I'm NOT a knitter. Whenever I’ve tried it, I always ended up
with a trapezium instead of a square.
Over a year ago I was coveting the
Extreme Knitting needles on Create
And Craft channel and the hippy/homeschooler type things that can seemingly be “run
up” with them, so Mum *hilariously* got me a Knit Your Own Boyfriend kit (available
in lots of places online) for my birthday. He sat in his box for over a year.
I started him this July/August, picking up needles for the
first time in maybe 10 years. It was a bit of a disaster, but mum helped me
LOADS, she had to unravel parts of him several times when I purled several rows
in a row, instead of purl and knit. He’s currently sat in the box he came in,
part stuffed and head and armless. He WILL be finished.
I really only made him to get practice for the first ever
knitting pattern that I bought myself.
One of my college exhibitions I photoshopped people into Gargoyles. I think that started the obsession. Besides, they are said to scare off and protect from evil or
harmful spirits. Which is always useful.
The Knitters that saw him went *sharp intake of breath* “that’s
VERY difficult for a beginner” *pursed lips*, but I seem to like to make things difficult for
myself with things like this.
To be honest, I found it very easy (but I would probably
find knitting a scarf stressful!). Some parts were hard work, such as the toes,
which had some odd instructions, perhaps toy knitters know what they mean, but
I had some difficulty understanding which end I was joining to the main
knitting, and there is a little “bridge” of the toes between the front and back
of the toe, which one day I spent well over half an hour trying to get in the
middle of the toe instead of the end (you’ll understand what I mean if/when you
make him :-D) it’s like 5 rows, I could have knitted the entire foot in that
time! in the end I did my own thing! The toes ended up adorable, so I don’t
care if I did them “wrong”.
The only pictures in the pattern are of the finished
Gargoyle, no step by step, so sewing him together was kind of guess work, but I’m
really happy with him finished :-D
Was aiming for a big ol beak nose, but it ended up more Roman than beak. Ah well, probably years of erosion.
He even has an adorable tail!
Just look at those FABULOUS toes! His lovely big ears have a rolly edge that you can fiddle with.
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He also has 2 brothers, that I’m sure will find their way
into my shopping basket at some point!
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