Astérix ét Obélix au service du sa majesté

I specially made this amigurumis to join The Francophonié Photo Contest.  The theme was "comme au cinema". and I pick Astérix et Obélix cause they are my favorite comic hero from the 2012 France Movie Festival. 

I spent a whole month doing nothing else but knitting afterwork and during the weekend just to finish this amigurumis.  So it's really heartbreaking when I knew that I lost.  I admit that the photograph is nothing special and I knew I didn't deserve to win (who am I kidding, I'm an amateur photographer!).  But once again, I spent a whole month, damm*t !  That stripped pants was killing my hands, but I'm glad it's done perfectly. Except.... the world didn't see them :(

I lost so many competitions but this one is terribly devastating, cause I kinda hope I could visit my birthplace (the first prize was a trip to France).  Maybe not today.  Someday, I hope I will be able to visit France with my own effort.

by the way I really need that French language course, since it's a shame for me to be born in France but unable to speak French anymore :((

Ballerina Dentata

 

I recently watch The Cabin in The Woods movie.
I read some bad review about the movie, and maybe it's subjective but  I really love the movie, I think it's genius!
so really love it that I make a fan art of the movie.
one of the best part is the Ballerina dentata, the cute adorable ballerina girl with the teeth for a face.

Tried to make a stop motion of her, I knew my editing is suck, but I hope you like it :)
it's hard to write about the movie without spoilers, so I better not write too much about it.
I don't think a sequel would be a great idea but as the movie ends, I want to watch more!!!!
so, this doll is dedicated to the movie makers, can't wait to see your next movie.

I Scream for Android Ice Cream

it's android again!!!!!
And this time it's the  ICE CREAM series , and it's for SALE!
YES, FOR SALE!
(not the ice cream sandwich, it's ice cream, I consciously type that)

the 7 ice cream colored Android.

from left to right:

Cherry Ice Cream (soft pink)

Mint Ice Cream (minty green) SOLD!

Framboise Ice cream (hot pink)SOLD!

Lemon Ice Cream (yellow)

Strawberry Ice Cream (baby pink)

Grape Ice Cream (purple)

Bubblegum Ice Cream (cyan)

definitely not a rainbow.

every android is handknitted by me special for this Lebaran Holiday.
only available one for each color, and it's only 60000 IDR each.
(I don't think it would be available later for pre order or custom order, cause I will be busy doing my next project. so grab it now. NOW)

why it's only 60000? cause it's smaller than the one on the left (IDR200000), and definitelly smaller than the one on the right too (IDR300000) but bigger than the tiny one (IDR 30000).
these Androids it's not an official merchandise from Google's Android (ah someday, I surely get an Android).

Keroro Gunsou

I rarely accept a custom order, especially the one based on well known character (like from manga, movie, etc).
but sometime I make an exception, like making a Keroro amigurumi, cause I love reading the manga too.

my colleague is a big fans of Keroro Gunsou, she asked me to make a Keroro doll weeks ago.
it actually only  took a day to make the Head and another day to make the body , and an extra one day to make the body correctly.
but... it finally take weeks cause it's very HOT in here.
I can't imagine how could a knitter possibly knit a sweater in Jakarta without Air Conditioner?

OMGrumi : Pak Raden

In Indonesia, there are only a few TV programs for children.
I remember watching Si Komo and Si Unyil, two of the best local TV programs for children.
to be honest I'm more a fans of Si Komo than Si Unyil, I only watch Unyil's opening back then.
but what's make Unyil special is Pak Raden, the man behind Unyil and the gang.

I still remember watching one of Pak Raden's show when he was telling a story while he was also drawing.
I heard the same story many times,  but the one he's reading is still the best version.
What a great storyteller he is!

ever since that day, I always hope to become a great storyteller like him.
If I ever had a chance to take graduate programs, it would be about educational TV program for children because I want to be like Pak Raden who dedicates his life for Indonesian children.

I just found out last year that Pak Suyadi (the real person who plays the Pak Raden character) was also from ITB 's art faculty.  Both of us are animators, He's making puppet while me making yarn plushie.  Is that a coincidence, or am I unconsciously trying to follow his steps?

by the way while the real Pak Raden doll is a hand puppet, this Pak Raden amigurumi is a thumb puppet :p

OMGrumi: Jupe

when I started the OMGrumi of famous people,  I thought it was easy to just make an amigurumi (crocheted toys) based on some random famous people.
Later, I find out that I don't want to make a doll version of just random famous people.  I need to like the real person first, that's why this time I choose Julia Perez or Jupe.

