Crochet WIP

[soc_puppet]

Holy fuck, that Homestuck update. Holy fuck, that Homestuck update...!

Well! In order to celebrate the many and varied ways in which that update was absolutely mind-blowing, I feel the need to share some crochet WIP pics. Remember that present I mentioned wanting to finish for my brother before his birthday yesterday? Y-yeah, didn't manage that. I blame sleeping through most of Friday. But I am a lot closer than I was this morning!

Anyway. Grumpiest troll:



He still needs hair and a face, but other than that he's pretty much done :3b The hair's going to be an epic headache, but his face should be okay to make at least.



Karkat: Retrieve Arms



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They're right here, bulgereek.

The embroidery is a bit messy, his head's technically a bit on the small side, and his sides aren't entirely smooth when his arms are tucked in, but other than that I'm pretty damn pleased with him :) Extra kudos to my brother for actually requesting "retrievable" arms on this ♦ I wasn't planning to do it, but then he said I should, and I can hardly resist a challenge of my crochet skills apparently.

Yes, there are holes under his arms where they get tucked in; in fact, it's a tube of crochet that goes all the way through. It works pretty well, IMO.

Anyway, the basic "Homestuck-style body" pattern will go up on hooked_on_anime eventually, I just don't particularly know when. Maybe I'll save it for next month, aim to keep up an "update with something once a month" schedule. I also kinda wanna make Problem Sleuth; I've got a good concept in mind for how he could work (provided I ignore some of the 3D effects; he's totally going to still be a stick figure) and it would probably make me feel a bit better about being late with Karkat ^^a


Anyhow, I'm hungry, and so are my rats, so I'mma get to work on taking care of both of those things. And then probably sleep. Because I like sleep. Here's hoping all the html will work in the actual post here and on LJ... And work it does! Score :Db

Comments

[youmustlickit]

AHHHHHHHHHHH SO CUTE

[soc_puppet]

XD Best account to say that with!

I named the last picture "Karkat: Armed and Adorabloodthirsty" :Db

[robowolf.livejournal.com]

oh my gosh

SO AMAZING

[soc_puppet]

Thank you ^w^ As should be expected, the process has been a giant pain pretty much the entire way through, but he looks great, so--! Satisfied, yes.

[ytak.livejournal.com]

*is trying to figure out how you did that* I only know basic crochet, so anything you do impresses me. :)

[soc_puppet]

Crochet's pretty forgiving, so once you know all the stitches and/or techniques involved, it's pretty reasonable to believe that you can pick up just about any pattern and churn something out. Alternately, I'm one of those annoyingly competent people who gets things right away and makes everyone else sick with jealousy and want to plot her doom.

Actually making the pattern is a bigger pain for me; I don't like to think about how often I end up having to start something over, or undo half of a part, or throw something out. I have an entire extra pair of arms left over from Bubby, for example. (They were too big! >:|)

TL;DR: Thank you for the compliment ^__^