the completed Alphabet series

Finished the series last week, and here's the complete slideshow :)
it's been fun making the series, maybe I'll make new alphabet series next year

Created with flickr slideshow from softsea.

Z is for Zebra

when I started this alphabet amigurumi challenge, the plan was to end it with Z for zpiderdzigh.
But I already made some spiders back then, and when I tried to make a big spider, it didn't work well.
I was still knitting the spider's leg when the electricity went out yesterday.  And I still trying to finish it after dinner.
still the spider doesn't looked any good.
I almost give up, that I thought I couldn't post anything today, till I tried to make Zebra and finished it by midnight.

Z is for Zebra.

I made it based on a quick sketch after dinner.
I give the Zebra the red eyes, because I have stock of red eyes, and thought it would be a cute accent to the black and white base.

now the alphabet series is completed, what's next?
while I'm thinking about the next series, maybe I'll make something for Lebaran/ fasting month.
so for all moslems, happy fasting :)

Y is for Yeti

 

Y is for Yeti!

I thought it was gonna be Y fo Yoyo, but there are already too many inanimate amigurumi.
The Yeti is similar to my orangutan design, because based on wikipedia's description,
Yeti is an ape like creatures.

I just finish it last night, and I woke up planning to take a picture of Yeti with a lot of ice.
Guess what, global warming, no ice, not even in the fridge.

so... it's a Yeti in tropical island, He loves to play with fishes in the jar.

okay, that would be one more amigurumi to complete the series. I'm thinking a big one, but we'll see.

X fo Xylophone

What have I done?
I didn't make anything for the past few weeks!
Now, I'm back, I really am back working out the rest 3 letter from the alphabet series.

X for Xylophone.
yup another English word, because I don't know any word in Bahasa begins with letter X.
xixixixixi? that's not even a language, it's more like written onomatopoeia for laughing,
yeah, I don't even know why they changed "h" in "hihihihi" to "x"

as you see, the parts of this xylophone is so simple and easy to make,
the reason I didn't start to make it few weeks ago was because I was too lazy to create the base.
right, the white thing under the bars, which can't be clearly seen. *sigh*

see you (hopefully) soon !

W for Washing Machine

it's really tricky to find words begins with the last 5 letter of the alphabet,
that's why I'm late again :p
the good news is tomorrow will be my last day working at zeusbox studio, so I'll have plenty of time making new amigurumis while looking for a new job (Okay, it's not a good news, but let's pretend it is)

W is for Washing Machine

"isn't it too quiet here, or am I the only one being noisy here?"

I can live without refrigerator, but I can't survive living at the 21st century  without washing machine.

Vivi the Vacuum Cleaner

the party is over.
I had fun, I still have this smile in my face.
but I can't help feeling sad, confused, and maybe tired seeing what was left.
and I know I have to clean them up.
Because if I don't, there won't be any party later.
Thankfully there's Vivi the Vacuum cleaner helping me to clean up the confetti.

when I was young, I believe that vacuum cleaner was the most modern thing in the house.
Not the TV.
The Vacuum cleaner looked so futuristic with a lot of buttons, noises, and... its cable.
The vacuum cleaner has a long plug in cable, and when you push the button, the cable rolls back into the vacuum cleaner. it's really Cool!

Ulat Ungu Nan Unyu

U is for the cutest critter ever: Ulat Ungu Nan Unyu
(=cute purple caterpillar)

unyu itself is a slang, so you won't find the word in dictionary.

it took a long time to finish this Ulat, because of the broken television.
I did many things while watching TV, so without it, I simply can't do those things.

it's no secret that I made most of my yarn toys while watching television.
My motto is "no DVD, no productDVD".
so.. it's true.
Instead of finishing the Ulat, I played nintendo for days, and barely finish this week amigurumi :p.

Ada Telepon

back in college, I don't remember the subject, we have to pick an inanimate object, then draw it using various techniques and styles.
I pick telephone, and turns out, Telephone (the non-mobile one) is my favorite inanimate object until now.

am I imagining things, or this phone looked like pig?

Don't you miss the time when there's only one telephone for all family member? running everytime the phone rings, wishing that it is for you.  Calling someone secretly, whispering so nobody know what and to whom you are talking to?
okay.. some people don't even remember it, I'm being a nostalgic old woman.

"since the phone went mobile, all we have is bad connection"

by the way, in Indonesia, instead saying, "the telephone rings!" or "there's a call for you", we say "Ada telepon!" (means there's a telephone).
so sometime we use it to trolling around yelling, "ada telepon!" and let someone run for it and find there's a telephone but it's not ringing at all.

