For those dwarfs, you don’t have to make the ears, they will dissapear under the hat anyway. You can tho, if you still want xD.

Assemble your dwarfs as described on Dopey’s Pattern. And once again, make sure to check what each face looks like, this will give the difference for each. For Doc I made him some little glasses out of wire, so adorable!

I hope you enjoyed those instuctions. The 7 dwarfs are finally complete! Now I miss Snow White, I’ll make her one day!

Love
Danielle

♥ Happy Birthday to Me!

30 augustus 2019 by Delinlea Leave a Comment

Hey Lovelies! Guess what it is today?! It’s my Birthday! That’s why I am a day late with uploading, because I really wanted to upload on my day xD. And to celebrate I wanted to give you this adorable cupcake pattern, with a very naughty dragon. I guess it likes cupcakes as much as I do! Are you ready to celebrate with me and enjoy this pattern for now?

What you’ll need:
♥ Yarn, StyleCraft Special: in the colors Cloud Blue, White, Walnut and Wisteria (+ some extra scrap pieces in colors of choise for sprinkles.)
♥ Crochet hook. (I used a 2,5mm hook)
♥ Stitch marker.
♥ Stuffing
♥ Yarn needle.
♥ Sewing Pins.
♥ Safety Eyes, 8mm
♥ Scissors.
♥ Sparkly Thread. (optional)

Stitches used (US Terms):
Magic Ring.
CH = Chain.
SC = Single Crochet.
ST = Stitch.
FSC = Foundation Single Crochet. (Optional)
FPSC = Front Post Single Crochet.
BL = Back Loops.
FL = Front Loops.
Inc = Increase.
Dec = Decrease.
Slst = Slip Stitch.
(…) = Repeat the space in brackets the given number of times.
[…] = Total number of stitches.

Pattern Cupcake

Cup of the Cupcake + Cake
Start with the color Cloud Blue.

1: 6SC in Magic Ring. [6]
2: Inc all 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: BL! 36SC. [36]
8: (FPSC, BL 1SC) 18 times. [36]
9: (FPSC, BL inc) 18 times. [54]
10: (FPSC, BL 2SC) 18 times. [54]
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14: (FPSC, BL 2SC) 18 times. [54]
Change to the color Walnut
15: FL! 54SC. [54]
16: (2SC, inc) 18 times. [72]
17: 72SC. [72]
18: 72SC. [72]
19: (2SC, dec) 18 times. [54]
20: (7SC, dec) 6 times. [48]
21: (6SC, dec) 6 times. [42]
22: (5SC, dec) 6 times. [36]
23: (4SC, dec) 6 times. [30]
24: (3SC, dec) 6 times. [24] Stuff the cupcake around here.
25: (2SC, dec) 6 times. [18]
26: (1SC, dec) 6 times. [12]
27: Dec all around. [6]
Fasten off and weave in tail.

Frosting
Use the color white.

1: Ch 16, insert in second ch from hook, 15SC, turn. [15]
2: Inc, 12SC, dec, turn. [15]
3: Dec, 12SC, inc, turn. [15]
Repeat row 2 and 3 until you have 36 rows!
Note, you always increase at the same side, and decrease always at the same side.
Note 2, I don’t use Turning Chains, but you can if you feel more comfortable doing so.
Sew the first row and the last row together.

Pattern Dragon

Head
Use the color Wisteria

1: 6SC in Magic Ring. [6]
2: Inc all around,=. [12]
3: 12SC. [12]
4: 12SC. [12]
5: 3SC, (inc) 6 times, 3SC. [18]
6: 18SC. [18]
7: (2SC, inc) 6 times. [24]
8: 24SC. [24]
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10: 24SC. [24]
11: (2SC, dec) 6 times. [18] Add in the eye between row 5 and 6. Stuff the head around here.
12: (1SC, dec) 6 times. [12]
13: Dec all around. [6]
Fasten off and weave in tail.

Ears (Make 2)
Use the color Wisteria

1: 4FSC. [4]
2: Dec, 2SC. [3]
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Horns (Make 2)
Use the color White.

