It's Sheldina! She's pink, she's sassy, and she's gonna take Sheldon for the ride of his life! (Sorry, been reading too many Harlequins....)
yarn details
knit picks shine sport in blush and orchid
sport weight
60% pima cotton, 40% modal
50g/110 yd per ball @ $2.49 each
findings
9 mm black eyes from Zims
(note: I am making this as a gift for my niece so I went back to Zims and purchased the appropriate safety eyes. Sheldon just has button-style eyes sewed on.)
polyfill
project details
pattern: "Sheldon" by Ruth Homrighaus found here: http://knitty.com/ISSUEwinter06/PATTsheldon.html
needles: dpns in 3, straights in 4
hook: D
hours: shall we calculate this in months? FOREVER!
total cost: ~$5
notes:
- I planned to put a bow on her head, but it just looked stupid. There is really nowhere logical to put a bow. I don't want to be like one of those moms that glues a bow to her bald baby's head.
- Sheldina is a considerably smaller gauge than Sheldon. I have no idea why. I am positive that I used the correct needle size on her, so maybe I accidentally used larger needles on Sheldon. Or, theory #2: I am so stressed out in law school that the tension of my knitting has changed drastically.
- Placement of those safety eyes is key. Ones you snap those suckers into place they are never coming off.
- Still in love with the shine sport, although I am frustrated that it comes out of the center-pull in clumps and I constantly have to deal with it. I listen to Kelly Petkin's podcasts (founder of Knit Picks) and she said that the shinier/slipperier your yarn is, the less likely it's going to stay in a center-pull ball. She suggested typing a string tightly at the top to narrow the opening and help prevent a big clump from coming out. Maybe I'll try that next time.
P.S. Roxy hates Sheldina. I think she is jealous because she wants Sheldon all to herself. Little does she know there is a bun in the oven....
Labels: Finished Objects, Roxy, Sheldina
