Back in the Swing of it...

Well I guess taking a break was longer then I planned. I havent been having the brusing issue anymore with my thumb, but then Tabby moved and with work and that I just started to realize I hadnt made anything for June. I was going to make just 5 little bathing sets, but then it turned into ten XD.

So thats the new pattern that Ill have listed at the end of this month, a couple will fit the slimmer dolls like Azone and Unoa, the other size fits all of the FR's & barbie.

Update: Whats been going on...

 Lots of stuff has been going on, which has thrown my schedule all off this month. I had been working on making myself a blanket, since I never have. I call it Dragon Scales because of how the squares are going to lay together. So Im working on that. Its also getting to be warmer, so I might at least get as many squares done but put it away so I can have it for later in the year.

My poor kitty Jack has always kinda had bladder problems. I had to take him in again and talked with the vet who told me they wanted me to feed him wet Royal Canin. I took a case home and for three days tried to get him to eat it. I put him alone in the bathroom, put water in it like i do but he wouldnt touch it. I tried to put cat nip in it as well but when I went back in there he had gotten in the sink where the nip was and it was all over the bathroom. Salem ran in and instantly started eating the food. So they let me bring it back and told me there was large bag of dry food they could sell me for $60. I really was upset about this because I wanted to change their food (this is a prescription kind) especially since I have 3 boys. My work has stopped selling Royal Canin, but I ended up being able to buy about six months worth of food for my kitties.

In my Dollfie Dream news, I totally ended up missing out on the lottery for Ranko which always seems to be my luck. I really had been watching everything but still ended up missing it. I know too there was no guarantee I was going to win her, but it was more the thought of not having a chance. I was upset because I figured I was going to have to spend alot of money to get her. I checked a few sites, and ended up finding a nude girl on Rinkya. It was a perfect price, I didnt want the white outfit and I can just find her grey wig and black outfit later. So Im just waiting for her to arrive at the warehouse to be sent to me! :3

I did get Niima's Head & Default eyes. I really love her face/shape so much. I think this girl will be my Mori style girl. Right now she and Saber are sharing a body until I get her one of her own.

Here are also some of the other girls that arrived this month. Touch of Frost Eugenia and the new Ruruko.

Weekly update: not much going on..

This week has been a little slow. I did a lot of purging things that I just never use or have just decided that I dont want anymore, so I was cleaning out my house basically. So thats all set and taken care of.

Now that its going back into May, Ill be going back into my knitting again. So look forward to this months pattern that I come up with.

They have the two new Dollfie dreams for the next dolpa I believe? I dont know its another volks event. They released Rin and Ranko. I had preordered Rankos figma because I just loved her design so much, and now to see it in a big doll makes me really happy. So once they have a lottery Ill be entering for her. She does remind me a lot of Melty, so it will help that I missed out on that girl. They both come with their stage outfit. Their regular dress outfits will be seperate.

Rin Shibuya

Ranko Kanzaki

Mondays Update: Taking a break..

Oh Michigan, how I love your strange freakish weather....we had some nice warm days and then all of a sudden lets have snow again! ~grumble~

With a lot of stuff going on this month like Easter and just other things I have coming up this month, Im going to just be taking a break from knitting this month. I somehow also hurt my thumb. It swelled up and was painful, and then it turned black and blue so I thought I busted a blood vessel or something. Its still bothering me a little, so if anything Ill go see someone about it, but thats sort of why Im also taking a break and figuring out what this problem is before I pick up with another pattern.

May I think will be a skirt pattern. Ive been wanting to make one for a while. So look forward to seeing what I will come up with.

