Desk ornament

Custom Order: A cute small thing to put on a desk (Requestor emailed me list of things about Recipient)

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White horn-rimmed readers on top of the head like my 7th grade English teacher, Mrs. Tawlks. God knows what color her glasses are now but they were chunky white at the time.
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You can really hear the evil laugh in this one
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Gotta embroider the title on the book too but all the titles I want to do are too long. Maybe just "meow"
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Having a heck of a time trying to get the glasses right. This outtake tells me I need to either buy doll parts, or keep trying to get it right.
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Was the most excited for the book and the toe beans
Birds eye view of headless cat
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Lower limbs were CO 12, dec each side until pointed, sew starting sides together and sew narrowing edge against the body. Upper limbs were the same CO 9
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The first paw came out WAY better than the second one unfortunately but still v cute.
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I think a triangle base helps sitting stuffed animals not fall over.
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Peach color circle is a sizing thing, won't be visible upon completion
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Elements: nice, soft, sage green, cat, glasses, book, reading!
Size: around 12oz soda can
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Cute little piece to be given away mid-July. This one is actually commissioned so designed the pattern myself.

Third pillow/old blanket

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Kitchener Seaming
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Ended up totally casting on a wider version of the blanket motif. 
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June 4:Decided to pivot from finishing blanket to a throw pillow in same pattern.
8 inch = 37 stch
4.5 inch = 25 across
20 inch = 111 across
Size 8
12x20
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Blanket making my hand hurt a lot. I suppose I don't usually work on a piece this length. 
One hour = 8 inches
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After seven years, I am going back to either finish this argyle dude or make a throw pillow in the same pattern to match 

Poncho for co-worker "before it gets chilly"

Custom Order: Bone/Tan Capelet/Shawl (Requestor provided reference pics and was available to be sized)

Came out a tiny bit short but I had to two-piece and seam. I do have over size needles, but not clothing length or interchangable. Ended up eating some length in the seaming.
Picked a very nice bone grey
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26.5 inch across neck? 60 across = neck
32 across body total = 72 total
16 across = 36 stch across
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9 stch across = 4 inch. 12 across = 4 inch
06/18/2026 Confirm yarn and measurements to elbow = 16/17
05/28/26 Recipient yarn shopping
04/26/26-Design decided upon, measure to elbow
02/26/26-Sizing 14-16 × 16 back, 20 sleeve if doing sweater

Functional Medieval Device for lit teacher

Custom Order:Guillotine for teacher doing Tale of Two Cities and needing a model

A little hellfire for the lady? 
(I had no idea how to package this one)
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Jun 18: Need to find a better cord....Found!
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June 16: have to cut additional dowels
Staging
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The pull mechanism
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The holiday hats
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Progress pics!
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Pre-stuffing
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Chocolate bar base ✔️ 
Single large crossbeam✔️
3 sets of cross bars✔️
Top✔️
weighted blade + in-line tracks ✔️
Front foot =15 stch✔️
Tall sides 4.5 cm = 10 stch✔️
Plank: 10 cm = 20 stch across ✔️
Lunate: 10 stch across✔️
Lever mechanism ✔️
Basket Box: Seed stitch, 15 stch across longways, 11 across short ways ✔️
Seasonal items included spring, summer, fall, winter interchangables ✔️
Cord✔️
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(June 4) Need to dig around for a brown

Target date: before summer break is over

Two porkimers for nice lady

Custom Order: One Pig Head on a stick and one cute pig size of a small dog




Because the tail has a pipe cleaner can be bent this way and that.
Done!
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I-cord corkscrew tail, rear panel 18 across 
59 live stitches 
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Rear 18 stitches, x 2 inch, then taper down
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For continuous legs, set aside 9 stitches, CO total of 9 either side, tubular, sc flat "hoof" x 4 up to base, 12 v's, stitch on the needle, CO
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Body panel, doubled up yarn, CO 38 to 11" x 13" panel
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I have to go buy pink yarn but it will be very cute (May 18). Also happy mt st Helen's day, the ash that was breathed around the world
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Lord of the flies pig head also requested and pattern on ravelry completed!
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Cute little piggy and dark little piggy

Borbs

Put on the wall as-is
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Dreampop achieved! Need to go back over and outline the birds now....maybe 
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What to do with the green on top......Maybe a branch of berries??
Hubby says nice dreampop vibes soft pink watermelon
Bestie says mixed media speech bubbles of what birds actually say *wink wink*
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Love spending a Sunday morning painting whatever I want lol

Condensation catcher for dude

Decided not to put a letter or logo on because it was affecting the stretch on the can. Popped it in the mail with instructions to put the can in BEFORE opening it!! (May 29)
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Maybe put the atlanta Hawks logo instead of the word "atlanta" and number 1. I also still have to decide on the closure. Or maybe just a single large letter. Or maybe it's done. (May 17)
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Five across 1 inch, 8 up 1 inch, first time using sugar and cream and I actually don't totally hate it. 

Finally well enough to pick up needles and not immediately toss them aside. Updating post date to today, when I actually started working on this (May 14).
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Cotton yarn came in the mail today (Apr 28)! I almost never use cotton yarn so has to buy it. Edit: I just learned that the Hawks are a basketball team, not a football team. Go me.
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Specific request was georgia bulldogs or hawks but we will see what I actually do (Apr 28).