1: 3SC in Magic Ring. [3]
2: Inc, 2SC. [4]
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Feet (Make 2)
Use the color Wisteria

1: 6SC in Magic Ring. [6]
2: (1SC, inc) 3 times. [9]
3: 9SC. [9]
4: (2SC, inc) 3 times. [12]
5: 12SC. [12]
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7: 12SC. [12]
Fasten off, make the foot flat and close the opening.

Arms (Make 2)
Use the color Wisteria

1: 6SC in Magic Ring. [6]
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4: 6SC. [6]
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Tail
Use the color Wisteria

1: 6SC in Magic Ring. [6]
2: 6SC. [6]
3: (1SC, inc) 3 times. [9]
4: 9SC. [9]
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8: 9SC. [9]
10: (2SC, inc) 3 times. [12]
11: 12SC. [12]
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14: 12SC. [12]
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing, stuff the tail as well.

Assembling

Before I sew anything together I use sewing pins to position all pieces, this way I can easily move around things until I like it. I recomment you doing this as well.

Sew the frosting to the cupcake, mine came around row 20/21. With a piece of white yarn sew a straight stitch along the top edge of the frosting. Pull both ends of the yarn and knot it tightly.
Assemble the dragons head, sew on his ears and horns. Also stitch on some ‘frosting’ with some white yarn. Then sew the head on top of the frosting, in the middle.
Position his feet, arms and tail as well and sew those on if you are happy. You don’t have to position them evenly to give it a silly look.
Last stitch on some sprinkles with some scrap yarn in colors of choise!

I hope you enjoyed my little birthday gift to you! This won’t be long online. And if you made this little cutie, make sure to show me on social media!

Love
Danielle

♥ Vegan Brownie Cashew Bites

22 augustus 2019 by Delinlea Leave a Comment

Hey Lovelies! Today, I wanted to share a quick recipe, because who doesn’t love snacking while crafting?! Better do it healthy~, right?! Some time ago I bought a bar simelar to those bites, and it was pretty expensive. I loved it too much, but buying it again, wasn’t too fond of that. So I tried to make my own, and that worked! These are so easy to make and taste so good! I have no chocolate cravings at all when I have those around. I hope you will enjoy those Brownie Cashew Bites as well.

Recipe

Ingrediënts:
♥ 75 Gr                Rainsins.
♥ 90 Gr                 Dates.
♥ 50 Gr                Cashew nuts. (I used roasted)
♥ 1/2                    Lemon (use the zest as well as the juice).
♥ 1 Tbsp              Cacao powder.
♥ 1Tsp                 Vanille/Mint/Orange extract. (optional)
♥ 2 Tbsp              Dried Coconut, grated. (Optional)

What you need as well:
♥ Blender.
♥ Teaspoon.
♥ Container to store it in.

Put all ingrediënts, except the coconut, in a blender and mix until it becomes a paste. Sometimes it stays a bit dry, try to add a tiny bit of water.
Using the teaspoon to scoop out bite size portions. Using your hands to roll it into balls. Drop the balls in the dried coconut and cover them completely. I did use coconut because it is so sticky, but you can totally skip this if you don’t like the taste.

Best way to store it, is in the fridge. It will stay good for quit some time. But I wonder how long it will stay stored. I can’t get my hands of it! xD

I hope you will like those bites as much as I do! Enjoy!

Love
Danielle

♥ Drawing Lesson 4; Paper

15 augustus 2019 by Delinlea Leave a Comment

Hey Lovelies! It’s drawing lesson time! Today, I wanted to talk about paper. Some people say it’s not important and use printer paper. But in fact it is very important. Maybe not when you’re just starting out, but when you’re gonna start drawing more professional, you might consider using better quality paper.

Acid Free

Acid free?! Why?! I hear you thinking, but it is one of the most important things to check if you buy paper. It has to do with the life time of your paper, how long it will last. If there is Acid in your paper, it’s most likely gonna affect the paper itself, it can turn yellow over time and becomes brittle. This goes even faster when it is exposed to light and or heat.
When your paper is acid free, you or others are able to preserve it longer. This makes the risk of damage to your artwork less. And if you are a professional artist, this is one of the things you want!