March's Collection - Cable Wrap

I had wanted to get these up a little sooner, but here we go. I have listed these on my etsy shop. I have 2 for Dollfie Dreams, I just need to take some pictures outside with them. I really liked how these came out. Theres 4 of them that are made to fit the slimmer dolls. I was going to sew the back up, but I decided that I liked them how they were. You just slide it on, twist and slip over the head.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/KnittyandPurrrl

Weekly Craft Update: Knitty & Purrrl

Ive been busy with preparing for the upcoming open house this next Monday. So I have been a busy bee at making as many wraps as I can before the months over. Im making about 3/4 that are going to fit the slimmer dolls; Azone/Unoa Light/Obitsu. 7 or so for the regular FRish size, and Im going to try and work in at least 2 for the Dollfie Dreams. So Im hoping to have maybe 15 total done. I also feel like Im really limited in colors because i have to use a thinner yarn, but then I raided my gramas horde....came home with 3 bags XD

So look forward to seeing new stuff at my shop the end of this month/beginning of April.

Knitty & Purrl: February Works

So after making a better plan about how i was going to be doing things, ended up going out the window as its that time of year again...and I got slammed with work. We have a open house in two weeks, went through a buyout, so I wasnt even sure if I was going to have a job. We now work for Phillips, and are going to be one of the hubs basically because they like what we do and how we run. So well see what happens as the year goes. I did make it clear to my boss that if I work overtime I was bringing in my Mina. Shes such a good girl and keeps me company when I needed it most. :3

So with all that out of the way (now its the little stuff of making copies/packets/mailing stuff and the usual routine I have as well) I will say that I was a good kitty and even though it was delayed, I got done a good amount of sweaters for this month.

You can check these out here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/KnittyandPurrrl

February's Pattern: Raglan Turtleneck Sweaters

A big thank you as well to Heather for taking all these pictures for me as well as promoting them on both her blogs. I really appreciate it. They are The Traveling Twig and The Majokko Shop. Heres a couple pictures of what I listed and we tried these all one the different body types. Tabby actually loved the pink one so much that she stole it for her Cora (Obitsu) and I had to make another :3 but I dont mind.

Knitty & Purrrl: Monday's Update...

Ive been sitting down with Heather and Tabby and sort of looking at how I want to refocus in a way what this blog has become. Just moreso things like changing my etsy store name, working up some new artwork for it..things like that. So mondays will become my craft update posts.

1) Changing estys name from Diamond Lixalicious to "Knitty&Purrrl". The reason was DL was basically the name of my store when I made jewelry which right now has not been my focus at all. Its a lot easier for me to just knit up something on the fly, play with patterns, then it is making jewelry.

2) I have to decide a day that will become my photostory day, but those will come soon, maybe a Wednesday/Thursday.

3) Take more pictures. I am working on taking one picture a day on instragram, and then setting the weekend to take pictures with my actual camera and models and such. I finally bought myself a tripod, so I just need to get the lighting set up better, but well see how it goes :3

4) and finally for now, Im going to change how I sell things on my etsy. During the month Ill make a certain number of one pattern (but different colors/yarns). Then at the end of the month Ill end up listing the finished pieces on my etsy, instead of offering custom orders. Ill still be opened to custom ones, its just not going to be the focus in my store. So dont be afraid to send me a message if you see something you like and make a request.

So now for the Monday update!

Februarys project: Raglan sleeve turtle neck sweaters 1/10

Personal project: Dollfie Dream high waist skirt

WIP: Knitting...

So Deb at BlinkydollsBoutique and I had been talking and she really loved my knitting and wanted to know if I could make her a sweater for her Poppy. I might tweek this pattern a little. I like the joining of the top shoulder so theres no seem, but havent decided if I like how I made it all one piece, or if i want to sew up the sides, so Im making another test sweater as well for one of my CI girls. Im really happy how it turned out and just happened to pick a color that was perfect for Deb's girl :3 I just need to make this a belt :3

WIP: Knitting & more...

Just been really busy with working on things. 

Rerooting my Raili (shes gonna get her eyes redone colorwise) - I got most of it done but I had to order some more hair. She needs a bang line/part line still and I ran out. So far I am really loving this color on her. Next on my list is my poor Future Bound Luchia.

