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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Tiny Owls!

It's WIP Wednesday!

What am I working on?

This week my main focus is to work on finishing the tiny owls I started back in December.
I have 23- pairs of feet, beaks, heads, and bodies. Now I'm working on the wings and ears. I have 8 pairs of ears and wings finished and 15 to go.


Pattern: Tiny Owls 
Yarn Used: Hobby Lobby I Love This Yarn in too many colors to mention!

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

How to Chain

Tutorial Tuesday: How to Chain

Here is my video tutorial on how to do it!


Need help finishing your amigurmi?
Let me know and I can make a tutorial for you!

Click on the Contact Tab above and send me a message!

Keep in mind that tutorials are made to help make my patterns. These tutorials can be helpful to make patterns from other designers but if you are having a problem with a specific pattern its always best to contact that designer for help. They will be able to instruct you better on creating their designs that I would be able to. 
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Friday, May 16, 2014

African Flower Pot Holders

FO Friday

I have three pot holders to share today!


I really enjoyed making these. I'm planning on making more in different color combinations. 

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Pot Holders, Rattles, & Puzzle Balls

It's WIP Wednesday!

What am I working on?

Last week I shared the pot holder I was making. This weekend I wanted to try different color combinations so I started two more. 
This one above is probably my favorite so far. The colors work really well together.

Yarn Used: Hobby Lobby I Love This Yarn in Mulberry, Apple Green, & Buttercup

This next one reminds of Easter or Spring.

Yarn Used: Hobby Lobby I Love This Yarn in Pistache, Pink, & Amythest

On Friday I shared two bug rattles I made in April. I started another one in pink and green. These are really quick to finish but I always end up working on multiple projects at a time so its not finished yet. 

Pattern: Bug Rattles
Yarn Used: KnitPicks Shine in Blush and Green Apple

Lastly, I finished all the wedges for two more puzzle balls.

Yarn Used: Hobby Lobby I Love This Yarn in Soft Pink and Light Grey

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

How to Single Crochet

Tutorial Tuesday: Single Crochet

When making amigurumi, single crochet is the stitch you will be using the most. 
Here is my video tutorial on how to do it!


Need help finishing your amigurmi?
Let me know and I can make a tutorial for you!

Click on the Contact Tab above and send me a message!

Keep in mind that tutorials are made to help make my patterns. These tutorials can be helpful to make patterns from other designers but if you are having a problem with a specific pattern its always best to contact that designer for help. They will be able to instruct you better on creating their designs that I would be able to. 
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Sunday, May 11, 2014

Shop Sundays 5.2

Three elephants available in my etsy shop!