Texture

There’s a lot of paper to choose from. It’s very personal to what the outcome of the final artwork will be.
Texture is also often called the tooth of the paper. It can be very smooth with almost no tooth. This will hold less layers of, for example, colored pencil. But smooth paper also gives a smooth result.
You’ve also heafy textured paper, you can feel all the bumps in there. This is usually considered that it will hold a lot of layers.
Ofcourse there are many variations in between. It all comes down to taste, what is the result of your artwork that you are aiming for? Do you like to layer a lot? Or not at all? Also, what medium works well on those papers?! It’s totally up to you, what one artist likes, doesn’t mean you have to like it as well. Often, over time, your preference change. That’s good, that means you are growing, wanna try other things.

Below some close up’s of Paper I use.

What type of paper

There are so many papers to choose from, it’s sometimes hard to make a decision. But it already helps if you know what you wanna do with the paper before buying, do you wanna use if for graphite or colored pencil, for soft pastel or mixed media, watercolors maybe. On all papers it is stated where you can use it for, this makes you range already smaller.
It’s also helpfull to check what other artists use and how their result is on that particulair paper. This gives you an idea of how the paper acts. Though, keep in mind that your technic may be different so your result might be different as well. It all comes down to testing. Often at stores you can get test sheets of the paper, so you can feel it, draw on it. See if it is something for you.

Personal

In the end, paper is a very personal preference. For example, when I just started out with pastel, I bought canson mi teintes paper, since a lot of people I followed were using that as well. It was so frustrating for me to work on that and stopped trying with pastel. Even tho I did invest in a lot of materials. After some time I came around some different paper for pastel and tried that one, but that wasn’t my thing either. After a lot of time past I got my hands on pastelmat. This was the solution to my problems, it wasn’t my technic, it was the paper. I am able to have fun with pastel now.

This shows, what works for someone else, doesn’t have to work for you. Just keep trying and not giving up. You will find what fits your style!

I hope this blog is a bit helpful, and helps you with your art journey! It’s fun, give everything a try, and ask your supplier for sample’s, you don’t always have to buy to try paper out! If you have more questions, I am always willing to help you out!

Love
Danielle

♥ Free Pattern; Maleficent Tsum Tsum Amigurumi

8 augustus 2019 by Delinlea Leave a Comment

Hey Lovelies! How are you all doing?! I hope better as that I am. As you might have noticed, I haven’t uploaded a blog post for the last two weeks. I wanna apologize for that. Due to some health problems it’s hard for me to create things. I hope those problems will be solved very soon and can go back to my regular uploading schedule. I’ll try to start with next weeks entry right away after posting this one.
Enough babbling, today it’s time for a new free Tsum Tsum Pattern. I wanted to make Maleficent for quit some time now, and I finally did! It was quit challenging tho. I had to redo some parts regularly, which is not usual for me. Hopefully you’ll like the pattern, let’s get to it.

For this DIY you will need:
♥ Yarn: in the colors Black, Mint Green and Purple. (I used budgetyarn.com)
♥ Crochet hook. (I used a 2,5mm hook)
♥ Stitch marker.
♥ Stuffing
♥ Yarn needle.
♥ Sewing Pins.
♥ Felt in Black and Purple.
♥ Scissors.
♥ (Fabric) Glue.

Stitches used (US Terms):
Magic Ring.
CH = Chain.
SC = Single Crochet.
ST = Stitch.
FSC = Foundation Single Crochet. (Optional)
BL = Back Loops.
FL = Front Loops.
Picot = Chain 3, and SlSt in the 3rd loop of the first CH.
Inc = Increase.
Dec = Decrease.
Slst = Slip Stitch.
(…) = Repeat the space in brackets the given number of times.
[…] = Total number of stitches.

Pattern

This pattern will be worked in continues rounds, unless stated otherwise.

Body
start with the color Mint Green.
Before you start, keep about 1meter of black yarn apart.

