Project complete!

[soc_puppet]

Mermaid is done, yay!



Her skin is a couple tones darker than the previous mermaid I made, which was a deliberate choice, as was the decision to give her a pink tail. The ribbon was my mom's suggestion, and I have to say it looks pretty nice!

This mermaid is destined to be a Christmas gift for the six-year-old Black girl who lives across the back yard from us. The first one was originally going to be for her, but then we had a one-year-old visit who's mixed race, and while one is still a little young for this sort of doll, I still thought it was a good idea. (Her mom texted a thank-you when she saw the doll a few hours later, so I think I did okay 😉)

I really like how this one's hair turned out! I switched yarns for her to ...I think the brand is Homespun? It's a really chunky yarn that's barely two-ply, so I cut it to a good length, stole the thread that works as the second ply from each of the strands, and looped the remaining fluff onto the mermaid's head. I then trimmed her hair to even out the edges. It's got a very good texture for this, I think, and took a lot less time than my efforts on the first one 😅


Up next: I start dedicated work on the present for my nibling! And then after that I might tweak this pattern again, see if I can come up with a single crochet version to sell or something.

Comments

[mistressofmuses]

She's adorable! She turned out great!

[soc_puppet]

Thank you! Yeah, I'm really pleased with the tweaks I've made to the pattern; how well I'll be able to read them off of my notes is another story 😂

[mistressofmuses]

Lol, I do that to myself a lot, I feel like. Tweaking a recipe or something, but not being able to quite decipher what I was trying to remind myself of, haha.

[waywren]

So cute! ♥

[soc_puppet]

Thank you!! ...oh wait, you meant the mermaid 😜 (JK, I know what you meant 😘)

[gwydion]

So sweet!

[soc_puppet]

Thank you 😊