Another Possible Hobby

    Hello! This is Alinsky. I just want to share something that might be added to this blog. As I was surfing on youtube, I found a youtuber which makes charms out of polymer clay. It made my crafty senses activate and I think I would like to give it a try. I saw on the video that it needs to have an oven because you'll have to bake the cake, which my mom had. Well, it just passed through my mind.
Anyways, thank you for reading my entry! Don't forget to check back here for more posts, updates and more! That's all for now. Bye!

Creative Rachy's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbJsVoGo-HszKDVCqsORk_A

Her video that I watched: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZStexRD7HI

2019 charm collections: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yk-xTMwZCwc

Feathery Friend's Second Day

 

Their Second Day!

    It's the second day of the love birds! Yay! There are some changes that happened. Yesterday, Papa blocked the entrance to the birds' wooden box. Dad did that because they always hide there and would never go out meet and greet with us. So, yeah that's done. Another one is I could see the couple and they are not hiding anymore! Earlier, as I am watching them from the door, they stood at the corner of the enclosure. As always, they make loud noises. But they're cute and they look well together. They play and roam around their house. I watch them eat their bird seeds and drink water.

    My birdies are adapting to their new home, a bit nicely. But they really want to hide in their box. Especially when they see me. (Am I really that scary? Probably. A bit) The birds always fly around the cage and would hang onto the steel enclosure when they are startled. Dad said that they'll calm down when you call them, mimicking their voice. He said that cat calling them in a soft tone would calm them down, but it's hard for me to do. Instead, I came up with another way, whistling. Whistling like the bird's voice also. It kinda works for them, I think. Hopefully, next week they'll be familiar with me, and never be stressed and scared from me.

  

    As I've said, they're so cute! Like now that they're asleep. The male bird leans on the female bird that made it even more cute! I noticed also that the bird also opens and closes their beak, as if they're talking en though they are sleeping.

    These are all of the bird updates for now. As I'm typing, they are now awake which means there's more incoming noises ad cuteness. Thank you so much for reading! Don't forget to come back and read my latest posts here on my blog.

    I still don't have a name for them yet so any suggestions would be appreciated. And also a correction, their colors are white and greyish blue (I can't tell because of the light) which is the male bird, and the yellow and green bird which is the female bird. They are also an African love birds. Until the next post! Bye!

Our New Bird!

My Feathery Friends

    
    We have two love birds!

    I have a white and gray feathered bird with it's green and red (I think) partner. My father bought them from his friend's shop. When I first heared that my father would buy the love birds, I was so excited because this is the first time to have a pet. The birds arrived here, at our house, yesterday but I didn't have the time to welcome them because I was sleeping at that time. It was nighttime when dad brought them. 

    The birds are shy and would never go out of the wooden box beside the cage. They always hide there. They seemed to be startled when there is someone who is looking at them. Our door also makes loud noises which also makes them hide. I hope they adapt to their new home happily.

    Their home is a rectangular stainless steel with a black tray underneath. The tray serves as a poop catcher so it would never fall down the floor. Dad also made a wooden box and placed it on the side of the cage so that the birds would have a place to place their egg. There are two short and one elongated shaped would attached on each sides inside. The cage also has a little tree at the center with no leaves, some hanging ring binder and also a swing so they could hang out and play together.

    The couple are very cute! and they make high pitched noises. I hope I could see them play around their home because it makes me happy. I'll take a picture of them if I can. Anyway, thanks for reading guys! Until the next post! Bye!

Sqaishey Series Update

    

    This is another Sqaishey update! I opened my youtube account and saw this! It's Sqaishey's episode 6. She found two marine animals and also a sunken ship. I hope she gets back to her house safely. You could watch the video here --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpo7U1bujIs.

    It's episode 7! Sqaishey went away from her home and she explored for a bit but it was getting nighttime. So she went caving from a cave that she wanted to go. She got some iron which she made into armor and a shield. She fought monsters here and there. The link to the video is here > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv3FecIp7k8&t=11s

     Sqaishey's still venturing out into the world and found her favorite food in the world. She found her own dog (as you saw on the thumbnail). And went back to her home!
The link in the video here --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKUrUmXNCSo

Episode 9 of her "A World For Me" series. She got a dog from the last episode. Watch it here-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzlFS3pakE0&t=4s

Episode 10 of the series. She got some other type of wood and made a tunnel to her farm!. Link to the video is here -->
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCq-IoszGgY

Episode 11 where she makes her wiggly path with moats.
Link to the video here -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucxOgH_MtHs&t=595s

Sqaishey Quack

   Hello internet! This blog is a little bit different than any of my posts here. So, today's post is about my youtube series that I am currently watching. I'll start it first with Sqaishey. Sqaishey is a cheerful duckie that is always ready to have fun, she plays minecraft and made her latest minecraft series that I am watching today! I think as I've posted this, it would be her 5th episode on her "A World for Me" series. 