$36 each +  $6.95 shipping

~~~READY TO SHIP~~~

::: COLORS :::

Orange, Dark Purple, Light Purple
(I do my best to represent colors accurately, but they may vary slightly when viewed on different monitors)


::: MEASUREMENTS :::

Body: 8.5 inches high & 5.5 inches wide


::: MATERIALS :::

Made with 100% Acrylic
I used Plastic Safety Eyes. [Recommended for children 3 years and older]
Polyester Stuffing


::: DESIGNER :::

Adriana Aguirre- Adrialys Designs


::: SHIPPING :::

I only ship in the United States via USPS Priority Mail with tracking within 1-3 days of receiving payment. 

VISIT ADRIALYS ETSY SHOP

Friday, May 9, 2014

FO Friday 5.1

It's FO Firday and I have 3 months of FO's to share!

February & Ravellenics FO's

Back in February, when I was still blogging weekly, I was working on my Ravellenics Projects. I wanted to participate in as many of the categories as I could in the time given and I managed to finish 12. One was in the Wips Dancing and the other in the Aerial Unwind, so really I finished 10 new projects. I participated in 12 green categories and 12 purple ones. I really enjoyed it and plan to participate again in the future. 


In February I also finished my brother's scarf. He liked it and he will be able to wear it more this year in winter. 


March

I only finished 3 projects in March. I made a set of 6 coasters. 


I finished designing a bee that was released May 2nd and is part of our Spring CAL!

Bailey the Bee

I also designed a Raccoon that was released in April.

Riley the Raccoon

April

I had more time to crochet this month and finished up 7 projects!

I finished 2 caterpillar rattles,

a crocheted wrap bracelet,


2 puzzle balls,

 

designed a butterfly,

Bethany the Butterfly

and designed a snail. This was the first prototype before I changed the shell.


May (so far)

I finished the 2nd sample of my snail pattern. I changed the eyes and shell and I think it looks way cuter. Plus the shell is way easier to make now.

Sheldon the Snail

I didn't get a chance to finish the two projects I shared on Wednesday. I'm hoping to have them done for next week.

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Announcements

Join our Spring CAL!

May 5th-June 20th

3 patterns to pick from

1 YR Anniversary & Sale!

Today is the 1 year anniversary of the release of my first pattern Emilia the Elephant!

To celebrate I'm having a sale today only on Ravelry.

Use coupon code: 1yrsale
Ends May 9th at Midnight (USA-EDT)


Wednesday, May 7, 2014

WIP Wednesday 5.1

Its the first Wednesday of the month and I am back for real this time. The past two months I didn't really get a chance to blog but now things are back to normal so I'm back to blogging. 

I started Tutorial Tuesdays yesterday. I've made a list of tutorials that would be helpful when making my patterns and I started recording videos last year. I'm still behind on recording them but I finally found the time to start again and I will be posting them on Tuesdays.

What am I working on?

I'm still working on making new items I can sell at the craft market I might be participating in. I'll find out if we got in in about a week so until then I am still working on things just in case. I've been wanting to make these pot holders for a while and I finally got around to making one. They work up super quick which is great. I still have one round left to finish.

I'm also working on another raccoon from my pattern Riley the Raccoon. The head is finished. I'm working on the body and only have the legs, arms and tail to finish. 

Lastly I started another elephant from my pattern Emilia the Elephant. I'm going to be releasing the new format version on Friday. It will be the 1 year anniversary of Adrialys Designs! 

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Understanding my Patterns: Symbols

Welcome to Tutorial Tuesdays!

Every crochet designer has their own style of writing patterns. 
Today I will talk you through understanding the symbols used in my patterns. 

I use three different symbols in my patterns: 
Square brackets [ ], 
Parenthesis ( ), &
Curly Brackets { }. 
On occasion I will use Asterisks * *.
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( ) : Stitch Count at the end of the row or round.

Example: 
Round 2: [Sc twice in next st, sc in next st]. Rep [3x]. (12)

After crocheting the entire round as instructed you will have a total of 12 stitches. 
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{ } : Number of times the same round or row is repeated.

Example: 
Round 2-16: Sc in each st. (12) {15}

This is added to patterns to make your life easier. By looking in the curly brackets you already know how many rounds are the same without counting. 
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[ ] : Instructions to repeat. 

Example: 
Round 2: [Sc twice in next st, sc in next st]. Rep [3x].

You will crochet instructions in square brackets then repeat 3 times. In the example you are crocheting the instructions a total of 4 times.

Example 2: 
Round 3: [Sc twice in next st, sc in next st]. Rep [2x]. Sc in next 12sts. Rep [2x]

In this example the square brackets are used three times in one round. You would crochet the instructions in brackets and repeat them 2 times, then continue crocheting as instructed. When told to repeat the instructions in brackets a second time you will repeat them again 2 times. Since the instructions are the same I don't feel the need to write them out a second time and it saves space.
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* *: Instructions to repeat. Used to avoid confusion on what instructions to repeat when square brackets have different instructions to repeat in the same round.

Example: 
Round 4: [Sc twice in next st, sc in next st]. Rep [2x]. *Sc in next 2sts, sc twice in next st*. Rep *2x*.

You would crochet instructions in square brackets first and repeat 2 times. Then you would crochet instructions in asterisks and repeat them 2 times. You will notice that instructions in asterisks are different then the ones in the brackets. 

Example 2: 
This example is a little more complicated but its actually something you will see in my Octavio the Octopus pattern so I want to make sure you know what to do.

Round 5: *[Sc2tog, sc in next 3sts] Rep [2x], sc2tog 3 times, Rep[4x], sc2tog, sc in next 12sts.* Rep *5x*.

In this example you have square brackets in 3 places and asterisks in two places. You will crochet the instructions as written until you get to the- sc in next 12 sts. The last part tells you to repeat everything found inside the asterisks 5 times. So you would basically be crocheting the instructions of the entire round a total of 6 times. 
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