1: 6SC in 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) 2 times, 3SC, (1SC Mint Green and 1SC Black in the same st) Change to Mint Green, (3SC, inc)3 times. [30]
6: (4SC, inc) 2 times, 3SC, change to Black, 1SC, inc, 1SC, Change to Mint Green, 3SC, inc, (4SC, inc) 2 times. [36]
7: (5SC, inc) 2times, 3SC, Change to Black, 2SC, inc, 1SC, Change to Mint Green, 4SC, Inc, (5SC, inc) 2 times. [42]
8: 13SC, Change to Black, 13SC, Change to Mint Green, 16SC. [42]
9: 10SC, Change to Black, 19SC, Change to Mint Green, 13SC. [42]
10: 8SC, Change to Black, 23SC, Change to Mint Green, 11SC. [42]
11: Change to Black, 42SC. [42]
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14: 42SC.
The edge of the face looks a bit rough this way, you can neaten it up by using Surface Crochet. This means, SlSt around the edge of the face with the meter of black yarn you kept apart.
15: 42SC. [42]
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26: 42SC. [42]
Change to Purple
27: Work in back loops only, 42SC. [42]
28: 42SC. [42]
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]
35: Dec around. [6]
Fasten off and weave in tail.

Skirt
Use the color Black.

At row 27 of the body you worked in the back loops only. Rejoin your yarn now in the front loops.
1: 42SC. [42]
2: 42SC. [42]
3: (1SC, 1HDC, 1DC + Picot + 1DC in the next st, 1HDC) 10 times, 1SC, SLST. [62]
Fasten off and weave in tail.

Ears (Make 2)
Use the color Mint Green.

Crochet 6SC in a Magic Ring, fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Legs (Make 4)
Make 2 in the color Mint Green and 2 in the color Black.

1: 4SC in Magic Ring. [4]
2: 2SC in each st around. [8]
3: 8SC. [8]
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4: 8SC. [8]
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
You don’t have to stuff the legs, but you can if you want.

Horns (Make 2)
Use the color Black.

1: 4SC in Magic Ring. [4]
2: 4SC. [4]
3: (1SC, inc) 2 times. [6]
4: 6SC. [6]
5: (2SC, inc) 2 times. [8]
6: 8SC. [8]
7: 3SC, (inc) 2 times, 3SC. [10]
8: 4SC, (inc) 2 times, 4SC. [12]
9: 12SC. [12]
10: 12SC. [12]
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Stuff the horns nicely.

Spikes (Make 4)
Use the color Black.

1: 4SC in Magic Ring. [4]
2: 4SC. [4]
3: (1SC, inc) 2 times. [6]
4: 6SC. [6]
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Collar (Make 2)
Make 1 in Black and 1 in Purple.
You won’t work this one in continues rounds but turn your work after every row.

1: 27FSC, turn. [27] (Or chain 28, insert in the second ch from hook and make 27SC.)
2: Inc, 25SC, inc, turn. [29]
3: Inc, 27SC, inc. [31]
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Sew Both parts together so you have 1 colar in the end.

Assembling

By using sewing pins to position all of the parts, before sewing on, you can move around all parts until you are happy with the result. I recomment you doing that as well.

Start with sewing on the legs/arms first. The Black ones are the legs, those go on the purple part of the body, behind the skirt. The Mint Green ones are the arms and face slightly forward.
Sew the ears to both sides of the face.
The horns go on next, if you have sewn those on, atach some purple yarn to the tip and swirl it down and fasten off. Now you can slightly shape them as well, by folding a bit (I hope you get what I mean).
Now the horns are in place, you sew on the spikes, 2 under each horn.
Last you sew on the collar. Mine is placed around the 16th row of the body.
With some left over Mint Green yarn, I made her nose, slightly lower as the start of the body. From felt, cut our the eyes and eyebrows, and glue those on!

Tip; if you still have some mint green parts showing in the black part around the face, use a waterproof black marker and simply color them. If you are planning to give this to a kid who possibly sticks it in the mouth, you might not wanna do this.

Maleficent is done! She has a lot of individual parts, but we made it to the end! I hope you like how she turned out, will you show me if you made her? I would love to see what you made with my pattern!

Love
Danielle