Enter a pet suitable for any Scorpion Queen!
Have you ever designed something that just came out perfectly from inception to final product? Well, to my surprise this was the case while working up the scorpion. My hands were channeling each and every thought from my brain into my hook and yarn. I didn't frog any part of this piece. Not once! *Patting myself on the back*
This baby is made from hand-dyed wool sock yarn that I bought from an eBay auction some months ago and a size C hook. I used cotton thread (DMC perle cotton size 8) for the eyeball and one of my small steel hooks (size 00 I believe). I worked from photographs to get the shape as close as possible to an actual scorpion. My version, however, is a lot larger than an actual scorpion (about 13 inches in length with stinger curled up).
This crocheted creature was the hit of the party and I now have requests from an untold number of my friends who want me to crochet their astrological signs for them going forward. I'm going to need more wool...
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25 comments:
He came out TERIFFIC! Great work! You really should make all the signs. . . and then maybe do what Roxycraft did, and bundle the patterns! Your ideas are really wonderful :)
Oh man, that is so fabulously cool. He/It? looks great~!
I'll be waiting for you to do the rest - can't wait to see how Leo turns out!!
regina it came out awesome. girl you amaze me with your creations. i love how it turned out hugggs
And when you have created these designs are you going to have a pattern for others? hint hint...amazing, simply amazing.
BTW...what is the yarn you used on the Granny Cranny? it's driving me crazy, I love the shine-y-ness!
HA! That is great. I'm a scorpion and I would love it too.
Just recently I was trying to graph a scorpion into a scarf but I had to frog it because it was just looking strange. I guess the graph was too small for it to look right. Maybe I should try a pillow instead hahaha :-P
As always great job, I just love your funky creatures. ;)
Mad love. I so want to take this scorpion and chase people around the room with it.
Gemini must, must MUST be two redhaired twins!
I love it!!!!!! What a great idea.
You know that greatness is appreciated by everyone. And to have one of your creations would be the icing on the cake for anyone's collection. Another great creation!
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Being a Scorpio myself, I just think the 'Scorpion Queen' is wonderful!!! Hehhehhhehhhe
That is FANTASTIC! I love scorpions (although not a Scorpio). Really cool design!
Perfect!
Absolutely amazing. Very unthreatening colours - you could almost be fooled into stroking this scorpion.
Yay! Your scorpion is magnificent! Kudos once again for a wonderful creation!
She's wonderful like you! =)
Oh man. You are some kind of evil crochet genius.
I thought of another series you might like. George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series. It's fantasy, but it's fantasy for grownups. There's incest and murder just in the first few chapters. And just when you get attached to a character, he kills 'em off. Un. Put. Downable.
Oh, she is beautiful!
The scorp and the granny are amazing!
love it you clever duck. what a good friend you are.
As always Regina your art is excelent. You have that special scorpion touch, few people dare to touch. They coloring is fantastic.
First I gotta mention that I crack myself up....that said...
Pieces...2 fish right? I pictured 2 flounder {?}, the flat, bottom hugging fish with the one eye on top....
Need i say more????
totally amazed!
this is great
wow, you are my hero. seriously, I love your work, never seen anything like it!
Nice to see that some things haven't changed! Love your creations and sense of humor! ~Sheila
while searching onm the crawling eye movie, i found your site!
i love the scorpions! do you have a pattern for sale?
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