Quick update on a finished project (yay!)...

Hey everybody, meet Hobbes.

Yay! I finally finished! I am doing a little happy dance! So is Hobbes, in fact...
I am oh so very glad I finished this, for oh so many reasons! I am very glad I made it, and I feel my friend will enjoy it. The body was pretty easy but the head I am pretty proud of (even if I still think it's a little too big). I ended up doing it in the round all orange until I got to the muzzle, and then I stitched on (cross-stitched actually) the stripes. I'm sure there's probably a better way out there to do it, but I think this worked well.





He's all nice and floppy like I feel the "real" Hobbes would be, and he's plenty cuddly. Not that I imagine my adult male friend will be doing much cuddling, but still. It counts in theory.

Now it's time to tackle my next project, another blanket. I am going to use my giganto-hook for this one in order to save on time and sanity. It makes for a quickly worked project and though it's a little looser weave, it comes out very soft. I'll keep you updated on that one. Also, I think I still have a few "archived" projects to share with you as well.

In the meantime, enjoy your weeks. Happy crocheting and existing to you all!



Peace,
C

(Mr. Picasso Pants wishes Hobbes could stay, but he understands he's going to a good home, and he'll probably get to visit him often enough.)

In progress...

So, I have about two weeks left to finish my current project. It is a birthday present for a very good friend of mine. I was hoping to document the pattern as I went and then be able to make at least two more (one for my nephew and one for myself), but it looks like my friend is going to be getting a one of a kind original, because I apparently suck at documenting patterns, and also, I don't know that I'll want to go through this again.

What I am making is a stuffed Hobbes doll, as in Calvin and Hobbes. Here is the picture I am using as a guide:


And here's what I've got as of tonight:


All I've got left is the head. Of course, that's probably going to be the really tricky part, but we shall see I suppose. I guess I could have stuffed the body before photographing it, but the idea of having a decapitated Hobbes lying around the house is just creepy. Anyhoo, as I said, two weeks to go. I hope H likes it. I think he will, but I might get him a gift card to Chipotle too, just in case.

Maybe after I get some other projects under my belt I may come back to this and try it in a smaller size? Hmm...I am not sure.

For anyone interested, I am using Red Heart sport weight yarn in Pumpkin, Black, and White. It looks like about 1 1/2 to 2 skeins each of the orange and black, and about one skein of white will go into this. I feel like the orange might be a little too bright, but I am not finding a highly wide range of orange yarns available, and I feel it is at least appropriately tiger-ish.

Meanwhile, my newly adopted jinxlet, Mr. Picasso Pants, is ready to help me with my next project, a birthday blanket for a friend turning 30 early next month. See, he's all raring to go.

I'm kind of excited about this project too, I found a really nifty variegated yarn, which you can kind of see in the photo. I only hope A likes it as much as I do!









Well, until next time folks. Enjoy yourselves!

C