I am BAAACKKKKK! updaten and GIVEAWAY.

Hey there all of you!

I am back. Finally!I started listing new items to my shop last friday and will add more in the following weeks.
So besides crochet patterns, I am now selling stationary featuring my foster cats. I am really excited about it and I hope you like it as much as I do.

The cards are the first in line but I am planning on other things. 

And as you know I still sell crochet patterns. I have listed the ones I loved most in my etsy shop and I have added a new one.

His name is Yawn the Yeti!

He is cute right? He is for sale in my etsy shop and is available through instant download! Yes, I have decided to try this new option etsy is offering.

So because I am back and I would love to celebrate this with you I have decided to host a giveaway!!!!

What to win?

I will be giving away two yawn the yeti crochet patterns.

How?

Go to my facebook page and hit like on my giveaway post (one entry)

or

Share my giveaway post on facebook (one entry)

or

Leave a comment here (one entry)

or 

do all of the above for the biggest change to win!

The giveaway will be closed on Friday (6th of september).

Good luck to you all!!!

New pattern: Cherry love

My new pattern: Cherry love is just in time for valentine. It is a perfect pattern if you are just starting amigurumi or if you need something to crochet a last minute present!
Now for sale in my etsy shop!

Humpty Dumpty egg cozy: NEW PATTERN!

Finally it´s finished, my new pattern!!!!!
I really wanted to make another pattern from alice in wonderland, but I could not decide. But with the beginning of the new year, new ideas came! So here he is:

Humpty Dumpty egg cozy

The patterns is now for sale in my etsy shop!

September Challenge!!!!!!

Some exciting news! My first challenge! And something to keep you busy in the last month of summer!

How does it work?
-Crochet one of my patterns. I have lots of free ones available, click here
-Take a picture of the result and upload it to your blog, website or flickr account. (Or whatever other web pages are out there)
-Post a link to your picture and your email adress below
-You have one month, enter before september 25th 
-1 entry per person
-I will pick a random winner

What to win?
2 patterns of your choice from my etsy shop

Good luck!!

Steampunk....

So the last couple of weeks, I am exploring the world of steampunk! It all started with the novel Steamed by Katie Macallister!!

Two nights ago, I started to look at steampunk crochet patterns and I found this lacy wristers pattern by KrochetLove. I fell in love instantly. That night I finished the first one, I added some steampunk like buttons and here it is:

If you want to make this lacy wristers for yourself, visit the KrochetLove blog, thanks for sharing the pattern!

Then when visiting etsy I stumbled upon some great steampunk art! I purchased one of her digital stamps and started crafting right away:

For more of her amazing artwork visit the blog TheOctopedeFactory

So maybe my next amigurumi pattern will be something steamy too!

Etsy Dark Team

Hi there,

I haven´t been around a lot, I know, but it is about to change.
I have teamed up with the etsy dark team. An amazing group of artists who create art with a dark twist!
Go check them out, click!
Or check out our blog

Today I also created my first treasury (it wasn´t easy trust me, but I finally figuered it out, :) ) on etsy: weird pink

I have also started on a new crochet pattern!!!!! Hooray! finally! I will keep you posted on it!

Cheers,

What a beautiful day today.....

Spring is really near! I bought some beautiful flowers yesterday and I just had to share them with you!

I have spend all of the afternoon on my balcony. While I enjoyed the sun, I worked on two patterns. A pattern for my etsy shop and a .........FREE one. YAY!
So keep an eye out for more updates!
Hope you all also had a great day filled with sunshine!

He is not scary... He is cute.....

My new pattern. A little amigurumi shark. He is now for sale in my etsy shop.

Also for sale: shark and jellyfish money save pattern. You will receive both the mommy and child jellyfish pattern and the shark pattern. You save 20%!

New pattern!!! Jellyfish!

As you might know, I have decided to donate everything I make to animal welfare organizations. Right now I am focussing on the sea. There are a lot of problems with the fish and animals in our seas. We need to help them, so I thought it would be fun to make some sea amigurumis!
Jellyfish mommy and child!

This pattern is now for sale in my etsy shop!!!!

Happy New year!!!

Last year has been a strange year, we had to deal with sickness and death. But in terms of creativity it was great, I made my own designs and I am selling them on the internet. I met lots of great people and I have my own blog with 129 followers already!!!

Thank you all so much for you support and kind words the last year! It is amazing to see my designs come to life.


So to all of you: Have a beautiful, healthy and ofcourse creative 2011!!!


hope to see you soon!


Renske

what´s going on?

Hi there,

The snow has melted, which is a good thing, because my little dog looked like frosty the snowman everytime he came back from a little walk. It is still cold though.....
Just a little update. I am working on some new patterns/products. I am planning to do something for charity, but I am still doing some research.
But because I don´t want to be quiet for to long, somewhere next week I am planning to do a new giveaway. whooohhoooooo!
So be a little patient!

