FO Friday 166: Igor Triumphs Again

Phantomwise Tarot

So when last we spoke, the mortuary slab table was strewn with body parts, but for what kind of creature ? How would it all go together, and would it end up only monstrous, or monstrously cute  ?

Here are the results of Igor's most recent experiment, so that you may judge for yourself:

 

The pattern was Sack of Mice Tea Cozy by Debi Birkin: and yes, I did have to buy a tinchy bit of yarn (Cygnet DK), as I simply had no shades of brown in my stash at all, let alone 50. I think my friend Susie H. may be the only person who will truly appreciate that I have actually used a color which the cruel amongst you might label as 'beige'.

I modified the pattern slightly - I used beads for the eyes instead of embroidering them, as mice have beady eyes, right ? I made whiskers, using stiff glossy embroidery thread; and I crocheted the mouse tail rather than knitted it. I also added a purty ribbon to 'tie up' the sack. It was a fairly straightforward project, but fiddly - it probably involved more sewing than it did knitting - but Titch chose it, and so therefore it Had To Be Done.

I am really pleased with how it has turned out, and have already had people requesting one for their very own - but, as this was the last of my Xmas knitting, I think I shall take a break and resume more simple knitting for the holiday period. But you know, I am open to offers which include either posh yarn or alcohol, and am pretty much a pushover for any offer that combines the two.

Pop over to Tami's Amis and see what else might be complete today  ....

WIP Wednesday 174: Mini Igor Redux

Hudes Tarot

I must have some kind of weird sublimated urges that are becoming not-so-sublimated - you'll remember my last Frankensteinian experiment, known as Frankenwabbit ? Made for Mini Diva in the forlorn hope that if I keep buying and making fake rabbits, she will stop wanting a real one. Yeah, that worked. Not.

If Sean can do it, so can I. 

Perhaps it was simply a question of scale ? So let's downsize, like everything else:

random body parts - but of what, Igor ?

OK, so you have a rodent fixation too .....

al-most there, Igor

It does seem like there is a little something - or quite a lot of something, actually - still missing. Hmm. Needs more pondering. And gin.

Meanwhile, at Tami's Amis .....