Teleponnya mati (the phone is dead)

when you've got a call, but the caller hang it up, Indonesian would say, "Telepon-nya mati" which means "the telephone is dead".

I shoulda add some blood on the picture... but I don't do photoshop :p

Salak Galak

S is for Salak (Snakeskin fruit or Salacca edulis)
not an ordinary Salak, he is Salak Galak (Grumpy Salak)
why he was so Grumpy? don't ask him, unless you want to be yelled at.

maybe because he was forced to hanging out with the smooth-skinned eggs?
Salak is one of my favorite fruit, especially the Salak Pondoh which are sweeter than Salak Bali,
but you can't eat too much salak at a time, it would give you constipation :p

Yay... 7 more letters to go :)

R for Rafflesia arnoldi

Rafflesia arnoldii, the largest flower in earth, its diameter could reach one meter
Named after Thomas Stamford Raffles, but commonly called as "bunga bangkai" or corpse flower,
because of its scent.

is that why it looks so hysterical?

or because it is now considered as endangered flower?

BTW, I made this cute red with polka dots at the Crafty days

Q without A

looking for any words in Bahasa begin with letter Q is tricky.
there are Qurban (=offering), Quran (=Koran), Qalbu (not sure what it means) but those words are actually Arabian.
From random words, there are Quidditch (I watched Harry Potters, but I'm not a fans, so it's a no), and Quinn from Farah Quinn, the chef in a TV program, but NO WAY (in bold yeah, NO WAY).
I could make some Queen based theme, because I watched the royal wedding, but it was too late.
I also thought of making a fan art of Master Q, one of my favorite comics, but it would be too complicated.
There are also some phrase like Q.E.D (Quad Erat Demonstrandum) and Quality over Quantity too, but it gave me headache so I prefer the basic.
Q is for letter Q

with a little twist of course, it's a Q without A

Question without Answer.

looking through the index, and Q still can't find its A

so, what's your Q without A?

mine is when will I get married?  -_-'

oh it's annoying, can we skip the question, like do I need to?

P for Panda

time for commercial break. seriously.
Did I mentioned that I have a brother too? (like I forgot about having a brother hehe)
My brother and his wife have a Pancake booth called Panda Recipe, they sell Pancakes of course :)
If you are in Bandung, please visit them at Pasteur Hyper Point's Lower Ground floor and try the pancakes.

They ask me to make some  designs, check it out at the Panda Recipe's tumblr page.
What they didn't know and didn't ask is that I designed the mascot so I could make the amigurumi version of it too.

 

And for this special occasion, I also modified my 3d puzzle to have Panda Recipe's theme using some graphics I made for the real booth.

 this is the 3d puzzle before

and this is after

The weird thing is that I spent more effort modifying this display, unlike when I was at the college, I made an ugly exhibition display design back then.

Ontah

the real bahasa for camel is Unta, but sometime we spell it as Onta, or sometime Ontah
and this amigurumi I dedicated to a good friend, Ontah

Her real name was Fany, Ontah was her nick name
I don't remember why did I call her Ontah (or sometime Hatno)
maybe because of her funny way of eating, looked like a cammel.

She was very kind and pretty.
She used to refer herself as "fanysayang" (dear Fany),
I thought it was very silly, but it's true that she's our dearest friend.
She passed away last year because of Lung Cancer, while she never smoke at all.
I really hate myself for not always be there for her.
I didn't make my promise to treat her when I won the animation contest,
and I didn't make her the crocheted toys she asked me.

Her favorite color was yellow, and she love to wear white hijab and blue shirt, it's her favorite costume and everybody seems to notice that
back in the college, there were a movie about her in the white hijab and blue shirt (reacted by someone else), she hated the movie, it's a funny movie tho.
I always remember her when I saw another people wearing similar white and blue costume.
That's why I made the camel amigurumi in white, not in camel colors.
well, Fany, this amigurumi is yours, hope you like it :)

N is for Ninja

I made Ninja amigurumi before, the crocheted and the knitted ninja.
and for the third time, I made Ninja for my alphabet amigurumi series.
why not? I love Ninja games, I played Ninja Gaiden and Shinobi

I haven't watch any Jaka Sembung (The Warrior) movie,
but I remember it has a sequel The Warrior and The Ninja,
and I think it would be interesting to put the Ninja and Jaka Sembung in the scene together.

fyi, the ninja design is not based on the movie of course
read about the Jaka Sembung amigurumi here

M for Munding

Munding is Sundanese for Kerbau (bull)

My father sometime call me Kerbau, because I usually have lunch before taking shower at weekend.
you know, Indonesian take a shower at least twice a day, so it's really not a common to eat breakfast/ lunch without taking a shower before, unless you are Kerbau.

