SoS #5: Squishy and a Polka-dot X-Wing

So... sorry I missed last week, and that I haven't posted any of those new projects yet, but school's been pretty busy lately.  So this week I decided to put up TWO projects!!

Squishy!

Squishy was my first crochet project EVER.  The only crocheting I'd done before him was the strap for a market-bag I made for a friend (the bag itself was knit and beaded).  Squishy generally lives sitting atop my computer monitor and actually has eight legs, though they were a bit hard to fit on.

Though I generally prefer knitting to crocheting - I still find crocheting quite awkward and slow - I have to say though, that stuff requiring shaping like small toys turn out really nice done in crochet.  I've done a few toys now and I like how they turned out :D

The only knitted toy I've done was a knitted ninja, and while I loved how it turned out, getting all the shaping done did get a little tricky, hehehe.

X-Wing

So this is an origami x-wing I folded.  It's another pattern from Joseph Wu's site, though the pattern itself is by Wayne Ko.

The pattern is actually a bit confusing in places - when I went to do it again(months later) I couldn't remember how I got it to work!  Nothing a bit of perseverance can't handle, however.

SoS #4: Yoda Pumpkin

I carved this for Halloween a few years ago.  What you do is you take the picture you want to carve and make it layered in four (or so - it depends on the picture) tones of greyscale from white to black, print it out, and use it as your guide on the pumpkin.  I know some people use dremels but I personally found I had much more control with the exacto knife and box cutter combination I had going on.  If I remember correctly, I did punch through with a metal skewer to get some of the detailed edges on the super shiny bits.

I don't really have a lot to say about this hahaha.  I learned not to carve a pumpkin too far in advance of Halloween - the back was moldy by the time we put him out.

Coming soon:  I do have a (new) FO I'm fairly happy with to share, I just need to get some good pics.  I've also got a WIP, though I haven't decided whether I should wait until it's done to post.  I'll definitely take some WIP pictures of it in any case.

P.S.  Yoda is Bad Ass.