Kawaii socks

I have been collecting kawaii socks for a few months, and these are some of my favourites. Most of them were purchased from Korea( two of them were gifts from a friend who got them in K-town in Los Angeles)

 Rilakkuma!!^

 Blue stripes with teddy bears^

 Grey kitty socks!^

Happy crocheting and crafting!
~Anna

Daiso Love

I recently went to Daiso with my good friend Jessica, and I got some kawaii stuff. I only got three items from Daiso, so I wanted to show you all the things I got :)

The first item I got fro Daiso is this black cat iPhone/iPod holder( as you can see in the picture, I have a pink penguin case on my iPod, and yet my iPod still fits snuggly in the holder).

The second item I got was this super cute bear measuring tape. It is a pink bear, and you can pull the measuring tape out. To wind the tape back inside of the bear, you press the mouth of the bear.

The last item I got from Daiso was this kawaii sticky pad set.I am obsessed with kawaii stationery. :P

That's it for today's post, folks! I hope you have a lovely day!

Happy crocheting and crafting. :)
~Anna

I am very excited to introduce a new friend to y'all! Here is a sneak peek of a new amigurumi design! What do you think? The step-by-step blog post and pattern will be coming out very soon this week!  

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~

Let's be creative today!! :)

One of my favourite WIPs. :)

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~

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.