Tik tok....- It's time for some retro art!

While writing a response paper for a seminar I'm taking this semester I accidentally came across Gerald Murphy’s pre-pop art paintings. They are all really appealing to me, since they all possess some good portion of vintage and timelessness. A also always liked the combination of the neutral grey and shiny yellow.

(Image found on http://popartmachine.com/item/pop_art/2007-DMA_.1963.75.FA/GERALD-MURPHY-WATCH-1925, I do not own this image)

Two little Noshers

One moere post about my 'old' amigurumis from last year...

Original pattern is the "bear and honey pot" pattern from Ana Paula Rimoli.

I just added whiskers, lashes, a 'jam glove' plus an ear cover and different ears for the kitten. The glove and the jammy ear cover kinda turn them into little Winnie the Pooh friends^^

  

 

 

Song/artist of the week: Seapony - Sailing

#2: Seapony - Sailing

I don't know how I could have possibly missed this (new) single from dream pop band SEAPONY...  

Their album Go With ME accompanied me during my last years summer vacation. -Which makes perfect sense, since their sound is so summerish breezy, and the front singer's voice so relaxingly soft. 

=>Perfect symbiosis

(Hope they will release a new album until summer...)

An apple a day...

This is one of my favourite snapshots of last years photo session with my friend Stephie.

Pattern from the book 'Amigurumi World' by Ana Paula Rimoli. -Just added some green cheeks ^^

NEW FEATURE: Song/Artist of the week

#1: Frankie Rose and the Outs - Candy

The member of the Vivian girls Frankie Rose's side project impresses with a sometimes ethereal and strummy, sometimes surfer popish lo-fi retro pop sound. 

(Similar artist: La Sera)

Them other amis / Lost but not forgotten

Unfortunately I did not update my ami-creations I made in springtime last year. Special thanks to my friend Stephie S. who helped me taking the lovely pictures of the little amis. So here they are^^

Sproutie:

Pattern from Ana Paula Rimoli (original title: A Little Stump)

I just added a sideshoot with a leaf and of course a face.

I made this little guy in anticipation of the Tree Love pattern from the book 'Amigurumi Toy Box'...

 

Blossom Bears #03 - Lily Waters:

For the head I used the Valenine Bears pattern from the book 'Amigurumi World', torso, arms and legs are from the Amigurumi Bear & Pot of Honey pattern by Ana Paula Rimoli, the rest I created myself :)

Blossom Bears #02 - Buttercup:

The original bear pattern I used is the bear from the Tiny ami pattern from the book 'Amigurumi World' by Ana Paula Rimoli

Polly Polar Bear & Pete Penguin:

The bear pattern I used is the bear from the Tiny ami pattern (she turned out a big bigger, due to the thick fuzzy wool), together with the penguin pattern it is from the book 'Amigurumi World' by Ana Paula Rimoli

Pete is now owned by my newlywed friends R&T, since T. adores penguins.

Patsie Pear

Pattern from the book 'Amigurumi World' by Ana Paula Rimoli.

That's it for now... I am still working on the Blossom Bears line, since I kinda fell in love with them (and especially creating them:D)

There are still 3-5 more amis I made last year that I haven't postet yet, which I wanna share soon.

So stay tuned for more cuteness n_n

DaWanda shopping spree

I just bought this groovy greenish-yellow 70s lamp

and the lovely original candlestand from Jens

Quistgaard. Two words: bargain goods. -The candlestand was literally half the price.

I think I will have to be careful about not buying too many things from this shop....

Can't wait to decorate my room with my newly-decs :)

Getting into it/ inside out of the right side

After my cacti, cups and jellyfish amigurumis I continued with other free patterns from Mrs. Rimoli's blog. I also improved to tighten the yarn while single-, double- and half double crochet. But somehow I didn't know what was the right side of the crochetet good, which is the reason why some of my early amis are inside out. Especially one tutorial video for amiguirumi beginners on youtube, which is great for inheriting the basic skills beginners desperately look for, despite the fact that it tells you to turn your ami inside out and to pull the yarn through the crochetet fabric (starting at 5:05)... But nevertheless my amis turned out quite cute:)

 

The duck pattern is originally a chick pattern, but since the beak turned out more duckish it's now a lil duckling n_n ...
The fried eggs are hanging on my kitchen wall for a little while now. -I'm not sure what to do with them after I moved...

Crochet, Crochet, Crochet...

Hey guys, -I guess that's my first blog. I will upload my newest crocheted creations as well as other artsy-crafty things and home decoration arrangements...

And now a some information about me: I am a 24-year-old student, living near Frankfurt Main, Germany. I love interior design, crochetted goods, playacting, travelling and of course vintage stuff. Soon I will move to "Mainhatten" (-that's what Frankfurt's nickname is, since it's kind of the only city in Germany witskyskrapers:)) 

Back to the crafty topic: I started to crochet in February this year and my source of inspiration was (and still is n_n) ana paula rimolis free patterns. My first pattern was the little cactus she uploaded at her blogspot (http://amigurumipatterns.blogspot.com/2007/11/thank-you-little-cactus.html), which turned out okay, but I had to tighten my stitches not to let the stuffing show through the amiguirumi... And that's how it looked like :)

On the right side you see my first Amigurumi and next to it my second attempt with tightened stitches. For me they are a little Mexican family consisting of  la madre Gabriella y el hijo Carlos II...

My second project was the coffee cup pattern. Somehow, I needed to attempts to make them right; since I kinda got confused with the rows and it seems that I added 2 extra ones, considering the blue cups plus size. The yellow turned out perfectly tiny and so I unconsciously created another parent-kid couple :)

And finally I crocheted the little white jellyfish, which is also a free pattern from Ana Paula Rimoli's blog. Meanwhile I fell in love with the Rimoli patterns, that's why I ordered a copy of her debut feature Amigurumi World: Seriously cute crochet. Unfortunately the delivering process took ages, that's why I could only crochet Ana's gorgeous free patterns...

These were my first experiences with the making of Amigurumi. But since it's already April I have a whole lot more creations (mainly adaptions from Ana's patterns but also some creations that I made). Have nice midweek day! n_n