Handy Dandy Handycrafty Thread

A thread for, I suppose, yarns about crocheting and other textile/craft projects I might embark on (I know there's a bolt of fabric in my room which urgently needs turning into a dress, but we'll see how that goes later down the track).

If nothing else, documenting things I've half-finished might persuade people to guilt me into getting them actually-finished. A quick head count makes me realise I have four projects lying around in assorted states of incompleteness, two more straightforwardish ones I need to make a start on, and another one which is still in the planning stages because hands are a bitch to figure out how to make from scratch.

Anyway! Forget those buggers, this is my latest project and hopefully close enough to completion that I will get it done without hitting any stumbling blocks.



It's my Grand Battle fruit-contestant Sen, in a pleasant shade of Chikorita green that got swiftly re-purposed when inspiration suddenly struck for those creepy talon-mitts. He doesn't have arms, he's a fruit. The initial plan was to have him balance precariously on one arm, with the tail somehow balancing things out, but the wires I put in aren't strong enough so I might need to do some tweaking.


Hands. It took a fair bit of sketching to figure out how to best-distribute the fingers, but the wire was quite obliging. New pair of pliers sure helped.

I probably got a bit lazy with the crocheting, so a lot more simple tubes and sewing happened compared to, say, my Nyroti crochet project.

This dude should be done in short order when I find some suitable eyes and figure out how I want to do his crests. Then I could either make some more octopi or finish a long-neglected pokemon or something else.