Thursday, February 23, 2012

meet horace, the stegosaurus*

at age four, nephew matthew is *SERIOUSLY* into dinosaurs. he knows quite an impressive amount about them, too: the names of many different species, which ones were carnivores, herbivores or omnivores (and yes! he uses those words!) where they lived, and so forth. i was actually slightly worried that this particular example might not be deemed anatomically correct enough to pass muster with such an expert, but fortunately he also has a nice sideline-interest in stuffed animals! plus, he was VERY IMPRESSED to learn that i had made it by doing something called "crocheting"... enough, in fact, that he asked me *HOW* does one crochet and could HE learn to do it??!?!!?! ♥♥♥


measuring about nine inches from nose to tail, horace is quite a bit bigger than the other amigurumi dolls i've made, but that is mostly because i wanted to use this gorgeous variegated cotton yarn my (non-blogging) friend cheryl hand-painted a few years ago. it's *PERFECT* for dinosaurs, don't you think? i used this pattern from a rather fab etsy shop called planet june. it was well written and easy to follow, and as you can see it's positively OFF THE CHARTS in terms of cuteness!!! i'm proud to say that, according to my sister, (who kindly texted to tell me!) apparently, matthew went around for several days excitedly telling everyone he encountered that he now has, "a yarn dinosaur my aunt made!" ...hard to beat in terms of crafty satisfaction, no?!


if real stegosauruses (stegosauri??!) had been as adorable as horace, i'm preeeeeeeeeeeetty sure they would not be extinct right now!!! :) :) :)

*after a bit of deliberation, matthew has renamed horace... who shall henceforth be known as MORRIS the stegosaurus. awesome. ♥♥♥

10 comments:

  1. You never fail to amaze me ... what a fabulous stegosaurus if ever I saw one!

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  2. Wowzers! I'm in awe. This is the coolest stegosaurus I've ever seen. Love it!

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  3. Morris is ADORABLE and most definitely AWESOME! LOOOOOVE this!!

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  4. Oh you clever thing. What can you NOT do?

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  5. The finished project is magical ... did you tell him you made horace in your own magic hotel fort?

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  6. CUTE!!!!

    you have your own magic hotel fort??? lucky you ;) lol

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  7. OMG, SO ADORABLE! Um HAND-PAINTED YARN?! Whoa.

    And yeah, my eldest (now 25+) was so into dinosaurs as a tike that the Stegosaurus at the National Museum of Natural History (say that fast 3 times) wasn't good enough. Oh, no, we had to go to NYC to see the T Rex. Had a blast.

    I am sure Morris is in good hands. So sweet. :)

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  8. Morris is awesome!! great work - love that hand-painted yarn!

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  9. How did I get so behind on blogs? I love this. Wow it turned out amazingly fantastic. I bet he was just tickled pink. You are such a great aunt. I wish you were my boy's aunt. lol btw.. still haven't even drawn out design for shoes. I'm a slacker. A big one. ugh.

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