  This is her series this time around because of her health. She decided to stay away for a bit on making a series to give herself a break. I've been following her since I found her on the internet and loved her until now. I still support her until now and hopefully she is now fully recovered! 

  Check her out here --> https://www.youtube.com/user/sqaishey/

  A World For Me:   

• Episode 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nuuk8n_T48Q

                                      

• Episode 2 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT8_DU5qnK

 

• Episode 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgwaPTZ4auU

• Episode 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNntgbzqTP8

• Episode 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BokVNDAATJM

    I hope she continues this because I really love Sqaishey and the videos she post. If she does, I'll be watching all of it until the last episode! And I hope you do too! Right now she has another series where she is playing "Tiny Bird Garden," for all of the bird lovers like me!

    That's all for today. Thank you for reading! See you on the next post! 

Yay!

Posted today! :)

Happiest Day of my Crochet Life!!

        I got home from a very busy and stressful school. But then I opened my Ravelry Account, and got a message from someone. I read it and I was shocked of what I saw. Lee Ives, a very generous ravelry friend, bought a pattern from Aradiyatoys and gifted it to me.. August 15 is my birthday but I got an early birthday gift. Lee if you are reading, thank you so much for the gift. I hope you could make other people as happy as me. Even now that I am typing this, I'm still so happy.

      Lee Ives designed the Home Sweet Home filet crochet pattern. You could visit her website, here.
Or on her Ravelry Account, here. You could also make her Home Sweet Home filet crochet, if you wish.

It's Done!!!

This is my first ever filet crochet and I am so happy... This is what it looked like..

My Home Sweet Home is now done but it has not been blocked and haven't added a border line, as you can see in the picture, but I would get to that when I have the time and I don't have a mat to place it onto.. I will be making another filet crochet so come back next week for more crochet projects..
Bye!!! :)

Sorry if it is too short. I hope you still liked it. If you also wanted  to make this pattern yourself, you could go to Lee Ives' Ravelry account, here. Thank you for reading.

Filet Crochet

Hello everyone, and welcome back to another crochet project. As you have read earlier I made the Home Sweet Home Filet Crochet from Lee Ives. She made it in color white but I made mine green. I am at the underneath letters of the SWEET letters. 

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I finished the HOME letters yesterday evening. After I post this I would be continuing this filet crohet so that I could finish it early. And I can add the borders outside. If you are also going to make this, you have to block this so that it lays flat.

That'S all for today. I hope you like my contents, if you do please help me with these patterns on my wishlist. It is much appreciated. Come back next week for another crochet projects. Have a great day! Goodbye!! :) 

I Forgot

Sorry, I forgot to publish the last weeks post but here it is anyway. Hope you like it.
Click here if on mobile device or scroll down if on a computer.

A New Discovery

Yesterday, after I posted my content, I went to ravelry to view my favorites and then I saw that I have a favorite pattern that has Filet Crochet. I did not know when I added that to my favorites but it made me curious of what the concept of it was. So I opened google next and typed Filet Crochet then I clicked the one which would take you to craftsy, and the I read all the information that is with it. After that I printed the pattern that is in my favorites and made the project. Here is what it's looking like so far.

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This was a pattern from Lee Ives. It is the Home Sweet Home Filet Crochet. It uses a 1.3 mm crochet hook and uses a thread.

Next week, I would update you of what it looks like so stay tuned for more crochet projects. Have a Great Day! :) Bye!!

I'm Back!!!!

Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog. First of all, as you can see in my blog I changed backgrounds. I liked this picture because it makes the background more colorful and fitting for my contents. It also has different designs. But let me know if it bothers you or anything.

I made two doilies that I liked the designs but it is from Notikaland and Creative Grandma from youtube. Actually, the one that I made from Notikaland is a crochet motif for a table cloth but it is also a doily.

