Monday 20 February 2012

St Patrick days omnipom

Its been a while since I made an omnipom so with St Patricks day coming up I thought it was a good excuse to make one with a bit f an Irish theme.
 I knew that I wanted one of his eye patches to be a shamrock so that I had to use emerald green felt but I was a bit stuck thinking up the main colour for him I was thinking maybe lime green but then I'm a bit mad for lime green and have used it a lot recently so I decided to ask on facebook. Thanks to the suggestions of my facebook fans who helped out with this and I deiced to go with Evi's suggestion and go for a black body.

So here he is. It wasn't planned but I love the way he looks slightly drunk, maybe I need to crochet him a pint of Guinness? 
I'm happy with the shamrock eye and I couldn't resist a little green top hat.
Only problem with black yarn is the stuffing showing through, I tried keeping my tension even tighter than normal but the stuffing is still visible in places. I guess its just one of those things and I'll have to learn to live with it.
 Instead of buttons I've used sequins and beads for his face decoration as I didn't want buttons to distract from his eye patch. Now all I have to do is make a shamrock for his bum and I can't decide if he needs a waistcoat?
 He'll need a name too if anyones got any suggestions?

I've actually made something on a monday so I feel I can post it on handmade monday

6 comments:

  1. Yes, he needs a pint of Guinness!! He's lovely - definitely a good one for St Patrick's Day!! (they used to do black stuffing, don't know if you can still get it, but I'm sure it must be available somewhere).

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  2. You should call him Cafferys :)

    Amazing work. I just can't believe the detail you put into your work. It's outstanding!

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  3. Cute little fella. You could dye some stuffing but I wonder if it would still be child safe, sorry, thinking aloud. He could have a fiddle to go with his glass of guiness too but don't know how you would make one. Lol. He is great.

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  4. Certainly a pint of Guiness would look good but even so he is so sweet

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  5. He is fab, he does look a little tipsy so a drink in his hand would be a good idea. He needs an Irish name so how about Paddy or Seamus? x

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