Warrior Fest

Knitting Club is running a booth for Warrior Fest for the second year. This year, we plan on hosting a draw-of-luck game where each ticket could potentially win a prize, and all money will be donated to the Thirst Project. Since Warrior Fest is very soon, we are working on quickly making an array of crocheted stuffed animal prizes to hand out at the event. Ones we are planning on giving away include:

Plus others depending on the time and resources we have. We are planning on making mostly smaller prizes with a few larger ones, and each can potentially be won by an (arguably small) probability. Hopefully this will encourage more ticket sales however, and thus provide more donations for the Thirst Project overall. 

Revamping the Shop

Most of my Etsy listings expire soon, so I'm focusing today on fixing up my shop and re-organizing products and policies and layout. I renewed my Etsy listings for my top hat, miniature Baymax, and donut, as well as added a new product based on this pattern:

   

I also updated my shop policies to reflect Etsy's new change in shipping policy and terms. I adjusted my rates accordingly and double checked to make sure they adhered to Etsy's new terms (which included notifications about the USPS's recent increase in retail rates).

Lastly, I've been working on a banner for my shop, but I discovered my lack of talent with photo-editing and graphic design. I downloaded a program for image editing and am currently working on figuring out how to add layers and different effects, but I will try to get a banner up by this weekend.

Pony Pattern

One of the most popular patterns circulating Pinterest is for this horse, developed by the blog All About Ami:

I have been a little intimidated by this pattern since I first saw it, especially because it involves many asymmetrical increases and decreases, as well as a five-part mane. However, I finally decided to give it a try and documented the process as I went.

At first, I was a little worried because the head seemed much larger than the body. Looking back over the pattern, I couldn't figure out what I might have done wrong, so I just left it and hoped that, when put together, it would look right.

The next part I crocheted was the mane, which consisted of five pieces sewn together: 

Then I sewed these pieces, along with the ears, together to create the body-portion of the horse: 

Lastly, all I need are the limbs and tail of the pony, and will upload the finished result onto my Etsy when completed.