Monkey 2

Getting tired of knitting updates yet? If so, skip this. I knitted a new monkey this weekend:

I had a hard time picking a new project, but finally decided to try a tiny monkey with the same general pattern as the big one. The big one was a lot easier to make, as it turns out. I used size 3 needles for the head, body, legs, arms, and tail and then switched to size 1 for the face, ears and feet. It was a tough time, even with the tiny needles. Like with the big monkey, every stitch made a difference because of the scale. Then I used black seed beads for the eyes, and I had to use a ridiculously thin-eyed bead needle to sew them on. Oh, and I also made one of his feet upside-down, but whatever. I'm trying to let that go.







So far, the monkeys seem to be getting along well:

Monkey

I finally finished the monkey tonight. I used Burly Spun in Mountain Majesty? and Oatmeal, and some Lamb's Pride Bulky in brown for the face. Lucas helped a lot with suggestions about monkey anatomy, including the great idea to double the ears like that. Here are some pictures:

SnowAnimals

Finished rabbit on May 1st, but realized yesterday I forgot to add a tail:





Finished snow "wolf" yesterday. He doesn't look exactly like a wolf, though -- maybe he's some kind of dog mix.

I would like to set these things up with good lighting and take better pictures of them -- some of the knitting blogs have great pictures. Nevertheless, here are PhotoBooth pictures of the wolf:







He finally came together when I put his nose on:



I'm not sure what my next move will be. I used up every last bit of that great yarn on the wolf, but I have bulkier snow-colored yarn.