The Merging of Blythe Post and Blythe Warmers

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!

Little Brown Blythe

In the next few days I will be merging my Blythe Post Etsy shop with my Blythe Warmers Etsy Shop to create Little Brown Blythe which is already live on Etsy.  From now on Little Brown Blythe will house items from both shops as well as my future Black Blythe customs. Yep! You heard right! Some new Black Blythe Customs are on their way and will be featured at Little Brown Blythe as well as cute knits, hand crochet hats and beautiful full color postcard stationary. 

I am still in the process of moving postcards over from Blythe Post to Little Brown Blythe but everything should be consolidated on this site by the end of the week so please check in. 

Pinterest Blythe!

I am a pinterest junkie as I am sure many of you are. And If you're not yet, than I urge you to get started on that. There are amazing things going on in the Pinterest Dolly world, do much to learn and so many connections to make!

Until I figure out how to install my "follow me on Pinterest" button here on Blogger (yes, I have this blog and still haven't been able to figure it out. LOL) I invite you to follow me here. You will aslo find amazing pin boards from my faves, like Kyi Lynn, Maira Flor, Fanny Zara, Gaia Segattini and many more. It's almost overwhelming at times but always fun and educational. Hope to see you there!
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Get the Scoop!

Mint Green and Chocolate Brown "Scoop" Beanies at Blythe Warmers

Yummy Mint Green "Scoop" and Chocolate Brown "Scoop" beanies for Blythe are now up in Blythe Warmers!

I will be making two more this week, one will be a white Vanilla Bean Scoop and the other is for a reserved listing. I'm toying with the idea of making a different color cherry although I know that the red is classic and I love making them. I think it might fun to experiment with different colors just to see how it translates.

More to come!
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Sunday with Pablita

 I had such a lovely time in Soho with Pabilita this Sunday. She has returned from being overseas in London and was so sweet to bring back a BCUK (Blythe Con UK) tote bag for me! I'm loving it! We were supposed to meet at Mooncake Restaurant on Watts but it was closed so we brunched on St. Marks instead. She also to took me to a sweet little Churreria on Mulberry Street for my first ever Churros with hot chocolate sauce which I just loved so much! I have seen Churros sold by street vendors for many years but never knew what they were until now. I will definitely be returning.

Before La Churreria though, we  heading over to Purl on Sullivan street where I discovered that I really don't need overpriced yarn right now the way I thought I might. I'm going to stick to my cheap Red Heart stock because I know now exactly what I want to make with it. I already have expensive yarn sitting around with no plans for use, which is usually what happens when I buy yarn that looks and feel pretty but have no real clue what I will use it for. So I've decided to be sensible for a change and stock up on more colors at Michaels after work today for some more "Scoop" hats I'll be making this week. I'm excited to experiment more and maybe actually list one or two in shop. So stay tuned!
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Hat Thang 2

Granny Stitch, "Rasta" and Ice Cream Scoop hat

I'm not really sure how many hats I've made over the course of the last two weeks but I made four last night including the ice cream scoop hat which I sort of surprised myself with because I didn't intend to make it. I was taking another stab at the cupcake hat I've wanted to make for years and just decided to skip the cake part and do top part which looks like ice cream. I did a simple DC stitch hat pattern in white and when I got to the scalloped edge part of the tutorial I figured what the heck and gave that a try too. And it worked! It came out nice. I'm very impressed with it. I want to perfect it a little more though before I consider listing it in Blythe Warmers.

I have so many patterns in my head right now, all of which I love that sometimes they get a bit jumbled up. I've been patient enough to bookmark them online but I may need to start saving patterns to a drive soon.

I'm hoping to find some fun yarn at Purl in Soho this weekend. Not that I need more yarn but lately I've been thinking to myself, why shouldn't I have as much yarn as I want or have the capacity to store? LOL!!! Of course that's crazy talk. Besides, with the prices at Purl, I won't be able to get very much. However I do have a list of yarn colors and brands I'm looking for. I also need to get back into knitting again as well. My dp needles are feeling neglected. I'm such a freaking Gemini.

