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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.