Project~Easy Pom Pom Beanie

While I was watching the Wolverine with my dad and brother, I made this super cute hat!! :) I saw it on All About Ami's blog ,and I knew I HAD to make it. :)I made the long thick strip and folded it in half and sewed the side closed. I used my 6.0mm Clover Crochet hook.

Doesn't the hat have such a lovely ribbed pattern? :)

 I love the ribbed look of the hat. :) ❤️❤️

Then, I threaded a long strand of yarn around the circumference of the hat and tightly pulled the string which closed the hole. 

Then, I made a Pom Pom, sewed it to the top of the hat, and my hat was done!!!:) 

I love this hat... :) 

It looks super cute!

I wear this hat a lot. And it goes well with a LOT of my winter scarfs and jackets. :) Keep warm, y'all!!

The pattern can be found on the Lion Brand website, but you need an account to get the pattern. Luckily the registration is free!! :)

Have a great day of crocheting and crafting!! 

❤️anna❤️

1 Year Blogiversary!

It's my first BLOGIVERSARY!! I still cannot believe that it has been one whole year since I began this blog. On this day a year ago, I posted my first post. So much has happened in one year. God has been so loving to me this whole year, and I am very thankful for that.

I am also very thankful for all of my friends for their help and support. I remember being very excited when I first made this blog, and posted my first pattern.  As you can see, I have improved in my designs a lot! :)

I want to especially thank my dad and mom for their continuous love and encouragement for my hobby. I also want to say thanks to my new friend and sister in Christ Stephanie Jessica Lau. She inspired me to make this blog and even start making amigurumi! :) Several times, she would send me emails of encouragement, and I am super thankful to her for that. :) Thank you so much, Stephanie! Her blog can be found here

One year ago, I didn't think my amigurumi and crochet patterns would be very popular, but several months ago, 3 of my designs became pretty popular. Those designs are:

Simple Puff Stitch Flower

Cute Amigurumi Fox

and Hexagon

 Again, I just want to say a HUGE thanks to all of you for your love and support. To show my gratitude, I will be hosting another giveaway soon! So, keep your eyes peeled for that. :)

Have a wonderful day of crocheting and crafting!

~Anna of Spool of Sunshine~

Keep Calm And Carry Yarn Necklace from Stephanie Jessica Lau's Giveaway

A few months ago, Stephanie Jessica Lau hosted a Giveaway on her blog, and I won it! The prize was this super cute necklace. I love it. :)❤️ I'm just going to post pictures of what it looks like:

Well, that's it for today!

Have a great day!

❤️anna❤️

Simple Breezy Slouchy Hat

 Brrr! It's been pretty chilly where I live lately. :) It may even snow(it never snows where i live)! I made so many winter hats and scarfs, but this one turned out to be my favourite hat. I bought 2 balls of Vanna's Choice yarn in two different shades of grey, and I decided to make a beanie. The pattern is super easy and simple, and it can be adjusted easily too!

Materials

• 2 balls of grey yarn in different shades( I used Vanna's choice yarn in Silver Grey and Charcoal Grey)
• Size 6.oomm crochet hook( I used my clover hook)
• Tapestry needle

Hat Band:
With the darker grey yarn:
Ch 8
R1: In the 3rd ch away from the hook, dc. Dc in every ch across.
R2: dc in the back loops only across.
Repeat R2 until the band will fit easily over your head.
BO and sew the ends together.
Hat Body:
With the lighter grey yarn:
Rnd 1: Attach the yarn to the brim of the band, and sc around the band.
Rnd2-20: HDC in every st around.
BO.

Finishing:
Cut a long strand of yarn and thread it through the top of the hat. Pull tightly to close the hole. Weave in loose ends.

And there you have it!! :) 

Have a great day of crocheting and crafting! 

~Anna~
This pattern is an original pattern by Anna S. from Spool of Sunshine(December 2013). Please do not claim this pattern as your own. If you wish to share this pattern, you may link to this pattern but please do not reprint it on your site. You may keep a copy for your own personal use but you may not sell or distribute it, or sell items made from this pattern.

