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Happy Mid-week crafty friends. Come and shout with us,”I <3 Making Awesome Stuff!“
P.S: Incase you’re wondering, we’ll be posting up Lil’ Buzz Lightyear’s Free Crochet Pattern by the end of this week. So stick around for it if you’re keen of making one too. :) Meanwhile, do share with us what is on your hook at the moment. We’ll love to share this journey with you.
Love, Rachel H
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Lil’ Buzz Lightyear
Fun Facts: Did you know that Buzz Lightyear’s name was inspired by Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin; the second person to walk on the Moon?
Thank you so much for all the love and enthusiasm that you have given to this little space ranger. Look at that little smirk on his face! He sure looks please to meet so many new friends. :)
We all remember Buzz Lightyear as Andy’s Toy from the Disney Pixel Movie, Toy story. Along side with Woody (his cowboy pal), this space ranger is also the co-leader of Andy’s room. Toy Story is one of my all time favourite cartoons. I can never forget how this movie made me laughed and cried so much with all the funny and touching moments that these toys have been through.
Buzz Lightyear is always known as a tough guy, I wanted to challenge myself and try to turn this macho space ranger into a cute amigurumi plush toy. Do you think I’ve succeeded?
Do not be deceived by his cute appearance, Lil’ Buzz Lightyear will save the universe from Evil Emperor Zurg with his laser blast! Haha.
Many of you have commented that you are very excited and interested to crochet Lil’ Buzz. I thought I’ll show you some of my work in progress pictures and bring you through my working process so it will be easier when you make your own Lil’ Buzz Lightyear.
The head is probably the hardest part in this entire project. This is my first time working with 2 colours in a row and it was a struggle to keep the colour change neat and in line to the next. I eventually made my way to the very bottom of the head by using the normal colour change method. But it was quite a mess as there were many yarn left hanging inside the head.
Do you have any suggestions on how to do such colour change? I would love to know an easier and neater way to do so. :)
Here is a picture of the front and back view of Lil’ Buzz’s head and body. If we want to make an amigurumi cute, an easy way is to play with their head and body proportions. I’ve noticed we’ll never go wrong if we crochet our amigurumi with a big head and small body.
Looking at the original cartoon, there are many little details on Buzz’s body which are very difficult to crochet. I only picked out the major colours which are green, white and black.
These are Lil’ Buzz’s tiny arms and feet.
And here are some pictures of how I made his wing.
And his ears and cut out felt eyes.
To complete his look, I’ve added some buttons made from tapestry threads and felt.
Tadaa! Lil’ Buzz Lightyear is complete.
He is ready to use his newly made wing to fly to infinity and beyond…
Blasting off… Be safe Lil’ Buzz!
I’m in the middle of writing up Lil’ Buzz Lightyear’s Crochet Pattern. I’ll try my best to get it up on my blog as soon as possible. Thank you so much for taking time to read the making of our Lil’ Buzz.
Crochet with Love, Rachel H
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Guess who is here to save the day? If you’ve watched any of Walt Disney’s Toy Story 1,2 or 3, you will definitely know this hero. Yes that’s right, give it up for the awesome space ranger, Lil’ Buzz Lightyear!
Stick around for more awesome stories about our Lil’ Buzz. Oh! Did I mention that I’ll be sharing his Free Crochet Pattern as well? Have a lovely weekend. :)
Crochet with Love, Rachel H
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Look what I’ve found in my letter box today? :)
Spotlight gave me not just one but TWO S$40 Vouchers (with a minimum spending of S$100). Wow! I wonder if I have that much to buy? But Spotlight sure knows how to get crafts addicts back to their store hey? *laughs with excitement* Time for some crazy crafts materials shopping with some of my crafty friends! Guess who’s tagging along with me? :)
Love, Rachel H
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Nano Block - Panda
Guess what we are up to this weekend?
We’ve decided to take a little break from crocheting and get our hands on with some Nano Block building. :)
If you have not heard or seen Nano Block, they are micro-sized building blocks that allows you to build different kinds of adorable animals and beautiful building structures, etc. It is the same as Lego, just 10 times smaller. “Here” is a link to their original website.
I remembered the first time I saw Nano Block was in Seoul, which I briefly blogged about it ”Here” together with my yarn adventure. I couldn’t remember why I did not buy some back despite knowing I was a huge “Lego” fan back in my primary school days.
A few weeks ago, I finally chanced upon these Nano Blocks while doing some random window shopping at the toy section of Isetan, Shaw House. I stood there for a long half an hour deciding on which animal to bring home with me. It was so difficult to make a decision since all of them are so cute! I almost bought all of them on impulse. Haha.
I finally went with this Panda since it reminded me of my fluffy panda.
Fluffy panda is actually the mascot plush toy for WWF and also a very meaningful gift from my Mom who has been with me for many years now. He is very glad to assist me with the building of his new friend. Very helpful of him. :)
With our awesome teamwork, it didn’t took us long to complete this little baby. Look how tiny he is!
I really love how Nano Block Panda turned out. The whole structure looks real and believable. I also like how the blocks were already separated into their individual shapes and placed into 4 different plastic packets. Time was saved in slotting out and finding the blocks. Though the instructions were in Japanese, the pictures were very well illustrated which makes it really easy to follow.
Aww.. Don’t they resemble each other?
Fluffy panda is saying hi to his new friend. If only there’s an amigurumi panda is in this picture as well hey? Definitely adding that to my To-Do-List. :)
Making this Nano Panda was quick, relaxing and fun. I will definitely be getting more Nano Blocks in future. Do join in the fun. :D
Happy weekend!
Love, Rachel H
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