This is the Fanfare doily that I made:

©CraftyAlinsky

It is made from monaco thread in color light green and I used a size 1 or 1.60 mm steel crochet hook . This is the first ever doily that I made and I made it roughly 7 hours or so. It also has 11 rows... Anyway this is a video tutorial on youtube, click here or you could go to her website and look for more beautiful and unique patterns, click here.

Next one is the doily motif:

©CraftyAlinsky

It is also made from a monaco thread in color pink and I used a size 1 or 1.60 mm steel crochet hook . Unlike the first doily, I made it in 2 days. It is easy to do and it only has 9 rows. If you also want to make this doily/motif, you can find it the first part. here, and the second part, here.


Also, if you liked my contents please help me in my wishlists on Ravelry, I really want any of the pattern. Thank you for your help! :)

My Wishlist is here.

That is all the projects that I have made for now. Be sure to come backe next time for another crochet and knitting projects. Have a great day!

Other Updates

I changed my profile picture on Ravelry. I designed it to be that simple. Let me know what you think about it in the comment section below.

I am also thinking if I wanted to change my blogger picture too.

That is all for this weekend!! On weekdays I would go to school, so I would post another one next weekend. Thank you for reading my entries and come back again next weekend.

Have a nice day!! Bye!! :)

If you are new to my blog, you could read them here, or scroll down.

You could also visit my Ravelry account and help me with my wishlist so that I could show them out to you and thank you for gifting it to me. Just pick one please. That is all I wanted for my birthday.

Project Updates

   
        Hi. I am back for another post for you and this time (as you have read in the title) it's project updates. I'm coming from a sunny but a bit cloudy Philippines. Thank you for giving your time on reading my blog posts, I hope I could always make you happy with just this simple contents.

       I am making another project. It is my crochet hook case but it is like my own crochet hook but just a smaller version. I wanted it to have a zipper and a flap so that it has a cover. As usual, I am making it with a Monaco Thread in colors of green and peach. The colors was inspired by the After The Rain Socks from Becky Sorensen.
She is a very talented girl, I hope I could be as talented as her.

       I also made 1up mushroom from Olka Novytska. It has a color green and white spots. I think I just messed up the white bits of its eyes. But I still really love it. Sorry if it's glowing too much.

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         If you enjoy what I post, I hope you could help me with my wishlist on Ravelry. Any of those would make me really happy. You could grant it for me as a birthday gift or as a thank you.

Explore My Blog

Hello everyone. Please explore my blog. If you are interested please follow so that you get an update on my latest post. Thank You! :)

Crochet and Knitting projects

Hello everyone, my name is Alinsky and welcome back to my newly made post. I am coming to you from a sunny morning here at Manila, Philippines. Yesterday I posted my first ever content for my blog and was happy to you all who viewed and read it. Today I would like to talk about my Crochet and Knitting WIPs (work in progress) Projects. 

My Crochet WIP:
1.  My own pencil case

                   © CraftyAlinsky

This one is a crochet pattern and design by me. It is just a series of one row of single crochets then three rows of double crochet. I used Steel Crochet Hook number 1, which is 1.60 mm crochet hook. The Thread I am using is a Monaco Thread in the Shade B21 and Dye Lot PC89315. I bought the yarn at a local yarn shop.

My Knitting WIP:
1. My Coziest Memories Blanket

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This is my ongoing project, it is The Coziest Memory by Kemper Wray from Junkyarn Designs. It uses scrap yarns from leftover sock yarn projects. As you could see in the picture it is not long enough to be a blanket, but do not worry because I would add more squares to it. I used a 4mm straight knitting needles. It is larger than what the pattern calls for. The yarns I am using are a 4ply Handknitting Yarns and it is approximately 18 grams but it doesn't have to be that much. You just need 5-6 grams if you are using the exact needle in the pattern.

The Coziest Memory is a free pattern on Ravelry that you can download for free.

That is all the projects I have for now. If you liked this feel free to comment and visit my Ravelry account. Thank you for reading and stay tuned for the my next post. Goodbye and have a great day! :)





  

About Me

     Hello everyone my name is Alinsky from the Crafty Alinsky. I make crocheted amigurumi and is also planning to knit a sock when I have circular needles. Crocheting and Knitting are my favorite hobbies because they make me relaxed after the busy days from school.

     I also watch podcasts like Craftea Chat which is hosted by Hannah from The Corner of Craft and Jodie and Tracie, the two sisters who hosts The Grocery Girls podcast.