demoi_pourvous ([info]demoi_pourvous) wrote in [info]craftgrrl,
@ 2008-04-25 13:34:00
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Day 13 of 365
Sorry if this is a one item only post but this little fella took up all the crafting time I alloted for myself each day.

Be kind, Morris (yes, my pig is a he) is my first ever stab at crochet and my first ever amigurumi.

I had no idea that hook size would determine the size of the creation itself. I had a teeny hook, hence a teeny Morris.










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[info]jocelina
2008-04-25 05:37 am UTC (link)
Awww, how adorable! I love his wee eyes, and his ears are priceless.

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[info]demoi_pourvous
2008-04-25 06:21 pm UTC (link)
Thank you! I just followed a pattern so I can't take credit for that. :D

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[info]katehaddigan
2008-04-25 05:48 am UTC (link)
I believe him to be adorable!

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[info]demoi_pourvous
2008-04-25 06:22 pm UTC (link)
I believe I agree with you. :D

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[info]lizreay
2008-04-25 05:54 am UTC (link)
Eeee! He's adorable!

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[info]demoi_pourvous
2008-04-25 06:22 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, he is! :D Glad you like him.

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[info]tydyehippo
2008-04-25 06:22 am UTC (link)
Wee, wee, weeeeee alllll the way home, wee, lil' Morris!!!


Very cute! :)

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[info]demoi_pourvous
2008-04-25 06:23 pm UTC (link)
Methinks he needs siblings to go wee, wee, weee all the way wherever with him. XD

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[info]petatron
2008-04-25 06:31 am UTC (link)
fantastic!

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[info]demoi_pourvous
2008-04-25 06:23 pm UTC (link)
Thank you! :D

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[info]foto_phreak
2008-04-25 06:35 am UTC (link)
he's so teeny tiny which makes him even cuter!!

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[info]demoi_pourvous
2008-04-25 06:23 pm UTC (link)
I'm just glad he turned out looking okay XD

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[info]sdblaine
2008-04-25 06:45 am UTC (link)
soooooooo adorable <3

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[info]demoi_pourvous
2008-04-25 06:30 pm UTC (link)
Thank you!

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[info]cy_v
2008-04-25 09:15 am UTC (link)
Awww, he is so cute! The teeny-ness only adds to the adorable-level! ^_^

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[info]demoi_pourvous
2008-04-25 06:30 pm UTC (link)
I'm just glad that he turned out fine...hook mix up and all XD

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[info]lostlain
2008-04-25 10:17 am UTC (link)
It's adorable! And oh so squeezable. What a great job. ^^

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[info]demoi_pourvous
2008-04-25 06:32 pm UTC (link)
Just squeeze with thumbs and forefinger please XD...he's teeny, you know. Heheheh!

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[info]missmuppy
2008-04-25 10:59 am UTC (link)
Oh. Wow.

That is beyond cute!

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[info]demoi_pourvous
2008-04-25 06:32 pm UTC (link)
Thank you!

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[info]kaitou_lili
2008-04-25 01:47 pm UTC (link)
He's adorable! I love how his little ears do that cute curve.

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[info]demoi_pourvous
2008-04-25 06:29 pm UTC (link)
That's how it was in the pattern :) It reminded me so much of my guy's japanese spitz (his ears droop that way) that I named him Morris too.

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[info]metalheavy
2008-04-25 03:48 pm UTC (link)
AWWWWWW.

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[info]demoi_pourvous
2008-04-25 06:28 pm UTC (link)
Definitely...I went all AWWW when I had him in the palm of my hand...and then just for fun I threw him up in the air and saw a pig fly XD

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[info]dizzy_misslizzy
2008-04-25 11:14 pm UTC (link)
hahahaha YESSSS! (I would have done the same.) :P

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[info]mubeimmik
2008-04-25 03:59 pm UTC (link)
He IS teeny! I love him =)

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[info]demoi_pourvous
2008-04-25 06:21 pm UTC (link)
Thank you! :D

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[info]cat_lady_428
2008-04-25 04:11 pm UTC (link)
Oh my god! This is the cutest thing ever. Do you have a pattern for him? I can't believe this was your first attempt at crocheting!

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[info]demoi_pourvous
2008-04-25 06:19 pm UTC (link)
I googled for simple patterns. This came up: http://www.crochetville.org/forum/showthread.php?t=27147

My first attempts were practice with the different types of stitches. Morris is my first attempt at actually making something out of the crochet stitches XD

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[info]medias_res
2008-04-25 05:58 pm UTC (link)
He is adorable!

It's a combination of yarn size and hook size that determine the size of your creation. Using a much bigger hook with this yarn wouldn't have made a bigger pig, it would have just made a big mess--the gaps between and in the middle of the stitches would be way too big to be able to stuff him. It will usually say somewhere on the yarn what size hook is recommended. =)

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[info]demoi_pourvous
2008-04-25 06:20 pm UTC (link)
The pattern that I got off google didn't specify yarn size, though it did specify hook size and I didn't know that it mattered until Morris got made. Yep...I tend to jump into stuff half-blindedly most of the time XD

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[info]medias_res
2008-04-25 06:23 pm UTC (link)
Hey, half-blindedly figuring things out is how some people learn! And look what it got you this time--adorable piggy! (And maybe a lesson in hook size, heehee)

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[info]demoi_pourvous
2008-04-25 06:26 pm UTC (link)
Yep, that and yarn size. ;D Thanks for the lesson too. The clerk at the craft store was really unhelpful :P

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[info]thecommonraven
2008-04-25 09:52 pm UTC (link)
SO cute!

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[info]acreationaday
2008-04-27 04:42 pm UTC (link)
Thank you :) (BTW, this is my "craft dairy" journal. Just in case you're wondering why another user's replying)

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[info]misszombie24
2008-04-25 10:02 pm UTC (link)
i love teeny tiny things! so adorable =)

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[info]acreationaday
2008-04-27 04:42 pm UTC (link)
His teeniness was an accident, and I'm glad that it happened XD Thank you :) (BTW, this is my "craft dairy" journal. Just in case you're wondering why another user's replying)

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[info]rebeccaworks
2008-04-25 11:04 pm UTC (link)
He's adorable, and I'm very impressed that he's your first attempt at crochet!

By the way, I'm also impressed with your other craft projects in the 365 series.

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[info]acreationaday
2008-04-27 04:43 pm UTC (link)
Thank you :) Well, like I said in another reply, technically my first attempts were practices at different crochet stitches. Morris is the first thing I made using all those stitches XD

BTW, this is my "craft dairy" journal. Just in case you're wondering why another user's replying.

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[info]dizzy_misslizzy
2008-04-25 11:11 pm UTC (link)
OHMYGOSH he is sooooo cute! I want! :D You did a lovely job, and I actually like that he's teeny. :)

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[info]acreationaday
2008-04-27 04:43 pm UTC (link)
Thank you :) (BTW, this is my "craft dairy" journal. Just in case you're wondering why another user's replying)

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[info]1498rozz
2008-04-26 03:54 pm UTC (link)
Morris is ADORABLE!!!

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[info]acreationaday
2008-04-27 04:44 pm UTC (link)
Yep, he definitely is :)

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[info]mamainak
2008-04-27 02:47 pm UTC (link)
Awww he's so cuuuuuuuuute!

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[info]acreationaday
2008-04-27 04:44 pm UTC (link)
Thank you :)

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[info]fallonmay
2008-04-29 05:37 am UTC (link)
I would not be able to stop cuddling him. Too cute!

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