Just finished two projects, hot off the needles. One is a toy for Odie I's christening (Chris's cousin's son) and the other is a sweater for Odie II's 1st birthday (my nephew). Yes, both cousins had kids within a few months of each other and both called them Odysseaus.
Here is the elephant, based on the Susan B. Anderson pattern Elephante:
I photographed him with some basil, so as to feel like he's in his natural habitat. He can't forget his old home, being and elephant you know. Maybe he's a Thai elephant, and that's some Thai basil?
He's a bit heavy for a stuffed animal since I cut up one of Chris's holey undershirts to stuff him with (clean, not dirty!) but he's eco friendly! Donated yarn! Repurposed t-shirt! Perhaps I should call him EcoElephante. Odie's probably just going to suck on him anyway, but that's the fondest hope of any toy maker I think, that their creation will be loved to death. At least I hope so. I think I need to invest in some cool animal eyes since I seem to be doing a lot of toys lately.
Here is the sweater for the birthday boy:
I think it turned out pretty well, I tried to size it for between 18 and 24 months, and he'll be a year in May, so he should get some use out of it. I have three tags that say "made with love" or something to that effect that I would like to sew in there, but I'm worried that tags will irritate his skin. Perhaps I can put it in the center back, like they do at Abercrombie and Fitch or Hollister. I have just one delicious ball left, I THINK I'll work on a little hat with a brim (here they call a brim a "peak", it took me a while to figure that one out, as a hat with a peak to me immediately brings to mind a dunces cap.....). Oh, and here is a picture of the little rug-rat, from his Christening:
That's his godfather, not his dad, holding him. Look at that HAIR! And the nose is even bigger :-). Ok, I hear the laundry is done, time to get back to being a housewife.
Awww....so cute.
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