Pattern: Amigurumi Fox

Let's make this cutie!! :) It is super easy and simple.

Materials

• Orange, White, and a little bit of red yarn
• Size 3.25 crochet hook
• Stuffing
• Little bit of black felt
• Glue gun with glue sticks
•  Size 12mm safety eyes
• Darning Needle

Head
With Orange Yarn:
 Rnd 1: ch2 and 6sc into the 2nd ch away from the hook. (6sts)
 Rnd 2: 2 sc in every st around. (12sts)
 Rnd 3: {sc1 , 2 sc in the next st} repeat around. (18tsts)
 Rnd 4: {sc 2, 2 sc in the next st} repeat around. (24 sts)
 Rnd 5: {sc 3, 2 sc in the next st} repeat around. (30 sts)
 Rnd 6: {sc 4, 2 sc in the next st} repeat around.(36 sts)
 Rnd 7: {sc 5, 2 sc in the next st} repeat around.(42 sts)
 Rnd 8: {sc 6, 2 sc in the next st} repeat around.(48 sts)
 Rnd 9-12: sc in every st around. ( 48sts)
Switch to white yarn
 Rnd 13: sc in every st around. (48sts)

 Rnd 14: {sc 6, dec}repeat around.(42 sts)

 Rnd 15: {sc 5, dec} repeat around.(36 sts)

 Rnd 16: {sc 4, dec} repeat around.(30 sts)

Place safety eyes in between Rnd 12 and 13.  
 Rnd 17: {sc 3,dec} repeat around.(24 sts)
 Rnd 18: {sc 2, dec} repeat around.(18sts)

Stuff head.

 Rnd 19: {sc 1, dec} repeat around.(12 sts)
 Rnd 20: { dec} repeat around. (6sts)

Bind off with a long tail to close the hole. 

Body

With orange yarn:

Rnd 1: ch 2 and 6 sc in the second ch away from the hook.(6 sts)

Rnd 2: 2 sc in every st around. (12 sts)

Rnd 3: {sc 1,2 sc in the next st.} repeat around. (18 sts.)

Rnd 4: { sc 2, 2 sc in the next st} repeat around. (24 sts)

Rnd 5&6: sc in every st around.

Switch to white yarn

Rnd 7&8: sc in every st around. 

Rnd 9: {sc 2, dec} repeat around. (18 sts)

Bind off and stuff tightly.

Ears( make two)

With red yarn:

Ch 2

Rnd 1: 6 sc in the second ch away from the hook(6sts)

Rnd 2: 2sc in every st around(12 sts)

Rnd 3: sc in every st around. (12 sts)

Switch to orange yarn

Rnd 4: {sc 1, 2 sc in the next st} repeat around. (18 sts)

Rnd 5-7: sc in every st around

Bind off with a long tail for sewing.

Arms and legs( make 4) 

With white yarn

Rnd 1: ch 2 and 6 sc in the second ch away from the hook.(6 sts)

Rnd 2&3: sc in every st around (6 sts)

Switch to orange yarn

Rnd 4-6: sc in every st around. (6 sts)

Bind off with a long tail for sewing. 

Finishing

With black felt, cut a small triangle for the fox's nose and glue gun it to the fox's face. Sew the ears on the head without stuffing them. Sew the body underneath the head. Sew the arms onto the body. 

Weave in loose ends. 

And voila! Whew! It has been a while since I wrote an amigurumi pattern! :D 

Have a great day of crocheting and crafting!! ❤️❤️

❤️Anna

This pattern is an original pattern by Anna S. from Spool of Sunshine(December 2013). Please do not claim this pattern as your own. If you wish to share this pattern, you may link to this pattern but please do not reprint it on your site. You may keep a copy for your own personal use but you may not sell or distribute it, or sell items made from this pattern.

