I've done it!!
I have a finished project!
Well, actually, I have TWO finished projects!
Today, though is all about the first one, which is the last one that I started. Yeah, that's right. I'm working my way up the "must finish" list backwards. That seems to be the story of my life. LOL Doing everything either backwards or in reverse. Not sure what that really says about me, but there you go.
So, I've really loved making this one. Want to know what it is?
Okay, here ya go!
See?!? It's Hobbes!!
A friend of a friend has a new baby girl, and the proud Daddy is a huge fan of Calvin and Hobbes! Not that long ago (Oh, wow, longer that I realized!) there was a cartoon strip of Calvin as a dad and he gave his daughter Hobbes. I'm thinking that is what the inspiration was for Grif to ask for a Hobbes for his Sprite. :-)
Either way, this was a fantastic toy to make.
I made just a few minor adjustments to the pattern that I found.
I figured out that as you are working in the round, it is really, really simple to just drop one color, and move to the other color as you go without cutting the yarn! This would work for one to three rows of maybe up to four different colors. After that, it might be best to just cut and weave in ends like normal.
As you can see I added buttons to the legs. This allows them to move!!
See!! Hobbes is standing on **one** leg! He only holding on to the sofa for balance, you see.
;-)
The next one will have the hinged arms too, so that his arms can be more poseable. I will try to remember to take pictures as I make him next time. That way I can show how I just carried the yarn, and how I sewed on the buttons so that they are sturdy enough for a one year old, and still allow for his leg to be movable.
It is so thrilling to know that I have two of the three projects that are due for other people done. I'm so, so very close to having the last one done too! Then, I can move on to sewing garb again! And I can get back to the bliaut! :-)
Have a Tigger-ific day!!
(Yeah, I know, that's the other Tiger, but still...)
ttfn
:-)
