Another Bout of Craftiness

Okay, I am terrible at this whole blogging consistently thing. I have actually been meaning to make this post for a while now, but I kept finding things I wanted to add. But it is finally here! I have finished all of the projects I was working on and they are ready to be shared.

Whenever I want to do a craft project it turns out being cross stitch. A few years ago I decided I wanted to try something new and I discovered I loved cross stitch. I had tried it when I was little, but my attention span was not nearly large enough to complete an entire counted cross stitch picture--I still have the one I started all those years ago. Now I am more focused and able to complete multiple pictures, given some time.

I am currently working on a large counted cross stitch, which is taking me much longer than it should to complete. I am easily distracted and I do not work on it as much as I should. But when I do finish it  I am sure it will look amazing. It is a picture of a wizard fighting a dragon.

I like to work on smaller cross stitch projects that I am able to finish in a reasonable amount of time. I do not really know how to go about making my own patterns so I turned to the internet. I searched online for fun patterns and I have actually found so pretty nice websites. The first thing I found was a lovely blog called Dork Stitch. I discovered it when I was looking for some sailor moon patterns to make something for a friend of mine (which I finished a while ago and do not have a picture of). I found many adorable patterns there, and it also led to me making this:

 It is a small hand towel. I am quite fond of the Avengers so it seemed necessary to make something with them on it. I was very happy to find that she had posted patterns of them on Dork Stitch.

And after the Avengers towel, this happened:

 Key-chains! This is the first time I have ever made key-chains so they did not work out as well as I had hoped. Today, only one of these three is still attached to the ring. Sadly, I have been told that Sherlock is lost. He fell off into the unknown. Hopefully someone has found him and is enjoying a small cross stitched Sherlock Holmes. The other is still around, but in need of mending.

These two cross stitch projects actually came after another one. This first was from some patterns I found at The Leaky Cauldron. This website is a lot of fun and has many patterns that I have yet to try. This is what I made:

These are fun little coasters. I know it is not a complete set. I made these for a friend to complete her set. She already had Gryffindor and I told her that I would make her the other three. I altered the colors on Ravenclaw some. I did not like how the colors were on the pattern and I liked how it turned out. The cross stitch part of this was enjoyable, but making them into coasters was not the most fun and it is something that I will not do very often. 

And that is all of the projects I have to show for now. I will give an update if I ever make more progress on that wizard and dragon. And maybe someday, I will start designing my own cross stitch patterns. That may be a long time from now. I need more practice!