Lava Stingrays!

[soc_puppet]

Guess who just remembered these exist? 😂 That's right, it's me! Anyway, I finally got the photos uploaded here, even if I have no idea where the originals got to. (The original images, that is; all of the rays in these photos were bought at either AnimeIowa or ICON.)










I totally fell in love with this yarn when I found it at Michael's some years ago. It's got a fuzzy black exterior, with a metallic red thread underneath, and white at the very middle; the overall impression is like a hot coal, or cooling lava. I have more than a bit of it stockpiled, which is just as well, since I don't know if it's even still available at Michael's! I haven't thought about it in years...

Someday I still want to make a phoenix with this yarn, and maybe a dragon. I still love these rays in the mean time!

I'm going back and forth over whether I want to move the flame at the end of their tails to the middle of their tails instead, the next time I make them; it feels more accurate for the flame to be at the tip, but, as I learned only after making the first batch, the stinger on real stingrays' tails is actually closer to the middle! Maybe I could make a trail of flame from the middle of the tail to the tip; something to contemplate, at any rate...

Comments

[mistressofmuses]

These little guys are fantastic!

[soc_puppet]

Thanks! I'm pretty pleased with my stingrays in general, especially considering they were prompted by a random college student I met at my mechanic's and never saw again 😂

[mistressofmuses]

It is funny that they were prompted that way. They're so cute!

(I like the flame at the end, even though it's not anatomically correct, but it makes them look like they have a little candle as a tail, and it's cute.)

[bluedreaming]

I love these! So adorable and feisty ♡ (and the yarn is also awesome)

[soc_puppet]

Thank you 😁 I feel like they're kind of a natural fit for predators that swim in molten rock.