Supernatural Pillow!

[hells_half_acre]

It's Arts and Crafts time!  I have finished making my first Supernatural pillow! I designed the crochet pattern myself. (It still needs a few tweaks, but it's just nitpicky stuff, because I think the pillow looks pretty damn good the way it is.)

I don't have a working camera at the moment, so you'll have to settle for cellphone pics...but check it out:

It measures 13"x13" (and I didn't even do that on purpose.)


On an only slightly unrelated note. I think my plant named Dean is actually both Dean AND Sam...judging by the two distinct stems:

I think I will just rename him/them to Winchester. I desperately need to get Winchester a new pot. (As you can see, the starter pot he is currently in is broken and held together by packing tape).

Comments

[borgmama1of5.livejournal.com]

I love the pillow! I want one so my couch won't ever get possessed! :)

[hells-half-acre.livejournal.com]

lol!

Thanks :)

[galwithglasses.livejournal.com]

The pillow's awesome. I love the blue and white.

[hells-half-acre.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It's actually blue and very-light blue, but my cellphone isn't great at picking up colour subtleties ;)

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Ooh, awesome! Any chance I could get the pattern? I wouldn't mind making that...

[hells-half-acre.livejournal.com]

Sure. I gotta make some corrections to it first. I've made them to my hard copy, but not my digital copy. I'll try to do that either tonight or tomorrow, and then I'll email it to you.

[bard2003.livejournal.com]

if you will have an opportunity to keep both plants in the same pot, they probably will feel better (we all know what happens when dean&sam are separeted!) so... like that one? http://i01.i.aliimg.com/photo/v0/103233095/Plant_pot_long.jpg or http://www.hiwtc.com/photo/products/22/04/51/45125.jpg?

[bard2003.livejournal.com]

why was my comment been called spam?!

[hells-half-acre.livejournal.com]

I think because it had a link in it. Never fear! I will fix it!

[hells-half-acre.livejournal.com]

Good idea. I'll take a wander to some plant stores one of these days and see what I can find. I'm worried about separating them too, since I was so certain when they/it was little that it was only one plant - I think they're roots might be too intertwined.

[bard2003.livejournal.com]

probably.

[epeeblade]

I'm also interested in seeing the pattern, if you're willing to share.

[hells-half-acre.livejournal.com]

Do you have an email address?

[epeeblade]

Sure! epeeblade at gmail dot com:)

Thank you!

[hells-half-acre.livejournal.com]

Done!

[epeeblade]

Got it, thanks! I think this carry the 2nd color throughout is a technique I must learn...

[hells-half-acre.livejournal.com]

It's fun - it's actually something I learned from making a blanket (because you want two good sides of a blanket). You could probably do it with more than two colours too, but I haven't tried that yet.

Anyway, uh, it goes without saying, but on the off chance that I want to try selling these on etsy or something, don't be competition! Hahaha (a friend of mine just suggested it, so I'm mulling it over).

[epeeblade]

Hah! Don't worry about it. (I'm amused because with a ten month old it's impossible I'd have the time to make more than one.)

Seriously, thanks for sharing!

[hells-half-acre.livejournal.com]

No problem! And also - awwww, cute baby! (I know I can't see your baby, but all babies are cute).

I have a lot of fun making these pillows - I made a similar pillow (different show) for my niece before this one. And I went out and bought supplies for yet another pillow for myself as soon as I finished this one. :P

[immortal-jedi.livejournal.com]

do you possibly know if I can get a similar pillow pattern for knitting? I don't know how to crochet, but I'd love a pillow like it.

[hells-half-acre.livejournal.com]

I don't know enough about knitting patterns to say...I made the crochet pattern myself, so I guess if you know how to make knitting patterns, then you could do the same!

Sorry I'm not more help!

[missyjack.livejournal.com]

That cushion is brilliant!!!! You would def have a market if you wanted to sell them....

[hells-half-acre.livejournal.com]

Yeah...I'm thinking of looking into it. I love making them, and it'd be extra money that I could put towards stuff like Supernatural conventions ;)

I need to find out how etsy or paypal or whatever works...

[immortal-jedi.livejournal.com]

Oh well. Thanks anyway.

I am definitely not skilled enough to create a pattern. I'm probably not yet skilled enough to do that pattern yet.

Well, I'll get there eventually, I'm sure.

[missyjack.livejournal.com]

paypal is easy to set up to receive money! You might want to think about just taking some orders here on your LJ first to "test the market" and save you some work in setting up an Etsy shop.

I'll order one ;D