Valentine's Whale

I've been working on crocheting a bunch of the Knitting Club products. We have had quite a few orders so far, and so we are all trying to pull our resources together and get the orders out before Friday. We're aiming to raise enough money to sponsor an alpaca (the semi-official Knitting Club mascot) throught the Heifer Project.

Many of the patterns we included on our list are not quite "Valentine's" themed alone, so we have taken to sewing little hearts on the sides of the stuffed animals. One of the animals I have recently finished is this narwhal:

I am considering selling this one on my Etsy account as well, and will likely add the listing as soon as I can take some better product pictures.

Knitting Club Fundraiser

Knitting Club is working on a project this year to sell crochet stuffed animals and raise money for the Heifer Project, which donates an animal to a community in need. We have been organizing this for a while, and are planning to start selling this week. Since it's so close to Valentine's Day, we decided to have a theme for our products, and so recently I have been collecting free, available patterns that we can easily make and sell in a timely manner.

Here are the products we are planning on selling/creating custom orders for:

Small bird

Penguins

Rose

Valentines Puppy

Nelson the Narwhal

For the next week or so, I think I'll focus mostly on fulfilling orders and working on our product inventory. (If anybody reading this knows anyone who might want to order, let us know, and we can send them the full list of products and pricing!) 

Designing Caravan Furniture

I have decided to turn some of my attention back to my caravan, but this time I am going to be focusing more on the interior furniture and putting everything together. I'm using this picture as a model for my designs, though I'm not yet sure how much I plan to deviate from the original design:

What I am aiming to achieve

Since I am trying to write my own patterns, I thought I would give it a try with something simple, such as the countertop/sink and the overhead cupboard. Here is my first attempt:

Countertop Pattern:
Sl st: slip stitch
SC: single crochet
Ch: chain
BLO: in back loops only

Row 1: ch 7, sl st into second stitch from hook, turn
Row 2: SC in every stitch, turn
Row 3-8: SC in every stitch, turn at ends
Row 9: BLO: SC in each stitch, turn
Row 10-19: SC in each stitch, turn
Row 20: BLO: SC in each stitch, turn
Row 21-26: SC in each stitch
Row 27: BLO: SC in each stitch
Row 28-37: SC in each stich, sl st to starting end

The pattern for the sink may be a little trickier, however, Since there is a dip where the base of the sink should be, I probably will need to make the top of the counter in multiple pieces, then crochet the pieces of the counted together and sew the sink into the gap. I will test out various possibilities and post the pattern for the best one once I decide what to do. Other than that, the rest of the furniture should not be as tricky, and I will be assembling the entire caravan soon.