DIY Totoro Shirt

I love Totoro. When I looked at my Totoro shoes that I posted here, I thought that it would make a super cute shirt if I added some simple pieces of felt to a casual grey shirt! :)
 I had an ugly grey shirt that I never wore. So, I decided to make that shirt into a Totoro shirt.
Materials

• White and black felt
• glue gun and LOTS of glue sticks. 
• scissors
• embroidery needle
• grey yarn
• Grey shirt

 ~Step 1~ Wash the grey shirt or make sure that the shirt is clean

~Step 2~ With the white felt, cut out a long oval and 2 small circles. ( The sizes of the oval and circles depends on what you think would look best.) 

~Step 3~ With the black felt, cut out a small triangle, 2 small circles that can fit on top of the white circles, and 4 thin long strips. 

~Step 4~ With the needle and grey yarn, embroider 3 upside down v's on the top row. Then embroider 2 upside down v's on the bottom row. 

~Step 5~ With the glue gun, glue the white oval on the shirt 3-5 inches below the neck hole. 

~Step 6~ Then glue the white circles 1-2 inches above the white oval.

~Step 7~ Glue the black circles on top of the white circles. 

~Step 8~ Glue the black triangle in the middle of the eyes. 

~Step 9~ Glue 2 of the black strips below the eyes next to the nose. Repeat for the other 2 strips on the opposite side.

~Step 10~ Let the glue dry

And voila! You're done! I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. 

Have a great day of crocheting and crafting! 

Amigurumi Fox

It's finally done! after like 2 months of working on the pattern, I finally completed it!!! This has got to be my favourite amigurumi design! :)

Side view!

He is very small, and he would make an amazing gift as a desk pal! :) 

The pattern will be up very soon. I just have to type it out. :P 

Until then, happy crocheting and crafting!

❤️Anna 

Collaboration with JP Custom Kicks

 So, JP Custom Kicks customizes shoes for people, and the owner wanted to collaborate with me to make a shoe. However, he couldn't think of anything that I could crochet to put on a shoe, so instead he made these SUPER cute Totoro Toms shoes, and I will make a plush Totoro that will come with the shoe if you purchase it. I received this pair of shoes on Sunday and when I saw them, I thought they were fantastic!

These shoes are so cute! :) They were cleverly made too. 

And instead of the back tag saying Toms, it says Totoro instead! So clever! 

I am currently still making the Totoro, but it will be done very soon. All of the credit goes to JP Custom Kicks for making the whole shoe. Here is his Instagram where you can see all of the shoes he customized: instagram.com/jpcustomkicks.  

Have a wonderful day of crocheting and crafting! 

~Anna~

Sweet Heart

Isn't this such a cute heart? :) I got the pattern from Ravelry and downloaded the pattern onto my iPad. The Ravelry pattern can be found here: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/crochet-heart-motif-1.

The heart turned out bigger than I expected since i used a D hook. I ❤️ Clover hooks!!

Here are the supplies I used. I crocheted the heart with Loops and Threads Impeccable Solids in Arbor Rose and a D Clover Crochet Hook.

That's all for today!

Have a wonderful day of Crafting and Crocheting!! 

❤️anna❤️

Let's be creative today!! :)

What Yarns Do I Use?

Well, a reader of my blog named Haley commented on one of my posts asking me what kind of yarn I crochet with. I crochet with all different types of yarn! :) I have soooo many favourites! When I had time, I made a small list of my favourite yarn brands:

• Lion Brand Vanna's Choice ( worsted weight yarn)
• Lion Brand Cozy Wool ( Chunky yarn)
• Patons Grace ( mercized cotton yarn)
• Lily Sugar n' Creme (cotton yarn)
• Loops and Threads Impeccable Solids (Worsted weight yarn)
• Red Heart Soft Yarn ( Worsted Weight Yarn)
• Red Heart Super Saver Solids. (Worsted weight yarn)

I like to crochet scarfs, hats, bags, and other useful items with Lion Brand Vanna's Choice yarn. I highly recommend that you do not use this yarn when making amigurumi because this yarn fuzzes easily.

With the Lion Brand Cozy Wool, I like to crochet only slouchy hats and scarfs with that yarn. I NEVER use chunky yarn to make amigurumi because chunky yarn is way too thick for my 2.00 mm crochet hook.

