Challenge- The Hobbit Company

I'm giving myself a challenge, and hopefully putting this here would prompt people to supervise me and see that I get it done. I want to make the Hobbit characters- everyone in the company and one evil dragon- before the end of this year. 

Yep.

That's one dragon down, a hobbit, 13 dwarves, and a wizard to go. 

Okay... I'm starting to feel queasy after putting the photo up. That's a lot of dwarves! 

I'm starting with our dear burglar. 

This is the reference pic so far. There was a inner battle between this version and Bilbo with his suspenders, but I decided on the perfectly respectable version XD 

He's the most colorful of the lot, isn't he? After him I guess I'll be dealing with loads of grays and browns XD

Providing that I finish, of course. 

So if anyone out there is reading this and would like to see the whole cast completed, I'd love a word of encouragement (or scolding, if I'm slacking off).

I'd love to take them all to the next Hobbit movie with me =)

Hatsune Miku's Leek

    This week's Friday night horror movie project~ That means I watch a horror film with my roommate while crocheting so that by the end of the movie I barely remember the characters' names and can only vaguely recall the plot.

     

     Come to think of it, I've gone through seasons of TV shows never really getting the plot... XD

     Anyway, this week's project is Miku's leek. Of course anyone even remotely familiar with Vocaloid will know Miku's Ievan Polkka, the video in which she waves a leek back and forth.

As it happens, the leek I made turned out to be as tall as my Miku amigurumi, since I wanted to be able to swish it around (in case I ever cosplayed as Miku XD) Here it is: 

I watched the video again and again while waving the leek until I realized that I look utterly stupid (which I should have realized halfway through the first time, not until my arm felt sore XDD)

Lord of The Rings Inspired Dwarven Beard Helmet

    My friend Glen, who is a huge LOTR fan, sent me a photo of a crocheted bearded helmet, and he was so excited about it that I promised to make him one, as long as a.) he pays for the materials, and b.) he wears it to the next Hobbit movie.
   
    So I went crazy on the next yarn-shopping spree and started sketching out the design I want. I based the helmet off of Gimli's helmet from the LOTR movies, as most of the reference photos I found for helmets seem to be his.

Here's what I have for the helmet part. (Forgive the awful quality of the photo and the state of my face XD)

The beard consisted of a base, with clumps of yarn hooked onto it. Here's my dear roommate Esther in the half-completed beard.

I finished it this afternoon and gave it to Glen right away. Here he is modeling the completed project. It's almost summer and we have sweltering hot weather, but he just won't take it off XDDD

The materials are all set now for Bilbo, so I'm probably gonna make him next. Let's see how many dwarfs I can finish before the next movie comes out!

Amigurumi Puppy with Fun Fur

Too busy for updates, but this was actually finished a month ago. I was shopping at a craft shop near my school and found this Japanese fun fur...-ish yarn. I loved the feel of it so much that it magically went into my shopping cart.

I decided to make myself a furry little critter. In this case, a puppy.

Here's the head sitting on top of the rest of the yarn. It looks like a fluffy snow man XDD

I don't know if it's the best way or not, but I used a smaller hook, and brushed the hair out with a fine-toothed comb every now and then. It worked pretty well for me. 

Here's what the completed puppy looks like:

And there he is, finished! I love how nice and fluffy he is!!! 

Mehndi- Henna Tattoos

It's Artisan's Week here at NTNU! The Art Department is doing henna tattoos (the process is more accurately called Mehndi) and just had to give it a try.

The whole process is very simple, henna paste is applied, then peeled off after it dries. It'll last for about two weeks~

So lovely~ It took about 20 minutes to do, and it was certainly worth the wait!

Here's me and the super nice art major that did the Mehndi for me.

Here's a before and after shot. It's a orange-ish brown at the moment (it's darkened somewhat since the photo was taken), and it's supposed to keep changing shades of brown before it fades.

Apparently this is a tradition brides in India. The bride wouldn't start doing household chores until after the design fades. So I'm vehemently refusing to take out the trash for two weeks! *Roommates send death-glares*