Hellofest 9 sebentar lagiii

Jangan lupa yaaa....

datang ke Hellofest 9

ada film stop motion 8 detik karyaku yang jadi salah satu finalis, 

judulnya "Simalakama"

dan juga "Lulu" yang masuk final kategori animasi

datang dan vote karyaku ya ;)

*ngga vote juga ngga apa-apa sih, ada banyak yang bisa dilihat di sana, ga nyesel deh.

Remember Lulu?

remember Lulu and The Sheeps?

the amigurumi from my Alphabet series: D for Divide et Impera?

I made an animation about Lulu and the sheep at 2011.  If you read my zuperdzigh blog, then you can watch the animation there. Or you can also go to Hellofest 9 at Jakarta this year, cause Lulu is one of the animations which will be screened on the final round :)
Yay!
Lulu is a 2D animation inspired by the amigurumi dolls.  so, yes it's a 2D not a stop motion though I really want to make a stop motion using my amigurumi.
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and I made it!  I made a very short stop motion using my amigurumi.  I never published it anywhere else. So, don't miss it.  Only on Hellofest 9,  you can watch my first ever stop motion.  The title is "Simalakama" and it's one of the finalist for the 8 seconds movie category.

You can find more info about Hellofest by clicking this picture below.

or just visit http://hellofest.com

see you at Hellofest 9 ;)

BOOK GIVEAWAY!!!

After the very exciting September, now it's October!  Giveaway time!!!!

this time I will giveaway one Book for one lucky winner.

all you need to do is to leave a comment below this post and mention your favorite amigurumi or favorite post from this blog.  Don't forget to leave an e-mail address so I can contact you when you win.

This time I'm really sorry that only participant with Indonesian address may join this giveaway.

this contest will be closed at October 20th, and I will announce the winner at October 22nd :)

update:  The Contest Closed!
and the winners are :
1. Dweedy (cause she's the first one to participate)
2. DuniaFannie (cause she almost or always join every giveaway I made)
3. Novyalfee (cause my middle name is Tri for the third)
4. Ratnamanikpratiwi (cause she likes ballerina dentata)

the greatest thing of being the contest holder is I could change the rule.  One winner?  I'll pick four! If I could, I wanna be like Oprah, giving every participant free book, but I only have 4.  so, Sorry, better luck next time, thanks for participating.  Don't worry, there will be another giveaway anytime soon :)

My Book is Available Now! Perhaps

YAY! Finally, you can find my book at local bookstore (or local online bookstore). if you were lucky.

it's true I have written a crochet book. it has been published.  I never had the book. I never seen the book.  I did remember typing the whole content of the book.  and during the making, I change the laptop 3 times.  so it's the most expensive book I ever write and it's invisible.

so let's have an imaginary book giveaway :)

if you find a crochet book with my name on it (Dessy something... I don't even remember how I wrote my name in the book).  then yeah, that could be my book.

btw, I'm selling my amigurumis

Last week (or is it two weeks ago?) I had a vacation.
When I was going to pack my stuff, I found my bag full of amigurumis.
which was later becoming a reason why I become so lazy in updating this blog.
the other reasons are because I'm having some deadlines, and I'm currently applying for a new job.  wish me luck, so I can get back finishing my amigurumi soon ;)

Meanwhile, I didn't participate on any offline bazaar this year, so I sale the amigurumi via twitter and facebook.  so please do check my twitter: @dessytab :)

Let's join the Kartini's Day Parade

Kartini is the pioneer of woman rights in Indonesia.

She was not the only emancipation heroine, but we celebrate Kartini's birthday as the emancipation day at April 21 every year.

Kartini who was born in an aristocratic family, founded a school for girls, at that time it was uncommon for girls to get formal education.

by the way, that time the learning method was the student write the lesson on their personal chalkboard, read it over and over until they remember, then erased it.  it looks like using iPad or tablet without memory :p

Back to Kartini's Day, at Kartini's Day the children usually wear traditional costume, complete with hairdoos (and the make ups).  I still don't know what the corellation between woman emancipation with traditional costume, but it's a tradition and it's fun (except for children, maybe).

