Here is the completed Puddock. He's a tiny bit older than his new owner, who he's going to meet today.All animals are essentially tubes. I started behind the eyes, witha provisional cast on. I decreased and then increased to shape the neck, and closed the bottom. Then I put in most of the stuffing and picked up again at the start - his eyes are essentially just buttonholes, with the cables giving them a bit of shape. I stuffed him well and made a sort of sock toe for his face. Next I made four legs, two long and two short, grafted their toes and sewed them on. Lastly I made two crochet circles for his eyes, and sewed them in. Right, off we go.
THIS. IS. TOO. CUTE!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd PUDDOCK!!!! What a NAME!!!
[ok, I'll calm down now...]
Just precious Ms. H!
Adorable! Your directions make it sound so easy, and make my fingers itch to be holding some yarn.
ReplyDeleteIt is brilliant, thank you! There's a picture of him with it here.
ReplyDeleteOh Cie, I love the picture. I'm going to do a seperate post about the blanket, now that it's not a secret any more. Is it ok if I include the picture?
ReplyDelete@Johanna, puddock is a Scottish word for frog; Cie, who I knit with, taught it to me, and "frog" means something to knitters.
@mtnhighmama, I kept enough notes that I think I probably could write a properly detailed pattern. But it is, pretty much, that simple. All the increases and decreases were symmetrical and on alternate rows. If you could make a figure-of-eight cast on work (which I've never yet managed to do) you wouldn't even have to bother sewing up the bottom of his toes.
I thought about going to 33pp tonight, but now I think I'm going to Ravelry instead.
That is adorable! You are so talented!!
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