We knew we wanted to use lots of colour to create this little guy so we started looking at variegated yarns straight away. We decided this was the easiest way to get lots of colour without having lots of different coloured yarns and fiddly colour changes. We decided upon Patons Fab DK in the colour way Jeans Print.
Now with the yarn chosen it was time for a little bit of inspiration.
Ok, so we had an idea of what we wanted to create and the yarn we were going to use. The only thing to do now was to start making. Hannah decided she was going to take on the challenge and here's how she did it.
As the yarn is a DK and I have quite a tight tension when crocheting I used a 4mm hook. I used my knowledge of amigurumi and what stitches used to increase and decrease and began to write a pattern! This was the first pattern I had written from scratch so I wasn't a hundred percent sure how to go about it. Eventually I just decided to go for it, writing down every stitch as I made it.
After a few tweaks and changes I had a chameleon body with attached head and tail and I was pretty pleased!
Onto the next body parts. I needed 4 legs, 2 eyes, a crest for his head and frill for his back, off I went...
Now with all the pieces made it was sewing up time.
There he was! Pablo the Chameleon. If you have been reading our blog then you will know Cara and I like to add to our little characters by giving them each their own quirky little story.
This is Pablo's...
Pablo recently moved to London
from Salamanca, Spain, to study
fine art and dreams of becoming
a famous painter. Most days he can be found
at the University art studio or soaking up inspiration
at the National Gallery.
Life as a student has it’s financial pitfalls
and so to make ends meet he has taken a part time
job and teaches Salsa at an exclusive underground club.
Now we had our pattern it was time to make our kits. Each of our kits contain all the yarn you need for the project. We thought the yarn for this project would be best showcased as a skein so that you can see all the colours in the yarn. Cara and I hadn't skeined yarn before so a quick trip to You Tube and we were set. We got pretty good really and had our own rather unique method.
As well as all the yarn, you also get all the stuffing needed, safety eyes, embroidery thread, full instructions with words and pictures, plus an exclusive hand drawn stitch marker. The stitch markers relate back to the creatures little story. In Pablo's case he has a paint palette, as he aspires to become a great artist.
Pablo is already available to buy from us through our social media sites (website coming soon) and also in Hannah's local yarn shop The Woolly Beader in Okehampton.
Keep an eye out for new additions to our All Things Weird and Wonderful collection,
Hook happy,
Hannah and Cara
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