See you soon!

star the little christmas elf.....

Here she is......

.....this is star the little christmas elf. She is ready to help santa with all of his presents.

She can be yours too. Her pattern is now available in my etsy and ravelry shops!

new halloween pattern, pencil toppers

I was thinking of all those halloween parties out there. I always like to give my guest little presents, so that is where I got my idea! Pencil toppers a skull and a zombie. Turned out they also make great home decorations!

Now for sale in my etsy and ravelry shop (I closed my shop at dawanda, because there wasn´t enough interest.)

Happy Halloween everyone!!!

Free pattern: Spider in jar

I have a little cat in my home, who is about to give birth. I am waiting and waiting and waiting. And when I am waiting I need to crochet! So a new project: Spider in a jar!

Materials:

*empty jar

*black/grey and orange yarn

*little black eyes

*little scrap of halloween fabric

*little orange pompoms, handmade or bought in the shop. I made them with the clover pompom maker

Abbreviations

ch - chain stitch

sc - single crochet

inc - increase

dec - decrease

* - repeat between * and *

Spider

with grey

R1: sc 6 in magic ring

R2: inc around (12)

R3: *inc, sc* repeat around (18)

R4: *inc, 2sc* repeat around (24)

R5: *inc, 3sc* repeat around (30)

R6: *inc, 4sc* repeat around (36)

R7-9: sc 36

R10: *dec, sc 4* repeat around (30)

R11: *dec, sc 3* repeat around (24)

R12: *dec, sc 2* repeat around (18)

Stuff spider

R13: *dec,sc* repeat around (12)

R14: dec around (6)

Fasten off. Glue on eyes.

Spider legs

with grey

make 8

ch 10, sc into 2nd ch from hook, sc 8, Fasten off.

Secure legs to body of spider

Little round on the bottom of the jar

With black

R1: sc 6 in magic ring

R2: inc around (12)

With orange

R3: *inc, sc* repeat around (18)

R4: *inc, 2sc* repeat around (24)

With black

R5: *inc, 3sc* repeat around (30)

R6: *inc, 4sc* repeat around (36)

With orange

R7: *inc, 5sc* repeat around (42)

R8: *inc, 2sc* repeat around (56)

R9: *inc, 6sc* repeat around (64)

With black

R10: *inc, 7sc* repeat around (72)

R11: *inc, 7sc* repeat around (81)

Fasten off.

Finishing

Put the little orange/black round on the bottom of the jar

Make a little hole in the lid of the jar. Secure a long grey yarn to your spider. Take the other side of the yarn and pull it through the hole. Now make a knot, to secure the spider. Make sure he is hanging and not touching the bottom of the jar.

Cut a little piece of halloween fabric and put it over the lid. Secure it into place with a ribbon or use of a string of 70 ch st in black yarn. At the end of the string or the ribbon, secure the two little pompoms.

Happy Halloween!

Yay! the winner from the giveaway......

First of all, because so many people entered this giveaway, I decided to draw two names out of the bag.

So not one, but two people will both win, 2 patterns of printables of their choice from my shop!

And now.....

The winners.....

-Terri H. the recipefanatic

-Sue

Please contact me and let me know, what patterns, printables you would like.

Congratulations, to you!!!!!!

This is how I´ve chosen the winner.

Everyone who entered got a number

Then I put all the numbers in a bag and draw one out

Then I had the results number 17 and 33, terri and sue!

Everyone that didn´t win, don´t be sad, tomorrow I will have a free pattern for all of you!

A Autumn giveaway!!!!!

The leaves are starting to fall frm the trees and the summer is almost over, my favourite season is starting. That is why I need to celebrate, so I decided to do a giveaway.

What to win?
2 patterns (or printables) of your choice from my shop. Click here to take a look around.

What to do?
Leave a comment or send me an email at funandfang@hotmail.com.

When will it end?
At monday 20 september at 12 (UTC+01:00) in the afternoon. Be sure to leave me a note before then.

When will I know if I won?
I will anound the winner tuesday. I will pick the winner randomly!

So good luck everyone!

There is a little post about my little bat halloween invitation on this cool site, make your own invitations! She did a great job with describing my pattern, take a look here

thanks so much to peata!

You want to make your own bat? Click here to get the pattern at my shop!

little firefly

This little firefly wants to light up your day and stay by your side at night! The pattern for this little one is now available in my shops!

You can find me on ravelry!!

Hy everyone,

I have been a member of ravelry for a while now, but finally I started adding my patterns. (thanks to sue, for suggesting this :) )
You can find my patterns by searching for funandfang or renske de busschere.
Go have a look and be my friend!!! (I love having those, lol)

Look at what my friend made!

My friend, Ayla May de Zeeuw made a necklace with a little picture of my vampire turtle! Isn´t it just too cute? I am in love with it! Thanks so much Ayla!