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The Fuzzy Ferret pattern is now available! You can order it directly from PlanetJune.com and the pdf will be e-mailed to you.

Now you can make your own amigurumi ferrets! The pattern includes full instructions to make a single-colour ferret and a dual-colour ferret.

*SPECIAL OFFER* For this week only, all other Fuzzy Friends patterns will still be available for the old price of $3.50 USD. From May 14, 2007, all patterns will cost $4 USD each. Complete your collection before the prices go up!

Look who showed up at my house today (click for full-size images):

The two ferrets had some playful power struggles at first…

But now they are best of friends 🙂

The Fuzzy Ferret pattern will be available in the next week! Don’t forget to sign up to be the first to know when it’s released.

UPDATE: Looking for the pattern? You can find the Fuzzy Ferret crochet pattern in my shop.

This little guy decided to have a proper photo shoot this morning.
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UPDATE: Looking for the pattern? You can find the Fuzzy Ferret crochet pattern in my shop.

I was going to wait until tomorrow for some daylight but I can’t wait to post this – I’ve just finished crocheting my first Fuzzy Ferret! Sorry the photo is a bit dark, but hopefully you get the idea. Click the pic to see the full-size ferret:

Ferret fans – I’ve made this for you! I tried to make him lifesize – he’s about 14″ long by 4.5″ tall. Hope you approve…

UPDATE: We have better photos! See my new post for more ferrety goodness.

UPDATE: Looking for the pattern? You can find the Fuzzy Ferret crochet pattern in my shop.

Sorry for the blog silence – I’ve been busy designing! I have 3 projects currently in the works… more on that soon. For now, to help pass the time, here’s a little game for you:

Four of these stones are beach rocks from Lake Ontario. The other seven are my polymer clay faux granite rocks. Can you tell the genuine articles from the Fimo replicas?

Click for the close-up

Just a bit of fun for a Tuesday morning!

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The Fuzzy Seal pattern is now available! You can order it directly from PlanetJune.com and the pdf will be e-mailed to you.

Now you can make your own amigurumi baby harp seal!

April’s OneHourCraft Challenge is “to make an impossibly gorgeous necklace”, so I got the polymer clay out and started playing.

I used a base of translucent Fimo Soft, with snakes of green and blue running through it. I also added dark greeny-blue micro beads (tiny glass beads with no holes) to the rounded beads, which is why they look darker than the others. I had a bit of a surprise when I baked the beads – they darkened and went from greenish blue to a definite green, but that’s okay:

I strung the beads with silver (coloured) spacers and findings. The finished necklace length is 14″ so it’s just longer than a choker and sits around the base of my neck.

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Thanks Mia for the inspiration to make a necklace! This was a fun quick craft to try.

I had a nice surprise waiting for me when I got home today. And it was perfectly timed to cheer me up (my wrist is hurting again, thanks to some work-related strain on it yesterday):

Photo taken in dappled sunlight to prove that the sun really is out – yay!

It’s a package of cute and fruity treats from Heidi of My Paper Crane, who makes (amongst other wonderful things) the most adorable plush foods in existence. Thanks Heidi – it’s much appreciated 🙂