Tabi's Creating Adventures: October 2014

Adventures in Amigurumi

The craze has finally come to Tabi's Creating Adventures!! My first Amigurumi is a little lion! Based on the first picture, I think our kitty does not like the Amigurumi kitty. But that's okay, because she doesn't have to, I like it enough for both of us! Needless to say I don't have to worry about the little lion becoming Skipper's play toy.

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Tabi

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Adventures in Charity Pieces

I don't know about you, but I personally want to help as many people as I can. Since I have been given quite a bit of yarn over the years I have come up with the idea to use some of that yarn for what I like to call "charity pieces." Basically, I work up a product from yarn which has been donated and sell it for what I normally would sell it, but instead of putting the approximate material costs back into the business, I take that extra little bit and donate it to a local charity-type cause. Partially it depends on where the sale is made as to which charity-type cause I donate to. If I am in the Everett area in Washington, then I would donate to the Evergreen Home for Teen Mothers, but if I'm in the Bremerton area in Washington then I'll donate to Coffee Oasis which helps to minister to homeless teens. You get the idea.

This hat here is my first charity piece. Many plans are in the works for other charity piece hats, scarves, fingerless mitts, bags and purses, and other items. I look forward to telling more people about this soon! Don't forget to visit my Etsy store (website below)!

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Tabi

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Adventures in Cup Cozies - Fall 2014

I've been experimenting with some applique motifs for cup cozies for my upcoming classes at Craft Mart. For ever motif I create at least two variations, at least one for knit and at least one for crochet... depending on how much I like the subtle differences there may be more than a few for either. Look at the pumpkins in the first picture for an example, they're all crochet. In fact, the only knit cup cozy currently pictured is the last pumpkin, at the very bottom (Fall Cup Cozy 6). As for the majority of the motifs, I have found quite a selection from Ravelry.com (to which I will give credit for the patterns as I share them). Motifs are certainly fun to work!