This year,  @rajutanmama will hold a one day workshop with various knitting and crochet workshop.   it will be held at  28 April 2013 at Learning Lounge, Plasa Semanggi.

mark the date: 28 April 2013

one of the workshop material is amigurumi (with me as the instructor).  it's Kartini's Day so we will make Kartini amigurumi - finger puppet.  it's very simple, and easy to modify once you learn the basic, so we will have a tiny Kartini parade :)

You knew the ABCs, now let's learn crocheting amigurumi :)

This one is my Kartini finger puppet with a tiny hair bun, come make your own version and let's have a parade :)

Flamingo giveaway before the Apocalypse

it was long planned, not As old the Mayan calendar, but I had planned to give away an amigurumi again this December, before the 2012 apocalypse.
Choosing one amigurumi for the give away is not a simple task.  Come on! it could be the last giveaway, I have to give something useful.
so, at last, I finally chose *drum roll* a Flamingo!
as for why, you tell me :)

just write in a comments below, how do you survive an apocalypse with a Flamingo?  or why do you need a Flamingo before the apocalypse.  or just write something interesting about why should I send you this Flamingo
I will pick one lucky winner based on the answer :)
don't forget to write down you're e-mail address so I can contact you if you are the winner :)
all human and orangutan in any address in the world may participate in this giveaway.
The contest will be closed on December 21 2012

PS: there might be another giveaway, so stay tune!  

End of Year Sale!

I knew I can't depend on miracle to fulfill my wishlist.
So I decided to let go some of my amigurumi

Rhino Rp 30000,00

Komodo Rp 30000,00

Rafflessia girl Rp 30000,00 

Sumatran Tiger Rp 70000,00

Rudolph Rp 100000,00

Buba bear Rp 100000,00

Chesire Cat Rp 100000,00 

Flying Fox Rp 150000,00 

Jakumi Rp 100000,00

Lion Tamer and The Lion Rp 275000,00 

beurit beureum jeung beurit bodas Rp 75000,00 

Yeti Rp 120000,00

Jaka Sembung & Ninja Rp 100000,00

Homo Homini Lupus Rp 250000,00

Entok Rp 100000,00

 Android Doll @ Rp 50000,00

available: yellow, blue, pink, baby pink, purple

Android and Jellybean Rp 200000,00

Semut & Gula Rp 150000,00

Katak & tempurung Rp 100000,00 

Penguin Rp 30000,00 SOLD!

for order please send e-mail with subject "end of year sale" to :
zuperdzigh[at]yahoo[dot]com

Note:  the listing price exclude shipping price.

this amigurumis are made as toy, so if you want to changed it to be phone charm or key chain I will give the key chain part for free but won't attach it to the amigurumi.

Let's crochet a Purple Elephant Amigurumi!

Come join the amigurumi workshop @ Learning Lounge Plasa Semanggi, Jakarta, 17 November 2012
we'll learn the very basic of amigurumi technique together
The registration fees includes tools and materials.
you can choose to make this elephant or the cat, or you may bring another amigurumi pattern and we'll learn it together.

information and registration please contact Citraparameswari[at]yahoo[dot]com

oh, it's raining again!

it's not November without the rain.
this time I'm not making another frog but a baby frog or a tadpole.

my little sister love to keep tadpoles as her pet.
The bucket filled with water and frog eggs is not a pretty things to keep, but apart from that, swimming tadpoles are cute.

it's hard to take picture of them cause they always move.
this amigurumi is dedicated to my little sister who is "imut-imut kaya kecebong" (= as cute as tadpole)

I made this tadpole using glittery black cotton
I spent a very long time (months), and numerous trip using train and never finished knitting the first tadpole.
yesterday I unravel the first (unfinished tadpole), and knit it again from the beginning, and now it's done just in a few hours.
I don't know why it took a very long time to make it at the first time.

by the way,

there will be another amigurumi class at November 17, at Learning Lounge Plasa Semanggi, Jakarta.
information and registration please contact via e-mail to citraparameswari [at] yahoo [dot] com
we will learn to make the cat amigurumi, but if you have another pattern that you would like to try, just bring the pattern along :)

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).

IYC Festival 2012 at Thamrin Nine

My friend from Gondangdia Afterwork, Gazali (owner of Khaf Wooden Toys), was once again got a commission to make a placard for an annual event : Indonesian Youth Festival (IYC)
this year, he invited the whole Gondangdia Afterwork crew to join the Festival and opening a booth there.
I didn't come to the event, but some of my amigurumi and display from my cubicle shown at the booth.

Mr Gazali and the Gondangdia Afterwork booth

Specially for this event, Gazali asked me to make some costume for his Dakochan toy.

it was a fun challenge that I have to design various costume, add some personality to the dakochans while keeping the uniqueness off the dakochan's shape.

from left to right :  Dakochan girl, Dakochan bee, Dakochan Afro, Dakochan Reggae, Dakochan bandit, French Dakochan.

You could order your own dakochan with custom costume too (specially made by me), the price starts from IDR 20000.  (How about a pair of dakochans for wedding cake ?) Or you could also buy the original dakochan without clothes so you could paint it yourself.  For further information, please check Khaf's blog here.