BearBuns Studio

Back For Good!

2009-05-28T03:07:00.001-07:00

I finally got my new Velociraptor hard drive so I'm good to go!

During my absence, I managed to make a Toyota Yaris (per request), and a little dog that I caught a glimpse of from a Ravelry avatar. I have no idea to whom it belongs right now. It wasn't important at the time, so I didn't make an effort to memorize the person's screen name. I wish I could show it to them, though, so they can see that they were an inspiration.

My brother's garden is growing well (for it being his first garden), and the strawberries plants that I put in his garden are coming along nicely. They are certainly not as gigantic as the ones in the plastic supermarket boxes, but strawberries aren't supposed to be square. You know what I'm talking about.

Computer troubles and Unique L.A.

2009-05-02T23:38:00.000-07:00

Argh. I haven't been able to get my computer to start up in a couple of days now. I think it's a hard-drive issue. As usual, I did not back up anything, so all is probably forever lost. That's OK though because I didn't really have anything significant on my computer. It's just a pain to re-install everything I need again.

In other news, I went to Unique L.A. today at the California Market Center. It was on the 13th floor. Ha. I guess it was a little disappointing for me because I expected more crafts than clothing and jewelry. I'm not really a stylish person and I don't wear jewelry. My ears aren't even pierced!

I did manage to spend a few bucks on a few things that I thought were worth my money. My first purchase was a $20 TMNT t-shirt from totallyawesomeclothing.com's booth. The design was of Shredder pointing in an Uncle Sam-esque style saying he wants you to join the Foot Clan. I bought it for my boyfriend and he likes it!

My second purchase was also second purchase from Serah's. The first time I bought her soap was at the Silver Lake Arts, Crafts & Vintage Saturday market. I got the small Strawberries & Cream Cupcake soap. This time around, I decided to be bolder and went ahead and purchased the 'Neapolitan' soap in the larger size.

My third and final purchase was from P.O.P. I bought the assorted variety pack mainly for my boyfriend (again) because he's been looking for something like this for the longest time, but failed to find anything really up to his standards. Well, he really liked P.O.P's butter crunch treats!

Overall, I feel that the higher price is worth it for some handcrafted items. I actually appreciate the people who try, and I felt that the shoppers appreciated it too. As a patron of craft shows, I want to say a few words:

1. Just because I am wearing brand-name clothing doesn't mean I don't appreciate independent sellers. I say this because I visited a few clothing booths and was looked up and down probably due to my Aeropostale outfit. I walked away without spending money.

2. TALK to me. Say hi and then introduce your item. If you stay silent, I feel awkward and it makes me not want to pursue with the transaction. I might be interested in your item, but if you're just going to stare at me, then I probably will take my money somewhere else.

3. Have a nice display. Your display speaks more than you could ever say. I saw a booth with zero signs and just products on a display table. I'm not sure if they were trying to be 'eco,' but I did not visit that booth because it wasn't inviting or exciting. There wasn't anything to talk about. I felt that if I went by, I would have been obligated to buy, like a strictly business place. Shows are meant to be fun and a place to socialize. I can't talk about your product if you don't give me anything to talk about.

4. Don't just shove flyers in my face (young people!!). Talk about it.

5. And last but not least, no matter how tired/disgusted/confused, etc. you are, please don't express it in your face. It puts the money back in my wallet if you don't look like you are pleased with your products and ready to sell because I don't want to bother you anymore than you already are bothered.

I just feel like I was REALLY looking to spend at least $100 today, but I ended up spending $39 (not including the $5 entrance fee!).

I really want to go to MAKER FAIRE but that is in San Mateo (I think that's like close to San Francisco?). So it's either spending $200-ish on a new hard-drive or $200-ish on round-trip ticket to San Francisco.

In any case, I am looking forward to going to the Renegade Craft Fair, which is in July. Seems like I haven't found anything to do in June. Anyone know any more craft, less clothes fair in or near Los Angeles?

I will update as I can until my new hard-drive arrives!

Yoshi!

2009-04-27T18:52:00.000-07:00

Recently, I showed my friend Mario some of my amigurumis. He requested an old school Yoshi doll based on this picture:

This is what I was able to come up for him. It will be sent out tomorrow:

Happy Easter!

2009-04-12T18:03:00.000-07:00

My boyfriend and I dyed some eggs earlier this week:

I also made this bunny/lobster amigurumi for a Ravelry group challenge:

Hope everyone had a great Easter!

Towel Tuesday.

2009-04-07T18:37:00.000-07:00

Well, here it is, folks! My first crocheted 9 in. by 9 in. dishcloth:

It is made with Lily Sugar n' Cream 100% cotton yarn in Hot Green and Lime. Makes it look a little moldy, if you think about it. I borrowed from many simple dishcloth patterns I saw, which is the one where you make your chain row, sc 1 in the 2nd sc from the hook, ch 1, skip 1 sc, sc 1, repeat til the end of row and do it all over again in the next row.

