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Haggis Update and other decisions…

Well after the heartbreak of having to rip back over 100 hair tendrils earlier this week Haggis is coming along again nicely. I took a break from his hair… just couldn’t face re-doing all those rows so soon and moved on to his legs instead. After a bit of playing with decreases I’m happy again… and the pattern for his legs is finished.

I’ve re-positioned the slip stitch markers on his body closer together and I’m now feeling brave enough to start those rows again… phew!

I made a decision this week on the Omnia/Tocco quandry and the Omnia won & to replace the funds for my new purchase (bought the Omnia on Sat!)…I am going to sell one of my beloved sewing machines… my Bernina 1260QPE.

It may seem a bit drastic but I really don’t need 2 Bernina sewing machines & since we moved Finn into the big room (that was our dining room) we now don’t have the space in the flat to store both Bernina’s anyway.

So another decision had to be made… which one had to go? My Artista 200 with embroidery unit gives me far more options & capabilities… so unfortunately it had to be my trusty 1260QPE. I’m going to get it serviced and get all the extra accessories together for it so it will be ready to list on Ebay in the next few weeks.

I’ll be extremely sad to see it go but it’s in a great cause & the Omnia was worth it. I took the photos above with the Omnia and I’m a very happy bunny… here it is below (photo taken with old samsung 830) & I’ll let you all know how I’m getting along with it in my next post…

My Omnia now has a picture of Finn when he was just hours old ahhhhhh as my backdrop

The latest on Haggis…

I thought It was about time I did another crochet related post… So I thought you’d all like to see how Haggis is coming along.

I have to admit I am a bit behind schedule with where I wanted to be at this stage… but Finn ran a temperature of 102.5 and had a touch of vomiting for a few days earlier this week. Not that you’d know to look at him as he was still so full of beans it was a job to just get him to occasionally stay still to take the Calpol between all his running around. Whatever Finn had has gone & he fought it off without any anti-biotics this time. Unfortunately for Haggis it meant he got a bit neglected… so after finishing this post I’m going to make it up to him and continue with his shaggy coat.

I’m happy with his body shape and I’ve sorted out where his arms and legs are going to go. He’s looking a bit naked up top and a bit like a squid down below so more hair is needed and fast! The Jojoland melody is a true joy to use and I can’t wait to see how the colours change on his shaggy coat when they’re felted.

So that’s all for now as I’m itching to give Haggis some more hair

Haggis’s horns have been giving me a headache

I’ve been back to working out the pattern for Haggis the highland cow this week. I started with the hooves and hoof decorations. They came together very easily… I only needed to make one change to the hoof base and the heart came out just right first time… Phew!

The horns though have been a real challenge. I have ripped them down so many times this week. The 2 tall ones are just 2 of the ones I kept to help work out where I was going wrong. The 3rd smaller one is my current work in progress. The shape looks more promising this time. Not too many kinks and twists and gently getting wider as I go round. This one looks good and fingers crossed It might just be the one If you look closely you’ll spot I’ve been shopping on etsy again. I just can’t keep away from Yarnimals cute amigurumi round markers ( I’ve got the sheep & have my eye on a few more too).

The body, head and legs are should be quite straight forward as I’ve already done the swatch for his shaggy hair. It’s a slightly wavy version of Marlion’s mane…

I’m working out Haggis’s pattern in some lovely Jojoland melody 4ply/fingering weight pure wool. I’d never tried this yarn before and bought it from a lovely lady in Canada via Ravelry. I’ve not tried felting it yet so I’m really excited to see how this prototype turns out. Don’t worry you’ll be the first to see the pictures as knowing me I’ll be so excited to show how he turned out!

I have been buying more yarn too! I loved the Kauni so much I went a bit mad and ordered a lot from Astrids dutch obsessions I’m going to use the Kauni EJ (cream/camel/pink) to try out the finished Haggis pattern and I think he’s going to be scrummy.