I love Patons Grace yarn! I use it to make amigurumi because it does not fuzz, and the yarn is very soft.

I also often use Lily Sugar n' Creme yarn when I run out of Patons Grace yarn. In general, I LOVE cotton yarn. This yarn is not as soft as Patons Grace yarn because it is not mercized cotton, but it is very strong and durable. I love this yarn so much. :)

 I like to use Loops an Threads Impeccable Solids yarn. I only get this yarn in two shades, and those shades are lovely shade of hot light pink and a multicolored yarn. I love the color of the pink yarn more because it goes perfectly with a dark or light grey, and I highly recommend that you do not use this yarn when making amigurumi. It fuzzes a lot, and I only use this yarn when making Granny Squares or blankets.

I love to use Red Heart Soft Yarn when making hats and scarfs only because it is super soft. If you want to make a fuzzy amigurumi, this yarn is perfect for that project. I highly recommend that you do not use this yarn when making amigurumi unless you want your amigurumi to be nice and fuzzy.


I hope this post helped a lot! :) Have a wonderful day of Crocheting and Crafting!


❤️Anna❤️

One of my favourite WIPs. :)

Crochet Corner: Amigurumi Cupcake

On my blog, I posted an amigurumi cupcake pattern. On Ravelry, someone made three of them, and I thought that all of them were so super cute!!:) I loved all of them so I decided to post all of them on a Crochet Corner!

I love how this one has such a colorful frosting top!!:) 

This one is my personal favourite, because the top is so fluffy and cute. 

 I thought this one looked super fun and had a tail of frosting coming out of its head!!:) looks like this cupcake is ready for a party. :) 

Well, that's it for today. I hope you enjoyed this post, and if you want to make your own cupcake, you can find it by typing in Amigurumi Cupcake Pattern in the search box. I hope you have a wonderful day of crocheting and crafting!:)

~Anna

DIY Card Tutorial

Well, I have been crafting for 2 months now, and I am liking it a lot( sorta...)! But aside from crafting, I also love to knit and crochet ( You all probably know that by now... :P). I thought to myself, " Why not  mix crafting and crocheting together?"

 As the solution, I made a card with crocheted hearts on it, and I decided to post a tutorial.(YAY!)

Materials
~2 different types of scrap book paper or construction paper
~ Scissors
~ Glue
~Glue gun
~Yarn and hook (for heart on card.)
~Hole Puncher
~Sharpie or Pen.

          ~Step 1~ With scissors, cute out a neat rectangle from one of the different types of scrapbook paper.
          ~Step 2~ With hole puncher, punch out 2 holes about 1 inch apart from each other in the center of the paper.
          ~Step 3~ With yarn, cut a long strand of yarn and thread it through both holes multiple times until there are two strands 1 inch long hanging out of the holes.
         ~Step 4~ Tie a bow with the 2 hanging strands of yarn.
         ~Step 5~ With the other type of scrapbook paper, cut a long strip of paper that is long enough to wrap around the sides of the rectangle that you cut out from the other type of construction paper.
         ~Step 6~ With the glue, glue part of the strip onto the middle of the rectangle card and glue and fold the sticking out ends around the rectangular card.
         ~Step 7~ Let it dry
         ~Step 8~ Crochet a heart with yarn and hook with this pattern.
         ~Step 9~ With the glue gun, glue the heart onto the center of the strip of scrapbook paper on the card.
         ~Step 10~ With the sharpie or pen, write one of the person's name on one side beside the heart and write the other person's name on the other side beside the heart on the card.( OR if you are making the card for one person, you can write the person's first name on the left side beside the heart, and write their last name of the right side beside the heart. )
       

And voila! You are done! I hope you enjoyed this post. As a wedding gift for the couple, I made them some of my teddy bear keychains!

I also hope that you have a wonderful day of crocheting and crafting!
~Anna~

Take Back Tuesday

I made an Elephant keychain!!:) the pattern is super simple and super easy. I didn't make any modifications to the pattern. I used my Clover hook size 2.75mm. I also used Red Heart Super Saver solids in Grey as the color, and I used 6.0 mm safety eyes. Btw, the pattern can be found here: http://lucyravenscar.blogspot.com/2010/02/bazaar-patterns-incy-wincy-elephant.html

      That's it for today! I hope you have a great day of crocheting and crafting! 