She's an entertainer, and she's fenomenal.
I never watch her movie, nor listening to her song, so I'm not really a fans but I'm a pro Jupe.
Many people think bad about her because of her appearance (it's her gift anyway, don't blame her for being sexy), but when I watch her in a talk show, I believe she's actually a smart and brave lady.
yesterday, she made the news again because of her costume when she's watching Katy Perry's concert.
And I instantly decided, I must make an amigurumi of her :)
Let's just hope there's no stupid law against her costume.

PS: I know Jupe's costume which was designed by Aming was inspired by Katy Perry, but the one who inspired the making of this doll is Jupe.  Sorry that I consciously miss the best details on the costume :p

The rotten android

I made another tiny android as a complimentary gif for a gift swap in my office's outing/ family gathering.
the outing was held last weekend, so it's already too late, I just finished this android tonight so I will keep it for myself.
I'm not happy with the colors, cause I don't have the bright/ neon green yarns, and this green I have is just too.... rotten.
I also made it without pattern, and I did miscounted the row so it's a little bit sloppy :p

this one is actually a flash disfunctioned photo, but I love the colors

Le Chat Botte

born in France, people expect me to be able to speak French.
I moved to Indonesia when I was 4 years old, then got brainwashed by Indonesian education, so I don't remember anything about France.
it's common in Indonesia, that children learn to read and write in kindergarden or pre-school. But I didn't back then.
I barely speak Indonesian, and I think I was the only one who unable to read.
all I can remember of my early years in Indonesia were being punished by teachers and crying. Oh I hate those days.
I had to learn to speak, reading and writing in Bahasa, so my French is erased by the time.
anyway, I kept a storybook, one of my favorite book, tho I can't read it.

"Le Chat Botte" or Cat in Boots. I love the illustrations where the cat is not just plain cute but also a little bit evil and smart.
Since last week I watched "Puss in Boots", I think I need to make the amigurumi, but based on Tonny Ross' illustration.

shame on me, I failed, but this post is dedicated to the great Tonny Ross :p
as an animator, also as a knitter, I wish someday I could make characters as good as the characters he made.

tiny addiction

do you ever been so busy, you had many task, but instead doing the task you are doing something else you knew it's not urgent thing to do?

I did. just did.
it was because of the Teeny Tiny Mochimochi book.
Making tiny amigurumi is very addictive!
I made the tiny phone when waiting for the slow internet connection,
and later I found that I can't stop making tiny amigurumi.
instead of finishing some commission, I made tiny android and later tiny twitter bird.

here's the big android I made weeks ago with the tiny android.

 the big Android with a phone with tiny android

well I have made some android dolls before, and making the tiny android is the first thing I wanna do as I learned the tiny technique from that book.

and here's the knitted tiny version of my twittering bird.

 love so tweet <3

I made crocheted twittering bird a long time ago (and shared the pattern)
embroidery is just not my thing, so I could only made one heart at one side, and leave the other side empty :p

the tiny amigurumi size is so perfect as phone charm, all I need now is a new phone

Little Po

I just watch Kungfu Panda 2, and I can write a long story (with spoilers) about how I love the movie.
but since I don't like to be a spoiler I will just write about the little panda plushy that instantly caught my eyes.

courtesy of Dreamworks (but I grab the picture from some Forum)

at the very same second as we saw that plushy, my brother told me, I should make that little Panda Plushy. I couldn't agree more. I want one! for me.


the little panda in the movie perhaps sewn, not knitted, but since I can only knit/crochet, so here it is.

I tried to make it as similar as in the movie, but in the end I can't recreate the exact same face, the black part at its body is to big, and last thing:
I'm not sure about the details at the body, is it a Chinese character or just some random embroidery.
I can't read Chinese so I'd rather not making the embroideries at all.

both of my sisters said that my Panda doesn't looked as old and dull as the little Panda at the movie.  so it would be a great help if anybody could lend me a time machine to get that dull look :)

Android 2.0

I made android . again .
of course I wouldn't name it Android 2.0 if there's no improvisation.
compare it to the late android here
yup, this Android 2.0 got some ornament at its abdomen, how do you think?

since the first android has been given away, I made this one for myself.
I (still) can't afford buying android phone, so for now I have android charm.
it's not an official item, but that's all I can afford for now  *sigh*
I don't know yet whether to use it as phone strap charm or for my flash disk.
it would be cute for necklace too, or any other idea?

