Friday, July 15, 2011

another alien

If you've been following my blog for a while now, then you'll know that we've started a bit of a tradition in my home. The kids love to draw pictures for me to base my toy designs on. That softie then becomes their Birthday or Christmas gift.

In the lead up to my son's ninth birthday, he presented me with the following picture:

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Holy Monkeys! How on earth was I going to be able to crochet that???

After stressing out for a little while, I reminded myself (and HIM) that the drawing was merely the BASIS for my design, and that the end result might not look like an exact replica!

Phew... that gave me some leeway...

I decided to work the body in loop stitch to give a wavy impression

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I love working in loop stitch. It's a bit fiddly and time consuming, but the texture of the end result is fabulous.

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Then came some good news. The Birthday Boy decided that he didn't really want me to include the radars on top of the head, so that took some more pressure off...

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And the finished softie?

Well... here he is!

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Apparently I was supposed to have added arms, but I conveniently misinterpreted that step... and Master Nine didn't even notice that I forgot to include a tongue...

In fact, his favourite part was the mouth and teeth!

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18 comments:

bec said...

wow, you are one clever cookie! I love the teeth as well, and a tongue would have been distracting haha. WOW!

heklica said...

That's my favourite part too! Your best ailien so far! :)

sonieta said...

both so frightening and so lovely

wonderful work!!!

kisses

Julie Andrea aka SundaysChild said...

Oh, I just LOVE it! :-) It's great to have you back in blog-land, I've missed you. Julie

Kelli Woodall said...

Very cool, my son would love it.

Jill said...

Wow! That's brilliant! You have very imaginative children...and luckily they have a very creative Mum! :)x

juniperjune said...

this is amazing. and what a lovely tradition!

L said...

Such a fun way to work creatively together!

Sarah said...

what an awesome alien! Love it. Are you going to make it a pattern like you did for Chi Kore? You definitely have a customer here (once I learn how to do loop stitch!). :)

wendy said...

Love it Sharon!!

sue said...

Your children are so lucky to have such a wonderfully talented mum that can crochet such fantastic designs. I love the teeth and the loopy tummy!

psmflowerlady/tammy said...

You rock!

Kyliie said...

Oh my gosh I loveeeeeeee him! You are such an inspiration to me! Is there anyway you could do a tutorial on the loop stitch when you have a moment? I never understood it! Thank you :)

Dawn Raymond said...

Wow that's amazing - and rather scary! Very, very clever :)

Katie said...

I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!!! Super cute!;D Also congrats on the new baby! She is an angel!!!

KAF said...

Very cool. This reminds me of the cutie you made right near the beginning of your blog.

wendy said...

this is so cool! You are really clever to be able to figure these patterns out!

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That's brilliant! You have very imaginative children...and luckily they have a very creative Mum!