Hat Thang

The week in crochet hats (some of them anyway)

I've been crocheting hats like a maniac these past couple of weeks mostly because it makes me insanely happy. I've been getting Red Heart yarn in all the primary colors and it's like a whole new world. I used to kind of snub my nose at Red Heart yarn because they seemed common and tacky and I was drawn more to the expensive boutique yarns. But Red Heart is the bomb and primary color combos are so invigorating and fun! Plus it's all about the the creativity not just the materials. Just because you have pretty high end yarn, it doesn't automatically mean you're going to create a masterpiece.

Last night I was inspired by the Rainbow Mohawk helmet in the photo above which I pinned on my "Crafty" Pinterest Board to try making a Blythe sized version and I just freaking love how it came out! It's so funky and fun and unique! I then made another mini sized version for petite Blythe modeled above by Dusty and I could just die whenever I look at that thing! It's so sweet! Definitely making more of both and perfecting the process as I go so that I can put some in the shop. I desperately need to learn to crochet ear flaps. That's my next challenge which I have chosen to accept. YAAAAYY!!

My First Blythe Doll Helmets

I'm supposed to be studying for my environmental Science midterm but instead I'm thinking about making more Blythe Doll helmets.

I have a strangely combined nature of easily distracted, bored, discouraged and yet determinedness that I don't all together understand as yet. That's just to say that I spent most of this week crocheting furiously, watching youtube tutorials, doing research in the craft sections at a couple of Barnes & Nobles bookstores, just trying to get a working knowledge of things I thought I understood about crochet's basic stitches. While trying to understand crochet is  infuriating to me, it's seemingly endlessly potential to create alternative patterns is fascinating to me and keeps me coming back even when I think I've given up for good. I  do tend to get ahead of myself when I'm trying to learn something new so I'm not completely blameless in my frustrations. It's hard for me to start at the bottom when I think I understand something sophisticated about a process.

I don't know how many hats in how many different yarns I started this week before throwing my hands up in exasperation and dropping them because they didn't turn out the way I thought they should. I'm also really bad at following patterns. Yes I will start on one at first and then decide to go my own way, thinking I know better and end up, well...unhappy.

So this Friday I did a simple google search for crochet hat patterns specifically for Blythe Dolls since there are no youtube tutorials that I know of. And I found two really good ones. One of which I will share here is from a blog called "This is a Story About Five Girls". It is the pattern I used to create the Blythe Doll helmets in above which I will put up for sale in Blythe Warmers some time this week.
The pattern is so simple and easy to remember. I was so jazzed that it turned out absolutely perfect! I didn't do the bear ears as this pattern called for although I might try that one day. I simply wanted to get the pattern for the hat itself that it is possible I can start to improvise from there with some measure of confidence.

Pretty Blythe Weekend

NYC Blythe Meet

The NYC Blythe meet was at the same location as the last, Cowgirl NYC. I won't be giving them any shout outs in this entry though because they were kind of irritating about reservation size limits and just generally giving the coordinator, Melissa a bit of a hard time. Whatever. It was a small group but a pleasant afternoon and it was good to see some old and new faces.

Ramona Rae and Castaneda at Lenox Coffee in Harlem

Later on that day I was delighted to be a working photographer for my dear friend Cece at her fabulously attended even "Love Songs and Curvy Conversations" at Lenox Coffee. She sang and talked with a packed house about a range of issues affecting curvy and plus sized ladies from clothes and men to online dating and self esteem. It was an amazing night and I was so proud to be apart of it. On Sunday we met at Lenox Coffee again to go over some the press photos I took and she brought Ramona Rae, one of the first Brown Blybe I ever made for her birthday a few years ago. She is now visiting with me and I'll be giving her new pull rings, strings and maybe a few hats and things. Looking at her, I just remember everything that went into making her and how much Cece loved getting her and I'm still really moved by all that. I would love to make another Brown Blybe, but I already have several unfinished custom projects on hold so need to complete those first. But I have some ideas brewing and I'm really excited about them. So stay tuned.