I’M STILL HERE!!!  It’s been almost a year since I published my last post, or shared anything online.  All of a sudden I was swamped with local projects, local orders, and other life events, and my online plans for my blog, my site, and my Etsy store went up in smoke!  I’m not complaining though, life has been very, very good, and I’m so blessed to be able to do what I love, which is to create, create, CREATE!!!  So, I thought I’d share with you some photos of what I’ve been doing these last 12 months, and invite you to check out my flickr page for more photographic evidence that I did not fall off the face of the earth.  http://www.flickr.com/photos/cheewawamomma/

That being said, I must tell you all that I have lots of plans for 2013, and my biggest plan is to share more of my adventures in crochet and folk art with you!  The rest I’m keeping secret for now, but I will drop some hints over the next few weeks.

Take care, we’ll be in touch soon! xoxo

Annette

Guess what folks?  I’m still here!  I haven’t had an online presence at all since before Christmas, as my local customers have been keeping me hopping!  Still, anyone who reads this blog, you have been in my thoughts.  I thought I’d share a few pictures with you of what has been keeping me away from the computer.  More pics to follow, and a free pattern too, as soon as I type it up.  Right now it’s chicken scratch on paper! 

Was experiencing some wrist and hand pain as well just before the holidays, so I took a little crochet break, and made some jewelry as well.  Will show you what I’ve been working on in that department as well too. 

Finally, the last two pictures are of my Anne Boleyn amigurumi which I entered in our Wawa Winter Carnival Creative Art competition.  She took home a silver medal for me.  Yay!  The theme was “A Medieval Fantasy”, but my dark side took over and I decided to do a “Medieval Nightmare” instead.  The only Medieval Fantasy I could think of was either Lady Godiva, or indoor plumbing! 

Anyway, that’s all for today.  Going to update my webpage, my Facebook page, and hopefully my Etsy shop today.  Enjoy the photos, and have a great day!

I seriously love the show Pan Am!  If you haven’t seen it yet, you must, as it is one of the best shows on TV this season. I love the music, the clothes, the actors, everything!

As soon as I saw the hat, I knew I’d be creating one very soon.  I had to do it!  The first hat, shown above, is for a four year old, but I’ll be making one for myself as well.  I’m also going to try one in dark blue.  I bet it would look sharp!

Pattern will be available for child and adult size in my Etsy shop soon!  I’ll be sure to post pics of the dark blue, adult version as well. 

Enjoy!

Sheepy Amigurumi
A FREE pattern by Annette Morrison (cheewawamomma)
October 2011

This pattern is a bit more complicated than my usual patterns.  The combination of single crochets and treble crochets make the nubby texture of the sheep.  Basically, you are creating a ball, with the normal increases and decreases, but you are throwing in the trebles approximately every second or third stitch, depending on the row. Once you get the hang of it, it’s easy-peasy lemon-squeezy!

I used Red Heart Worsted Weight yarn, and a 3.5 hook.

tr-treble crochet
sc-single crochet
inc-increase
dec-decrease
FO-Finish off
sl st - slip stitch

In a magic ring:

1.  (2sc, 1 tr) twice (makes 6 stitches total in magic ring)
2.  (1sc, 1tr) in each stitch around. (12 stitches)
3.  (1sc, then (1tr, 1sc) in next stitch) around.  (18 stitches)
4.  (1sc, 1tr, then a sc inc) around. (24 stitches)
5.  (2sc, 1tr, then a sc inc) around. (30 stitches)
6.  (2sc, 1 tr) around. (30 stitches)
7.  (1sc, 1tr) around. (30 stitches)
8-9 Repeat row 6 and row 7. (30 stitches each row)
10. (1tr, 2sc, sc dec) around. (24 stitches)
11. (1sc, 1tr, dec) around. (18 stitches)

12. (1sc, dec around).  FO. (12 stitches)

STUFF!!!

With black, join with a sl st in the last sc on row 12.  Ch 1.

1-4.  Sc around. (12 stitches each row)
5.  Sc dec around.  FO. (6 stitches)

Stuff head and weave in ends.

Ears and Tail.  Make 3.

With white.
Chain 4.  Hdc in third chain from hook, sl st in last stitch. FO.

Legs

With Black.

On the underside of sheep, join with a sl st in one of the stitches where you think the leg should be.  The legs are crocheted directly to the sheep!

Chain 5, then FO.  Weave in end.
Repeat for the other 3 legs.


Sew on the Ears and tail.