Bye!!

~Anna~

Chunky Infinity Scarf Pattern

Well, it's September!! :) I had a lot of magenta chunky yarn that i never used. I liked the color, but I didn't know what to make with it. Since the fall and winter season is coming soon, I decided to prepare for the cold days!!Since I made the scarf using the chunky yarn, my cowl is super soft and warm. I can't wait to wear it during the winter!

You can wear this scarf in two different ways. I personally like to wear my scarf looped twice over my head. :) 

The pattern is super easy. 

Here it it! 

Materials:

• 3 balls of chunky yarn 
• 10mm crochet hook
• Yarn needle

Pattern
Ch 98
Row 1: in the 3rd ch away from the hook, hdc. Hdc in every ch across. Ch 2 and turn.
Row 2: hdc in every st across. Ch 3 and turn.
Row 3: dc in every st across. Ch 2 and turn.
Row 4&5: hdc in every st across. Ch 2 and turn.
Row 6: dc in every st across. Ch 2 and turn.
Row 7&8: hdc in every st across. Ch 2 and turn
Row 9: dc in every st across.
Row 10&11: hdc in every st across. Ch 2 and turn.
Row 12: dc in every st across
BO.

Finishing.
Sew the ends together to form a loop. Weave in loose ends.

And you're done!! I hope you enjoyed this pattern and post. :) happy crocheting!
Anna out.

Take Back Tuesday

About a year ago, I received a Rilakkuma patch from one of my YG teachers. I love Rilakkuma, and I was happy that I received such a cute patch! :) I will probably put it on my backpack.

Well, that's it for today! So sorry I didn't have much time to make a more exciting post. :( 

Happy Crafting!

Anna out. 

Cute Scallop Flower Coaster

A super cute coaster, and it is really fun and easy to make!:)

Pattern can be found here!
Happy crocheting!
Anna out.

Chinese New Year Doll

I already made a Chinese New Year Doll, but I used a 5.5mm crochet hook. This time, I used a 2.00mm crochet hook. For her hair chopsticks, I didn't make the jewels.

I love this picture. :) I placed my doll on top of my favorite plush piggy.

I llloooovvveee how Chinese New Year Doll can stand up by herself. :)

She is really small. Approximately, she is about 5 inches tall.


I didn't make any modifications to the pattern. This doll would make a great gift to any friend. I hope this post helped you know how big Chinese New Year Doll is.

Happy Crocheting!

Anna out.

Striped Bubble Tote Bag

I love tote bags, and I wanted to make a tote bag to hold my yarns. :) I searched on Ravelry and found this pattern. So, I decided to make it! :)  This bag can be very useful. It looks great as a beach bag too! The pattern says to  work in continuous rounds, but I worked in joined rounds. I used the same yarns and hook the pattern called for. For the handles, I chains 50 and did 2 rows of single crochets.

That's it for today!
Happy Crocheting!

Anna out.

Baby Koala

I was looking through one of my crochet books and saw this adorable pair of amigurumi koalas!!

I didn't want to make the Mommy Koala, so I decided to only make the Baby Koala!!:)

First, I started to make the head.

Then, I added the eyes and stuffed it.

Next, I cut an oval shape out of black felt and glued it to the baby's face! :)

Then, I made a cute pair of ears and sewed them onto his head.

After that, I made the body and attached it to the head.

After doing this, I was about to give up on making this little guy, because I don't like to make limbs. However, I REALLY wanted to finish him. So, I made all 4 limbs and attached them to his little body. :)

Then!!!!! He was FINALLY done!!! :D I love this little guy... :P

My baby koala is really small. He is probably about 3 inches tall!

This little koala helps Link guard my desk. He's such a good little helper. :)

I hope you enjoyed this post! Please stay tuned for more patterns, tutorials, and more!

Happy Crocheting!
Anna out.