Crafty Craftiness

So... um, so much for writing a new blog post once a week. I don't even remember how long it took for me to stop. I keep meaning to update, but then life happens and I don't get around to it. I probably have too many blogs that I try to keep up with in the first place. I update my teaching blog every day there is school. I update the million minutes blog a few times each month, and I thoroughly neglect the GreedCycle blog that Gretch and I started over a year ago.

Anyway, Gretch and I have had a lot going on, but since we really don't want our blog to be just medical updates, I haven't been writing about them. And since the day-to-day activities of our lives rarely seem to be "blog-worthy" (other than my teaching which, as already mentioned, is blogged about elsewhere), I end up not updating this blog as much as I probably should. Who knows, maybe I'll get back into the swing of things this year. New year, new chance to hold myself to a standard of updating our blog once a week.

With all of that being said, Gretch has asked me to make a post about all of her crafty craftiness that she has undertaken over the past few months. You may recall that we decided to learn how to knit about a year ago. While we haven't done much more than knitting a few scarves, Gretch remembered that her grandmother had taught her how to crochet many years ago. Gretch quickly picked it up again and has been craftily hooking ever since. Here are a couple of the projects she has completed:

First crochet craft: an amigurumi Adipose from Doctor Who. Some friends sent us the pattern, and this was the impetus for Gretch relearning the art of crafty hooking. 

This was my Christmas present: A large amigurumi doll of a Weeping Angel, also from Doctor Who. Gretch created her own pattern for this. Everyone who has seen it says that Gretch needs to open an Etsy shop and sell these. They are made not of grey yarn and synthetic fibers but golden awesomeness and the tears of unicorns.

Two security blankets: Granny Square blankets with amigurumi heads. The pink one is an owl, the green one is a dinosaur.

A Superman hat and blanket patterns also created by Gretch, both made for Gretch's sister, Erin, who  is expecting a baby  in February.

A beanie with the T.A.R.D.I.S. on it. From Doctor Who. Made for Gretch's brother, Jonas, upon request.

An amigurumi Toothless from "How To Train A Dragon," made for my baby sister, Ariana, for Christmas. I found the pattern and asked Gretch if she could make it. Ariana squealed with delight when she saw it.

An amigurumi scops owl made for Gretch's best friend, Hannah. The scops owl is her favourite owl.

A scarf made using a crocodile scale stitch, for Gretch's sister, Kalina.

If that is all Gretch has done, I'd say you would have grounds to be very impressed. But she has also undertaken several other projects. One of them was her creation of Reverent Rachel, which I mentioned in the blog post about her church responsibilities. This is what she looks like:

Here is a PDF of the pattern. Feel free to use it. If you can remember to credit Gretch Valencic for the creation, that would be super cool of you. If you don't give her credit, that's not very nice. If you try to claim it is your work and I find it, I will be very put out.
I've also mentioned that Gretch is in our ward's Relief Society Presidency. I don't recall if I included that part of her responsibilities is to oversee the women's weekday activities. She's not the actual chair of that committee (that title belongs to our friend Aubrey), she just assists and such. For one of their activities in December, they decided to make a variety of Christmas decorations. These are two nativities that Gretch found and adapted for her use. She made both of these. I made the first one for my mum and sanded nearly all of the blocks of wood used for the second.
This is a felt nativity that is sewn and stuffed with synthetic fibers. Here is the PDF pattern that also includes patterns of the wise men, shepherd,  and angel. Gretch didn't come up with the original idea, but we can't find the originals online. Gretch pieced together the ideas and made the patterns on the PDF. If you happen to know who did create them, please let us know!

This is a wood block nativity. Gretch traced the pictures that Aubrey found, but we can't find the originals. If you happen to know who did create them, please let us know!. Here's the PDF pattern that she made to share.
So that's what Gretch has been doing over the past several weeks/months. On the other hand, I've been working on a scarf that I started knitting in July. It is going to be for Gretch's mum, but it isn't finished.


Comments

somom said…
I wanted to know if you have the directions for the Superman blanket or where I might find them. Thank you

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