With that said, I thought to make my big brother a special gift for his birthday. What do you think I made for him? Yup! You guessed it... His very own ssssssmashing SNAKE gurumi. Genius? I know. ^.^
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As a big Harry Potter fan (Potterhead), I thought it would be appropriate to name this after Hogwart's most hostile and fiendish house: Slytherin. Oh don't get me wrong, I'm not fangirling over Draco Malfoy. I'm as loyal to Gryffindor as any Fred and George Weasley fanatic. But you gotta admit, Jason Isaacs as Lucius Malfoy? Nothing could be more sexy. Ooh! Those blond locks are just divine. XD
LINUS SLYTHERUS
Materials:
Monaco Yarn Shade #54 - Lettuce (1-2 skeins)Monaco Yarn Shade #50 - Parakeet (1-2 skeins)
Monaco Yarn Shade #20 - Dandelion (1 skein)
Crochet Hook - E4 (3.5mm)
Yellow felt cloth
Black thread
Black beads #08
Pink Blush
Fiberfill stuffing
*hdcinc = 2hdc in 1st
*(Parakeet-Lettuce) inc = Sc with Parakeet then sc in the same st with Lettuce
HEAD
(Lettuce)
Rnd 1: 6sc in mr (6)
Rnd 2: inc around (12)
Rnd 3: 1sc-inc (18)
Rnd 4: 2sc-inc (24)
Rnd 5-6: sc around (24)
Rnd 7: 2sc, 3inc, 9sc, 3inc, 7sc (30)
Rnd 8: FLO, 3sc, [1hdc-1hdcinc] 2x, 1hdc, 3sc, 4sl, 2sc, [1hdc-1hdcinc] 2x, 1hdc, 8sc (34)
(Parakeet)
Rnd 9: BLO, sc around (34)
Rnd 10: sc around (34)
Rnd 11: 3sc, 3dec, 11sc, 3dec, 8sc (28)
Rnd 12: 2sc-dec (21)
Rnd 13: 1sc-dec (14)
Rnd 14: [1sc-dec] 4x, 2sc (10)
FO, weave in ends
*Cut strip of yellow felt and on glue on top of head
*Attach the black beads for eyes
*Use black thread to embroider facial details
*Put a little blush on the cheeks
NOSTRIL
(Parakeet)
Rnd 1: 3sc in mr (3)
FO, leave tail for sewing
BODY
(Lettuce)
Rnd 1: 2sc, (Parakeet) 2sc in mr (4)
Rnd 2: (Lettuce) inc, 1sc, (Parakeet) 2sc (5)
Rnd 3: (Lettuce) inc, 2sc, (Parakeet) 2sc (6)
Rnd 4: (Lettuce) inc, 3sc, (Parakeet) 2sc (7)
Rnd 5: (Parakeet-Lettuce) inc, (Lettuce) 5sc, (Parakeet) 2sc (8)
Rnd 6: (Parakeet-Lettuce) inc, (Lettuce) 6sc, (Parakeet) 2sc (9)
Rnd 7: (Parakeet) inc, (Lettuce) 6sc, (Parakeet) 2sc (10)
Rnd 8: (Parakeet) 2sc, (Lettuce) 6sc, (Parakeet) 2sc (10)
Rnd 9: (Parakeet) 2sc, (Lettuce) 1sc, (Dandelion) 4sc, (Lettuce) 1sc, (Parakeet) 2sc (10)
Rnd 10-12: (Parakeet) 2sc, (Lettuce) 6sc, (Parakeet) 2sc (10)
*Repeat Rnd 9-12 for 4 times
* Finish at Rnd 28
FO, leave tail for sewing
*Repeat Rnd 9-12 a few more times if you wish to make it longer
*If you want to make it posable, put in a short length of wire or pipe cleaner
Before I gave this snakey-snake gift to my brother, I hyped him up first with a story of me going to a pet store and finding him the most suitable pet. That it was odd the shop owner gave me a very large discount and wanted to get rid of the thing ASAP. Needless to say, when I had his eyes closed and put Linus on his palmed-up hands... He screamed like a girl. Man! That was priceless. It was just too bad though that I didn't get my camera out to record the whole thing. Most awesome birthday gift eva!!! ^^
Next on my list... My second eldest brother. Mwahahaha!!! OvO
Disclaimer: Some of the images are not mine and can be searched online
This snake is really cute :)
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