Kerbau  is also a name for people who don't like to wake up early at the morning, like me.
Based on Reader Digest survey, Indonesian wake up earliest than most citizen in the world, about 5-6 AM.
Really? I wake up at 6 or 7 on weekdays, and at 8 or 9 on weekends.
But, students in Indonesia really wake up at 5-6 AM or maybe earlier, especially student at Jakarta because of that weird government' rule.

My father also like to call me Anak Kerbau (Kerbau's daughter, now who is the Kerbau).
because of my last... er middle.. errr... middle last name is "Anandani".
Which means "daughter".
But some people misspell it to "a-Nandi" or "a- Nandi-ni" or something with "Nandi",
really it happens even on my graduation ceremony
while Nandi is (again) a Kerbau, a sacred bull, which Shiva rides in Hindu mythology.

So instead of writing this post for letter M (Munding) why didn't I write it for K (Kerbau)?
because I have too many ideas for letter K, while I don't have any idea for letter M :)

L for Lemon

the bahasa for Lemon is Lemon
there's no special reason why did I pick lemon for the theme.
I like lemon flavours
I like lemon juice, lemon squash, but I don't like lemon tea.
I like tea, black tea, green tea, and recently chrysantenum tea, but no lemon tea.
I don't know why, I just don't like the combination.
so... when live gives you lemon, do not mix it with tea ;)

K is for Ketchup or Kecap?

if you are happen to have some lunch at Indonesian Restaurant,
try asking for Ketchup.
They might give you the black "kecap" which is soy sauce, not ketchup the tomato sauce.
Kecap is the second best topping for Indonesian culinary after the chili sauce.
you will rarely find Indonesian food without kecap.
for some people, it's enough to eat only rice and kecap, or to be exact,
for some people (mostly children), they won't eat rice without kecap.
maybe it's like eating french fries without Ketchup.
But not for me, I prefer french fries with another french fries, no Ketchup please.

J is for...Jaka! Jaka Sembung

Just for your information:
in Indonesia 250,000 IDR (28.75 USD) is:
enough for at least 25 meals (rice and chicken),
or my transportation cost from home-work-home for 62 days
or 12 comic books
or 3 original music CD
or to send your package to nowhere.

so what's the correlation with amigurumi?
nothing, I'm just writing unrelated topic to fit the theme:

Jaka Sembung mawa golok,

teu nyambung go*lok!

translation for the popular rhyme:
Jaka Sembung (it's a name) bring a Blade, it's out of topic (or no correlations), idiot!

tips: Read the rhyme while cutting the tomatoes!

ah, I should've give him some chest hair 

of course it's popular for informal conversation, to mock others.
Jaka Sembung itself is a fictional character,
I never read the comic or watch the movie so I don't know much about the character.
and yesterday I found this site, which makes me feel like I really have to make the amigurumi.
like, OMG it's gore! it's crappy and it's classic, How can I miss this movie?

i untuk ini/itu

Now, let me teach you the most important words in Bahasa.

special appearance by Anying and Teyong

"Ini" and "Itu"
literally "Ini" means "this", and "Itu" means that.
but in daily conversation, "ini" and "itu" could mean a lot of things.
just ask my mom.. she's an expert on ini/itu language.

Her very best example:
Mom: "ini-nya di-itu-in"
(do that to it/this)
and in this case, my mom doesn't point at anything, so it's not clear wether she want you to do the dishes, water the plant, kill the dog, or anything else.

my Dad usually ask her back: "quel itu?" (which "itu"?)
which make my Mom mad.

while me and my sisters stay quiet, which make my mom mad too :p

H is for Homo Homini Lupus

I didn't make another Horror theme as I planned.
Horror and gore are similar, so I decided to drop the horror theme, and pick
"Homo Homini Lupus"
Man is a wolf to (his fellow) man.
somehow it was my favorite Latin phrase, and I used to repeat it again and again when I was a kid.
maybe because it was my first Latin phrase I learn from school, beside ora et labora 

no matter how close you are to your fellow man...

man is a wolf to his fellow man.

 
 see the other pictures here and here
to be continued to the letter "I" :)