I finally got zombie monkey written up!! Yay! (Took a little longer than anticipated as I've been getting a teensy bit engrossed in Guild Wars 2...)
Zombie monkey is sporting the latest in detachable brain accessory, along with the obligatory zombie acoutrement....the falling eyeball.
There's nothing particularly tricky in the pattern and I've discovered the joys of making charts in Adobe illustrator so most of the parts have a nice chart to follow and written instructions. Huzzah!
I really am rubbish at keeping blogs up to date but I have a new pattern I am desperately trying to get finished for a halloween creation. We don't do the halloween thing so much in this country which I've always found a bit disappointing. It's usually just some teenagers 'trick or treat'ing with their hoodies pulled up expecting you to give them a bit of cash just to go away. It's got better in recent years though to be fair (well the available merchandise has certainly taken off), kids seem to be putting in a bit more effort. Mine wants to be a zombie from plants vs zombies game so on the lookout for a duck rubber ring....or traffic cone....
Talking of zombies...there's a bit of a clue about the upcoming pattern...:) My mother actually suggested that some 'crochet types' might find it a little offensive! Hahahaha. (It really isn't!)
Also, I've worked out how to do those Japanese style crochet diagrams with Adobe Illustrator so will be updating all my patterns to include diagrams which will hopefully make things easier for those more visually oriented amongst us.
Just noticed the number of my blog posts that start with 'ok'...bad habit that. OK.
So, apparently my nieces favourite animal is a giraffe and when I asked what colour they were the answer was....purple. Happy to oblige my little sweetie....:)
It took me ages to work out the hooves, and they are a bit fiddly but look so nice. As usual, the pattern is available at Ravelry. :)
Well, it's got to that time when I really should venture out to get a haircut but what to do if I simply can't be arsed?? Make a hat obviously! A felted hat too. I was surprised at how close I managed to estimate the shrinkage - I think with a few tweaks, my lovely hat has potential. Ok, it really is quite fugly hat....perhaps I'll just go to the hairdresser after all :)
I'm going to keep this post updated with any errors that turn up, I will also correct the patterns as soon as I can so that the current version is always on Ravelry.
I have discovered that there is a bit of a booboo on the Penelope elephant pattern, (mostly a case of semantics so hopefully not too catastrophic) but when following the hippo body instructions line 4, where it says "20sc in front/lower loop of sl.st" - this bit has no relevance at all to the elephant and should just be 20sc as normal. Hopefully that's it.
OK, there is also an error on the Toast and Jam giraffe pattern....Rnd 3 of the Head should read "(2sc, inc, sc, inc, 3sc) 2 times". That'll teach me to mark the end of my rounds when I am testing the patterns :)
update: Jan 2013, an updated version of giraffe pattern is now on Ravelry so these errata should no longer apply
Ok, I know it looks a bit more like a dog than a bunny - so make it into a dog, I don't mind, in fact, perhaps I'll do an addendum for a muzzle or summat. Or just call it DogBunny.
It's mostly done in one piece (apart from the ears and one leg) cos I really hate having to stitch pieces together.
So, well, this pattern was going to be free but then I got my hours at work cut so.....sorry folks...it's still really cheap though!:)
Anyway, now that's done and dusted, back to Mass Effect multiplayer...
Ok, so I just finished Mass Effect, having played them all back to back for the last 3 weeks or so and...I have no problem with the ending whatsoever. So, ner. Maybe I'm just a bit dense or something but, without creating spoilers for the unwary, I am totally accepting that the end sequence was all in Sheps head and you're supposed to let your imagination take over. Maybe I just have a nice romantic imagination and am quite happy to fill in the blanks with whatever takes my fancy. Little fluffy kittens anyone (or rather, little, blue children)? This video helps ease the pain (is bloody genius actually) - DO NOT WATCH IF YOU HAVE NOT FINISHED THE GAME!!! (I also wanted to put this here cos I've never worked out how to stick a video in my blog before. Huzzah!)
Also, I'm kindof in the minority in that I liked being forced into the multiplayer game. I'm a total coward where multiplayer is concerned. My heart rate gets so high when I have a go at Call of Duty that I seriously fear for my (real life) health. I sort of enjoyed playing the Beta Star Wars but mostly avoided too much interaction with other peeps so kind of missed the point. I don't like upsetting people and being the fuckwit in the team is always a bit depressing frankly. Fortunately, the multiplayer side of Mass Effect is quite clearly sectioned into Bronze (fuckwits unite!), Silver (ok, we might let you fw have a go) and Gold (FO!). So, I trawled through several bronze levels to get my requisite Galactic Readiness and I had a ball. I may even go back in. So, please be nice if you see Cowpatface getting herself stupidly cornered by 3 brutes again. I also want to add that I found the whole thing a very emotional experience, the soundtrack was perfect, the dialogue marvelously cheesy and I love the way so many people are arguing about it now. A total success for EA, I'd have thought.
Now, I really will write up the next pattern.....really want to make a crochet Volus now....
