One of the great things about starting to use my photographs in combination with other crafting ideas is the opportunity to join in swaps to share things with other crafting people. And of course receiving presents is just as much fun as making them!
It’s only fitting that my first craft swap has been the Felidae Cat Swap organised by ILoveSpoiltPig.com — Chrissy SpoiltPig thoughtfully paired me up with the talented Ali from Craft Matters who was more than capable of dealing with my probably slightly unusual and vague tastes. So last week I was very happy when an afternoon planned for sorting paperwork nightmares was avoided by the welcome distraction of a parcel in the post.
This is Kevin.
Isn’t he just the most cheeky, lovely looking kitten? Made from a nice fuzzy yarn in what I’ve learned is a crochet style called amigurumi and he even has his own shorts and jumper that fit him nice and snug. He’s now sitting on a shelf next to an early edition of The Tale of Tom Kitten, no doubt learning mischief!
Another great item is this fab key fob. Looking at my own SpoiltCat logo it won’t be a surprise that I really like this style of kitty cat face so I’m very pleased with the look of this. The earthy colours and natural twine style fixing mean it will be looking after the garden shed keys I think!
We’re not done yet though so here’s the whole parcel unwrapped:
Kitten and keyring were accompanied by some lovely handmade gum stickers (look out for these if I send you a card or parcel soon), fair-trade chocolate (yum) and a tube of image transfer medium which I was so tempted to dive into using straight away. But I’ve been good and waiting until I get some nice fabric to try it with rather than the tatty old dish cloth & t-shirts that were nearest to hand when it arrived!
To learn more of Ali & Craft Matters crochet and crafting you can follow her crafting blog and become a fan of Craft Matters on facebook. Or if you’re already convinced you fancy something similar check out the Craft Matters shops at Misi & Etsy (Special love for the amigurumi bunny, so cute!)
A big thanks to Chrissy at SpoiltPig for organising the swap, to see what other participants sent & received check out the comments on the cat swap blog entry.
To read what I sent off to Ali for my part of the swap read my black panther swap blog entry!