Now, I chained 50. I don't know if I was doing it wrong or what, but I found the sc's that I was supposed to do my 1 sc in pretty hard to get the hook through. Anyway, I probably won't do this pattern again. Haha!

For the stripe, I just did a few rows of single crochets until it was wide enough to my satisfaction.

To prevent the color from bleeding, I soaked my dishcloth in salt + water for half an hour, rinsed, and vinegar + water for another half an hour as recommended by Lily's website.

Overall, I would love to do another dishcloth/towel project. I just need to find a use for this one first, since I have a dishwasher! Also, I love cotton yarn, even if it's a little rough to work with.

Snoopy Crochet Pattern, Part 3.

2009-04-06T14:41:00.001-07:00

Happy Monday, everybody!

This is the final part of the snoopy crochet pattern. I hope you have found the patterns to be easy to follow so far.

Let's get started:

Arms (Make 2)
With white yarn,
Sc 6 in a magic ring.
R1: 2 sc in each sc.
R2: *Sc 5, 2 sc in next sc*, twice.
R3: *Sc 6, 2 sc in next sc*, twice.
R4 - R5: 1 sc in each sc around.
R6: *Sc 6, sc2tog*, twice.
R7 - R8: 1 sc in each sc around.
R9: *Sc 5, sc2tog*, twice.
R10: Sc 1 in each sc around.
R11: *Sc 4, sc2tog*, twice.
R12: Sc 1 in each sc around.
Finish off, leaving a long tail to sew.
Stuff and sew onto body. Make sure you sew the arm close as you sew them onto the body! I attached the head to the body first, and then I sewed the arms 1 row under where his "neck" is. This is so that I would have room for his collar!

Legs (Make 2)
With white yarn,
8 sc in a magic ring.
R1: 2 sc in each sc.
R2: *Sc 7, 3 sc in next sc*, twice
R3: 1 sc in each sc.
R4: *Sc 9, 3 sc in next sc*, twice
R5: In back loops only: sc 1 in each sc around.
R6 - R7: 1 sc in each sc around.
R8: In back loops only: sc 6, dc 6, sc 6, hdc 6.
R9: *Sc 2, sc2tog*, repeat around.
R10: In front loops only: *Sc 1, sc2tog*, repeat around.
R11 - R13: Sc 1 in each sc around.
Finish off, leaving a tail to sew onto body.
Stuff, sew onto body. I sewed his legs more towards the front of his body than the sides.

Collar
With red yarn,
Chain as many chains as you need that will ensure a snug collar on Snoopy's neck. I had 18 chains. Once you have enough chains, finish off and leave a tail for you to be able to tie the collar onto Snoopy. Join the two ends of the collar on Snoopy's neck with whatever method you wish and cut off any extra unsightly tail.

Back dot (I never knew Snoopy had a black dot on his back until I was looking at some pictures of him before I began my project! This is optional.)
With black yarn,
Sc 6 into a magic ring.
R1: 2 sc in each sc.
R2: *Sc 5, 3 sc in next sc*, twice.
Sl st to join. Fasten off. Sew onto the middle of Snoopy's back!

Now that you have your Snoopy, I would like to ask you to please, please, please do not sell this pattern. You can make as many Snoopys as you want and give them to people. Heck, you can even sell the dolls if you want (referring back to me would be appreciated!). But the pattern is my first pattern-child and I wanted to give it away for free, so please don't try to profit from it. With that said, you can share this pattern with as many people as you want. I know there are many Snoopy lovers out there!

Snoopy Crochet Pattern, Part 2.

2009-04-02T16:15:00.000-07:00

So here are some pictures of my interpretation of Snoopy's mouth (pics are clickable):

As you can see, the corner of his mouth lines up with the edge of his eyes.

It's like an upside down bird in flight!

Here is a diagram of how I sewed the mouth on, where "^" represents where I pulled the needle up, and "v" is where I pushed it down. The numbers represent the order that I sewed the mouth. There are 4 places that my needle actually went through; those are: The 2 corners of the mouth, and 2 middle sections (where the straight line starts and ends). I'm not well versed in sewing, so this is my own little ghetto way of doing it. Hehe! Oh, to shape the mouth, I just sewed the yarn down with by inserting the needle through the bottom of closest hole, go up and around, and down through the same hole.

Of course, you can always find your own way of sewing on his mouth.

Phew. Moving on!