I am also in love with my little Koron & all the 1/12 scale girls. I have Chiika & Lein coming. I just need Aika. I think its because in these little guys they put actual ball joints. Even in the updated larger neemo bodies they didnt do this. I would have loved them a million times over if they had.

 Heres a little sweater I knitted for her.

Etsy: New Addition...

I went ahead and added the raglan sweater I had on my Mariko.

You can see the listing here.

Im going to work on making a sweater in each of the colors I have and when I get others of those as well so that you can see how it looks when its finished color wise. This one is Rhinestone Pink (Hot Pink). I added a inch to the arms to make it cover the hand joint more.

Arrival: DDS Mariko (SWS) ...

I ended up having a little break this week since I got everything done ahead of schedule for me at least so I was able to be home when this girl arrived. Meet Mariko (Student Version).

Seriously I love this girl so much, even my grama was complimenting how cute she is (she loved Nanami too). Her wig/eyes are the defaults. Its really all Heathers fault XD every time she brought over her Mariko and was trying different wigs on her and such I just fell more and more in love with her. I really am thankful they re-released her. She is in the semi white skin color which I really do love and my Lucy is the same skin color as her, Nanami and Saber are normal skin.

I dont like her student outfit. I never really have been big into the schoolgirl look to the Dollfie Dreams, so I decided Im just going to sell that. I wasnt sure about keeping her bag or not through. I think Im just going to let it go with that as well.

Shes modeling a sweater I made for her (I need to make the body a little longer as I just like that style myself) but this was kinda a test sweater, but I love that yarn alot so Ill probably grab another ball of it. Ill probably make another one to test on Heathers Mariko since she has the larger bust to see how much thats going to make the sweater pull up XD and how much room I need to give it in the bust hahaha. I put the Moe (ver 2) outfit on her and she looks so cute in it.

So now I have Mariko, Saber, Lucy and Nanami. I have the Azone Utena in December, but she is kinda in a league of her own.

WIP: Knitting...

Well its that time of year again where I have the Fall Blitz catalog to create, so I am going to be swamped again for a couple weeks ;___; first they were going to do it, then decided not to and gave me a flyer plan, then came back to it, and was going to make a catalog for those at the Backer show, and then turned around and decided to make the Fall Blitz again >_> seriously...

Anyways I seem to be in a knitting mood right now. I just have been working on a few things, trying some new patterns and such.

Two new patterns - I need to block these

Chunky Braid Scarf. This fits a FR & FR16. Its different then the Rapunzel pattern where you actually braid it, this is a cable pattern to mimic a braid. I like the look of them both.

Also here is a few pictures. I added these to my etsy as I am trying to take better pictures of the things I make for it, but I know I need to get some better bulbs for my lights.

 

WIP: Knitting/Commission...

I decided to try a skirt for one of my dollfie dreams. I knitted up the band and then turned it into a skirt. I think it would be a little longer and Im thinking about evenutally making a snap/button in the back, since dollfie dreams have such a tiny waist. I have to think about it some, plus a lot is trial and error at times and for me to see how it looks.

I really like this color, and I laid the dress down over it, and they look really good together. I just need to block things so that the dress stops rolling up and to just stretch it out a little. Other then that I like it. I showed my dad and he said it was very see thru. I laughed and said that was the point XD

 Current WIP commission:

Mai Kawasumi (Kanon)

Knitting: Bandana...

I still have to tweak this a little, but for a prototype, it will work out fine. I thought maybe to change my scale, but but I like how it turned out. I might choose something a little more decorative to do the edge with. I did a K2, 4 st cable, so I might increase this next time. Well see :3

WIP: Veritys Baby Blanket...

Baby Blanket for Tabby's little girl Verity - Im making nine squares (3 white/3 purple/3 pink) and I have one to go. Then her MIL is going to help put it together and add a boarder, since I cant crochet