Fanime Stock 2

I told myself I'd wait to try nalbinding until after Fanime so I'd have plenty of time to make all the stock I'll need.  Which of course meant I started obsessing over it.  Bought a couple needles (one of which was a custom order, the other coming all the way from Estonia) and some wool.

So, I told myself I could make a coffee cozy bracelet after I'd made 10 cthulhu.  Which I was good, I waited until I'd finished.  Except I had two different needles and two different colors of yarn.  And I had to try all of them.  So I ended up with four cozies, which wasn't too bad, and discovered how to move the yarn relatively quickly.

I taught myself with the magic of YouTube (how I seem to learn everything these days), specifically the Oslo Stitch tutorial found here.  It was easy enough, though I'm still trying to figure out how to taper the starting and ending edges so they're not so blaringly obvious.

The grey yarn didn't work as well as I thought it would, just because the white strand has to loop perfectly to not look like a random explosion of yarn with this stitch.  But it's a learning experience!

More adventures into nalbinding to come around June.

Fanime Stock 1

And so the great generation of stock begins.  Still haven't heard anything about either my account or when Artist Alley tables will be available (and staff is doing their very best to hush me), but I'm making stock regardless.  If I don't get a table, these goodies will be available on Etsy.

First batch of stock is 10 cthulhu plush of various shades.  For this batch, I tried to stick to typical colors for the great old one, but obviously that didn't go exactly as planned.  I think the green/orange/cream one is actually my favorite here, and not just because it's orange.  It's just a nice blend.  The brown one comes in a close second, because something went wrong in the increases and it both sits at a jaunty angle and cocks its head at you at a jaunty angle.