Magenta Moo - The Blog

I've decided to split this personal/general crafty blog and my Etsy blogging, so I've created http://magentamoo.blogspot.ca/ . stop by and visit for updates on the shop!

I have a confession to make...

When it comes to Ravelry, I am terribly hypocritical! I easily spend hours each week browsing patterns. When I find one that catches my eye, I start looking through how other people have done the same project. I hate when people don't upload pictures of what they did! Yet I never do that myself. So, I'm confessing this to you so I can change that! My Crafter's Resolution this year is to keep my Ravelry Project Page updated!

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Rupee Storage

Just a quick look at a recently finished coin bag for my Husband. He requested a Rupee bag from Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword so I had a little making-up-on-the-go to do! I love how you can do that with crochet. It's a great medium for being inventive!

At least they aren't getting drooled on...

For Christmas I made this business card holder for a relative who boards dogs for a living. She had been complaining about any card-holding methods she had, so I decided to take a creative spin on a card holder! This was a quick project that in making gave me tons of ideas for future projects of this nature. Construction of a more animal-like project is more fickle than a garment, in that the expressions of the animal matter! The placement of the eyes took the longest because it was hard to give him the right face. As I've learned, the eyes can make or break a project with a face. This guy turned out pretty cute!

A House Hippo To Love

Here's a little Canadiana for you - Have you heard of the House Hippo? Have a video: it's short, you'll love it!

Recently it was a Canadian friend's birthday, and like any Canadian around our age he always loved and wished he had a House Hippo. Being American myself I missed out on this phenomenon. However, even seeing this as an adult I still want one. So I set out to make one.

Hippo-colored yarn is hard to come by, so I went with a more eccentric hippo. I have requests to make more for friends - I don't blame them, he's adorable!

Some projects are nerdy, some are beautiful.

I'm trying to go on a yarn-diet so Shane stops getting mad at the fact that I take up an entire dresser and then some for nothing but yarn. Which leads me to my stash of Fun Fur. During my latest Ravelry-Pattern-Cruising fest I came across  this adorable pattern for that eats up the stuff.  In celebration of finishing my latest big project, I decided to whip up one of these cuties as a cat toy. My Aunt-In-Law grows catnip on her property so the buds in this Hedgie are super-fresh and potent.

Hooray, it passes muster! Vixen is currently laying all curled up with it. 

And this is the project I am celebrating finishing: 

Completed, but not blocked yet

Close up shot of pre-blocking

My very first shawl! I on a whim decided to start this gorgeous shawl with my fancy Malabrigo yarn. I can honestly say I have fallen to the dark-side...shawls are very addicting to make. This is the most fun I've had crocheting in a long time. I am already deciding on my next one. 

As you see I did one nerdy thing to balance out the beautiful thing I made. What an odd day!

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