A Tale of Two Masks 2020 Part 2

 A Tale of Two Masks 2020 Part 2 

Part 2 adds to the Colour of Blog.

White Background

 

I have my Black Hemmed Circle. I took some White Felt and Cut out a Circle slightly smaller than the first. I then Sewed it on top. 

Adding Brown

 

The next part was harder. After scouring the internet for goodness how many hours I found the Image that I wanted. I now had to build up that Image in Felt.

I cut out the Body and Tail shapes in a suitable Brown Colour. I slightly overlapped them and then Sewed in Place.

Winging It

 

After the Tail and Body were in place I was the able to add the Wing.

Come on you Reds

 

Normally I would have just Coloured in a Red Circle if asked to draw a picture. However in studying the Image I found that it actually had considerable more Red required than you would think.

Yellow Peril

 

Time to add a Beak. This did not go well. The material I had was far too friable and in the end I had to give up.

Beak and Branch

 

I decided that it would be far easier just to Embroider the Beak onto the Circle. I then added another piece of Brown Felt as a Branch. 

Orange Spot

This part was fiddly trying to get the Shape Cut and placed correctly.

Eyeing up the Leg

Here we have the finished item. I have Embroidered the leg and for a bit of fun decided to add a Googly Eye to my Red Breasted Robin.

Autumn Cape 2016 A long Term Project - Front Daytime Part 4

Autumn Cape 2016 A long Term Project - Front Daytime

Part 4

I have definitely decided to add a pocket to the Cape. This will be depicting a Hedgehog. I have had some problems drawing the Hedgehog. I tried having one face forwards. This turned out alright on the first attempt.

Rough Free Drawn Hedgehog

As you can see it is a cartoony type of Hedgehog. However to make it suitable for knitting I have to put it on Chart Paper. Unfortunately when I tried I found I couldn’t work out how to do the spikes.

So I had to start again. The next one didn’t turn out too brilliantly either. This time I was using some images for inspiration.

Angry Hamster

I think that it more resembles an Angry Hamster though somebody thought it was like a Chinchilla. However this drawing will not go to waste as I am filing it for later use. Perhaps I will use it as a Cross-stitch Pattern.

So since I was having problems drawing it face on I thought I would try a different tack. This time I did a rough drawing in profile.

Rough Profile Hedgehog

Then I tried it on Chart Paper

Rough Hedgehog on Chart Paper

As you can see I have made the Hedgehog smaller. The first one on Chart Paper was far too big and therefore was disproportionate in regards to the Fox. So happy with the size and image it was time to put it into the Real Profile Chart

Initial Input of Hedgehog

This photograph is a bit blurry but you can see where I have placed the Hedgehog Image.

Initial Hedgehog Part Coloured

Now the above picture of the Hedgehog might look a bit peculiar but there is a good reason for why it is orange and yellow.

The area I am knitting is where the pocket will be placed not the pocket itself. Since I have more yellow and orange than other coloured wool I am using that for the background.

Knitted Hedgehog Background

I need to make the background longer before I can add the pocket.