Ears (make 2)
With black yarn,
Sc 8 in a magic ring.
R1: 2 sc in each sc.
R2: *Sc 7, 2 sc in next sc*, twice.
R3: *Sc 8, 2 sc in next sc*, twice.
R4: *Sc 9, 2 sc in next sc*, twice.
R5: *Sc 10, 2 sc in next sc*, twice.
R6: *Sc 10, sc2tog*, twice.
R7: *Sc 9, sc2tog*, twice.
R8: *Sc 8, sc2tog*, twice.
R9: *Sc 7, sc2tog*, twice.
R10: *Sc 6, sc2tog*, twice.
R11: *Sc 5, sc2tog*, twice.
R12: Sc 1 in each sc around.
R13: Sc 1 in each sc around.
Sl st to join with next sc and finish off, leaving a long tail to sew.

Ears should be flat. You do not need to stuff them. I sewed it 3 rows above the eyebrows.

Body
With white yarn,
Sc 8 in a magic ring.
R1: 2 sc in each sc.
R2: *Sc 1, 2 sc in next sc*, repeat around.
R3: *Sc 2, 2 sc in next sc*, repeat around.
R4: *Sc 3, 2 sc in next sc*, repeat around.
R5: *Sc 4, 2 sc in next sc*, repeat around.
R6 - R7: Sc 1 in each sc around.
R8: *Sc 4, sc2tog*, repeat around.
R9: Sc 1 in each sc around.
R10: *Sc 3, sc2tog*, repeat around.
R11 - R14: Sc 1 in each sc around.
R15: *Sc 2, sc2tog*, repeat around
R16 - R17: Sc 1 in each sc around.
R18: *Sc 1, sc2tog*, repeat around.
Stuff!
R19: *Sc2tog around*
Finish off.

I will post arms and legs a little later!

Snoopy Crochet Pattern, Part 1.

2009-03-31T12:43:00.000-07:00

Ever since I made a crocheted Snoopy doll, many have asked me for the pattern. I have decided to give it away for free. I would like to say that I am a new crocheter and pattern writer, and therefore, the following may contain mistakes. If you see one, please comment below and let me know and I will fix it as soon as possible. Thank you!

Materials:
- White yarn. (I think 1 skein of Red Heart Super Saver Solids should be enough.)
- Black yarn. (I used Red Heart again.)
- Red yarn. (Also Red Heart!)
- Size H crochet hook.
- Big yarn needle.

Note: This pattern is done in rounds. Do not join. Mark the first stitch of every row. Crochet in both loops, unless otherwise stated.

Pattern:

Nose
Using black yarn,
Sc 5 in a magic ring (or ch 2, 5 sc in second ch from hook).
R1: 2 sc in each sc around.
R2: 1 sc in each sc.
Finish off and leave a long tail to sew on.

Head (working from nose to back of the head)
Using white yarn,
Sc 8 in a magic ring (or ch 2, 8 sc in second ch from hook).
R1: 2 sc in each sc around
R2: *Sc 1, 2 sc in next sc*, repeat around
R3 - R11: 1 sc in each sc around.
R12: In the front loops only: *Sc 1 in next 3 sc, sc 2 in next sc*, repeat around.
R13: *Sc 1 in next 4 sc, 2 sc in next sc*, repeat around.
R14: 1 sc in each sc around.
R15: 1 dc in each of the next 12 sc, then 1 sc in each sc until the end of the row.
R16: *dc 4, dc2tog*, repeat 3 times.
R17: *Sc 4, sc2tog*, repeat around.
R18 - R20: Sc 1 in each sc around.
R21: *Sc 3, sc2tog*, repeat around.

Note: At this point, you might want to attach your nose. I prefer to work with an "open" head, so that I can hide all my knots, etc. The instructions for facial features are under the head section.

R22: Sc 1 in each sc around.
R23: *Sc 2, sc2tog*, repeat around.
R24: *Sc 1, sc2tog*, repeat around.
R25: Sc2tog around.
R26: Sc2tog around.
Finish off.

Facial features

Eyes
Using black yarn,
I sewed the eyes on right where crochet is in the front loops only. I just "eyed" the locations of the eyes by looking at reference pictures of Snoopy.
Here are my personal specifications (sorry for not using technical terms):
The eyes are 5 "holes" apart from each other.
The eyes are 3 holes long, which means I put the yarn in hole 1, skip a hole, and it comes out of hole 3.

Eyebrows
Using black yarn,
The eyebrows are 2 holes long.
The outside of the eyebrows should vertically match the outside of the eyes
The eyebrows are 2 rows above the eyes.

Nose
Using the nose that you previously crocheted, position it directly center of the face, which is where you first started crocheting, and sew it on with the tail you left on the nose!

Mouth
This is the hardest part of the whole Snoopy. I don't even know where to begin! It would be easier if you have completed the whole face before attempting the mouth.

In the next post, I will show you pictures of my Snoopy's mouth shape, because a picture is much easier than words. I will also post the rest of Snoopy's pattern. Stay tuned!