Not a Froyo, only Frozen Android

 a custom made for Neta.

you could make your own android too, using my free pattern.
or you could ask me to make one for you, I'll only charge the crocheting fee and the ingredient cost :)

Did I say you may not sell it?  well... who knows what people do with their own creation.
let's say, you may make android as much as you want, maybe for money, but you must remember it's not
an official merchandise and might be copyrighted, so you have to know the consequences :)
But I think it's fair enough if you were charging for the crocheting fee and the yarn cost.
(and also fair for the one who wants the android doll)
here's a tips: do not put it on your store, do not make one then sell it, only make it when someone need it and last thing, DON"T MAKE A MASS PRODUCTION of these android amigurumi dolls :p

by the way, How bout my android phone?  I still haven't got one.
anybody, please buy me one :P

Gloomy Bear

let's take a look back to 2010,
My colleague asked me to make a Gloomy Bear amigurumi for his girlfriend.
the birthday was on December 31st

 Gloomy amigurumi Bear with the real Gloomy Bear keychain

I made the eyes using flanel, definitely the hardest part to made.
Unfortunately I'm unable to make it covered with blood :p

UPDATE,  here's the picture from the birthday (courtesy of Wickana)

of course the cake was not from me... :p

Android invasion

I might be the last person on earth who could explain Android correctly, but...
who doesn't want an Android?

as always.. I have no right to sell of distribute this item ,only made it for me.. since I can't afford a real one :p

to the ranch!

recently I started to play SPP Ranch!
anybody played this game? add me as your neighbor :)
as I begin to love the cute characters, I tried to make a fan craft for this game.

Yup.. it's another Ayam (chick/hen/rooster) for this October :p
the chicken on the game is wayyy cuter than this knitted chicken.
somehow, I think my chicken is look more like a human face (with large nose and ears)
what do you think?

SPP Ranch is copyrighted by Slide.inc
I have no right to sell the doll at all, I only made the doll as a fan art things :p

the poo family

I don't know how to describe it,
I'm really happy.
No

I'm VERY HAPPY

ah... I could write better expressions in Bahasa Indonesia than in English to tell you how I feel :)

Aku syenang syekaliii ahaha ihihi uhuhu 

(warning: don't try using google translate on that sentences, I was not using proper bahasa Indonesia)

remember the Poo of Mythfits?
I made the crochet version months ago, and later Justin, the mastermind of Mythfits commissioned me to make more.
Of course I gladly did it, I'm a fans!
it was a really fun project, even tough there were many problems behind it.
first, the brown yarn was out of stock.
I did go to the town, looking for the yarn ALONE, to a lot of craft stores, and didn't found the yarn.
I was only need a little bit more to finish the last Poo doll then.... let's say I did some magic trick, so the yarn problem solved.
haha.. bad story teller? well it's my darkest secret, a magician shall not reveal her magic tricks right?

the second problem was the shipment.  I was using the regular service, but I never thought it would need almost a month to send the box of Poo from my place to their master.
I got many acnes because of the stress worrying about that box, but fortunately, The Poos finally arrived in NY.
New York.  That city I saw on CSI: New York.  I never been there, and who knows where will the Poos go next?
my older sister even said, "Ah, if only you were a poo..."

And by the way, looking at the post at Mythfits,  the problems were nothing.
I meant, just read the post, and see the pictures, they are priceless!
Thank You :)

three years

Three years ago I was graduated
Three years ago I started working
Three years ago I started to crochet again

Since I'm celebrating my third years of working, I made something related to the past project I was involved.
I was going to make crochet version of a cool dog named Petals
but it was really hard! I meant what makes a bulldog bulldog is the cheeks!
I gave up making Petals, instead finishing it, I finished an orangutan doll.
Yesterday I tried making a bulldog again, and I did it, tough it doesn't looked like the real Petals.

kinda looks like a beaver LOL

I love it's tiny tail :)

btw, that's me in the baby stroller with my brother and sister

I really miss that dog!