busy busy

Recently I decided to give every of my dolls a name, it's like to give them a soul.... :)

This is Louis, a bear that do arts, he is a painter. Louis likes to use paint brush to paint, sometimes he use his paws to paint.

This is Bernice the bee, for my friend Bernice :) and her nick is Bee.

So this is a bee that represent herself.

I think everybody use some kind of object or animal, or character, or even superhero to represent themselves. Like my nickname is mushroom and I use mushroom to represent myself. I cannot explain why, but people start calling me mushroom and I think it's interesting and it fits me well (haha!) so I start using mushroom as my icon.

My friends are everything: Bunny, Tiger, Muffin, Fish, Doraemon, Teddy, Barbie, Snake, Puppy, Hello Kitty....you name it. :)

What's representing you?

Sleeping Sheep 2nd Birthday giveaway!!

As Sleeping Sheep is going to be its 2nd birthday in Feb 22,

For this special day I'm going to hold a

sleeping sheep giveaway!!

If you would like to get a free sleeping sheep, please follow the rules:

1. Follow my blog. (you'll get 1 point.)

2. Leave a comment in this blog-post, introduce yourself and tell me what is your favorite amigurumi character(s), and what kind of new things would you like to see at Harugurumi in the future? (try to post the comment in this blogpost or else I might miss your entry.) (you'll get 2 points.)

3. Have you tried out my free sleeping sheep pattern? If so, how do you like the pattern? Anything I need to improve? If you do tried out the pattern, do you have any photos of your creation?

Please E-mail me your sleeping sheep photos. If you have facebook, please join myHarugurumi group and post your sleeping sheep photos in the album! Or post your other crochet creations, or just come and chat! :) (you'll get 3 points for joining, please let me know if you have also made comments on my blog)

4. Spread out the words about Harugurumi and tell them to do the same as you did for this giveaway! (you'll get 4 points for each referral!! the easiest way is to refer your friends to join my facebook group. Make sure they leave a comment and your name as referral in order to give you the points! Also please do not waste your time and make 10 empty accounts and join my group, it won't count. >_< )

On Feb 22nd, 2010,

The star who get the highest mark will get one original sleeping sheep!!

Second place will get a small sleeping sheep!!

Third place will get a big pom pom sleeping sheep keychain!!

Forth and fifth place will get a 20% off coupon for future purchases at Harugurumi.

**If there are more than one person with the same number of points, I will randomly pick the winner for that prize.

Thank you for your participation!

If you have any questions please let me know!

Buddy for my lonely Christmas...

Last Christmas wasn't that great...I got a cold, I lost my voice for a week!! >_<

I was stayed home...no party!!! how sad.

For the "social responsibility" reason (I don't want to spread out virus), I paused all my orders, however I made this little baby with my lonely Christmas...

After the new year...

Right now I'm 95% recovered and working hard on delayed orders...

sorry if you're waiting... :(

more picture to be uploaded.

Little Squirrel :D

With his favorite nut!

Side view

I really like this shot :)

This is a gift for my friend's Birthday.

Having fun making this crochet flowers as a gift wrapping item :)

I think it's pretty nice!

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Right now I'm setting up harugurumi.com!! sooo excited!!

Also my 2nd cubic store on Queen Street W is coming soon in mid-August!! woohoo!!

Going to be sooo busy this summer :D

I'm the Finalist!!

I applied for Vanna's choice contest by Lion Brand Yarn in January...

I got their e-mail today and announce I'm one of the finalists!!!

I'm super happy. :D

Recently busy on custom orders, it's almost easter I have to get ready for it too!! :)

Sailor Teddy!!! 

love his innocent face hahaha :D

Chinese New Year!

ahh....sorry for your long waiting....

I have been so busy preparing for Chinese New Year!! 

I have made some cute amigurumi for this big day too

I will upload pictures soon!

please stay tune! :D

Miss you all! xoxo

I'm not disappearing!!

Sorry for keep you waiting!!

recently I just had my new job, and I had my convocation yesterday!! wow! :D
I'm officially graduated!! yeahhhhh :D

even though I'm so busy with starting my new page of life, I still crochet hhaaha :P
don't worry I'm not disappearing!

These are my recent project...
Bear and Bunny couple :D



I really satisfied with her dress :D

more coming soon.....:)

Battle Starts!

sorry for I haven't blog for a while....

it's almost the end of my school life I'm so excited
having my exams until the 25th...

so I'll be extremely busy on studying and I may update my blog slowwwwly...
however in my mind I already have some plans on pattern writing and making new stuff after the exam...and my grad trip!! yeahhhhhHHHH!!
Stay tune! :))

Project update!


my project (2 baby sheeps) is doing great right now,
I hope their new owners will love them! :)

Thanks!
back to study now! c ya! :D

Look what I found! heheee...

This is from Maureen (original post @ crochetville)
Thanks again for purchasing the pattern :)
you made it so adorable! love it :D

have been busy over the weekend...
hope everyone had a great easter holiday!

I'm the proud mama! :D

I'm so happy and proud to announce, the first (as I known) twin of baby sheep is born!!


awwww....how sweet! :)

from Cecile - a very nice and talented crafter from Flickr (link to her flickr site)
She is the first person who motivated me to my first step of pattern writing :)
Thank you very much Cecile, without you, my little sheep would be so lonely right now!
heheee~

School work is killing me again...
I'll be back on Tuesday :) wish me luck!

busy...........

I've been so busy from school... projects and tests...
wow almost can't breath! x_x

I got my feedback for my first sale on Tuesday...
I'm glad that she likes it :)
thanks again!

Although I'm so busy...I will still work on my projects when I need a break
and share updates with you guys

There are soooo many talented amigurumi makers around us!
I got an group invitation from flickr today...
Amigurumi Animal
pretty cool, I love to look at other people's creations, they all got different character even though they were from the same pattern. (Actually it is very difficult to see two very similar creations! Mostly everyone has their own "recipe") ^_^

love it love it love it~

ok, time to work... >_<
bye for now

Welcome!!

This is my first blog that talks about my crafts.
My name is Haruki, from Toronto, Canada.

Here's my little amigurumi story...

I first discovered about amigurumi back in 2007, when I was learning Japanese clay art at a community center.
"omg they're sooooooooo cute!!!! I gotta learn how to make them!!!!"
but the classes are only available on weekdays and I have school...so I couldn't take the amigurumi class.
therefore, I search on the web and try to find if there are any websites that teach how to crochet.
Yeshhhh found one, with graphics!...maybe I'm kinda slow on managing the yarn...after 30 mins of "learning" I don't even know what I'm doing! >_<>0<" We bought some books and she taught me the basis and start making amigurumi!! What happened at the end?! I bought a little sofa for my babies and now all packed I'll need another one to fit them all! :D

I started to make amigurumi as gifts to others, I'm glad that they loved it :)
I opened a store and joining groups on flickr and setting up this blog to meet other people like YOU, who also enjoy making crafts so much!! :D

Please visit my Etsy store: http://harugurumi.etsy.com
and
Flickr Photo Album http://www.flickr.com/photos/harukiwong/

In this blog I'll be posting:
- my project updates
- free amigurumi patterns

See you later!