Embroider eyes on.  Alternatively, you could use safety eyes, just insert them before you sew up the snout. 

Voila!  You have a little sheepy!  Make a flock!  Wouldn’t they be cute hanging on a Christmas tree?!  Enjoy, and feel free to make them and sell them at craft fairs, although I’d appreciate credit, and I’d also appreciate it if you didn’t sell them online.  Don’t be baaaa-d!  (Sorry for that, I’m in a mood!)

Oh my goodness!  If anyone is still reading this blog, please accept my apologies on my lack of posts!  Things have been crazy for cheewawamomma designs! 

First off, I had the White River Winnie the Pooh Festival in August, which was super-fun!  Then, I had the Wawa Fall Fair, and now I’m the featured artist for the next week at the Gitchee Goomee Gallery in beautiful Wawa, Ontario!  Add to that my long list of custom orders, my daughter going to school for the first time, family visits, and general life stuff! And what do you get?  A dead blog, a stressed out momma, and no listings in the Etsy shop!

So, to give you a taste of what I’ve been up to, I’ve included several pics of my folk art, which is at the gallery right now, and my booth at Winnie the Pooh Fest.  Later this week (it’s in PEN in my agenda book folks!), I will be posting the sheep pattern, and a few other pics of neat stuff.

Gotta run.  My daughter, who, BTW, won Student of the Month for Respect and Manners today, will be getting off the bus soon!  Oh, and if you have some moments to spare, and you want to check out some really neat jewelry, visit my Etsy shop!  Pics to be posted to the old gallery on the website as well this week.

TTFN!

Hello everybody!!!  What a weekend, what a week!  Wawa was rocked to it’s core on July 22 and 23rd, as it celebrated it’s first annual WAWAPALOOZA! Music Festival!!!  Featured were such talented acts as The Bustling Hedgerows, Jean-Yves Morin, The Sure Things, Hawksley Workman, Helix, and more!!!  Of course, the highlight for me was Hawksley, who is not only a brilliant performer, but also a super-nice guy.  He wished me a happy birthday, and I’ll never forget that million-dollar smile!  But I digress….

Here are some snaps of my booth and some jewelry that I made for Wawapalooza, and for my Etsy shop.  More pics can be seen at http://www.flickr.com/photos/cheewawamomma/. 

On another note, I’m super behind on just about everything, but I will be working like mad to catch up.  For example, I must type up that Sheepy pattern and post it right here, as promised!  And orders!  Must fill orders!  Ah, but I’m having fun, and I’ll get it all done as soon as I can. 

Next show is the Winnie The Pooh Fest in White River, August 19, 20, and 21st, 2011.  Following that, is the Fall Fair, and Artisan Tour in Wawa in September, then the Byhand in November.  Will post dates when I know them.  Hope you all are enjoying your summer!

Well, I didn’t even look to see when the last time I updated my blog was…it was too long!  Just wanted to post a few pics of SOME of the projects I’ve been working on.

Free pattern to come for Sheepy!

I’ve also been working on some funky, hippie jewelry designs for the Wawapalooza music festival!  Go here (http://edcwawa.ca/wawapalooza/) for more info.  I’ll be a vendor at the street fair, and everyone else who is awesome is going to be there too!

Canada Post is on strike, so I can’t send anything by mail at the moment.  BOO!!!  Hopefully next week they’ll be working again, so I can continue working.

Will post the pattern as soon as I can.  I want to test it again. :)

Stay awesome!

The Algoma News!  Here’s a cutie little article about some of my work that hit the paper today.  The Algoma News Review is the local newspaper for my little town of Wawa!  Thanks to Joan Brooks for thinking my story was article-worthy! 

Yay!  Thanks so much!  And please do share your own stuff.  Be sure to send me a link so I can see. :)

So, I know I haven’t posted in awhile…the Bender hats have been keeping me super-busy, and so has preparing for Wawa’s Spring Byhand Festival. 

This year I created some cotton summer hats with a hippie flair!  Some are accented with peace signs, crocheted hemp leaves, and fabric yoyos made from vintage 1960’s fabric I’ve had kicking around for a bit.  I also made some hemp jewelry, and some charm bracelets to compliment my groovy hats, and purses.  I had to switch gears, as I was developing some pain in my wrists from all the Bender crocheting!  I’ll be listing some of my new creations in my Etsy shop shortly.

I also got to unveil my new cheewawamomma banner!  I just love it so much.  Special thanks to Jon Jarro for designing my logo.  Smooches!

Enjoy the pictures, and I will post again soon.  Happy Spring everyone!