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They've started playing World of Warcraft again, and are as obsessed about it as ever. Miranda's been reading about the history and important people--I'm not very clear on the whole story, but she's been teaching Ivy so they both talk about characters named Kael'Thas and Illidan and create stories about them.
This is a baby Murloc stuffed toy for Ivy and a Night Elf Hunter for Miranda. I adapted a frog pattern to make Murky, and for the Night Elf I used the pattern by Runo. I changed a little and added button joints to the arms and legs. I'm not sure about the ears--I might redo them and make them shorter so they aren't so floppy.
Side view of Murky
Night Elf boots for Miranda and Murloc boots for Ivy. The elf boots were supposed to be brown just like her characters boots, but I was using up scraps and didn't have enough brown. They turned out cool, but they don't really look like the boots Night Elves wear. Nevertheless, I'm calling them that just to keep with the theme. Ivy's are Murloc boots simply because they are the same color as Murlocs.
Flat view of boots. Both pairs of boots were made by knitting them first with wool yarn, then running them through the washing machine to felt the fabric (well, it actually "fulls" it, rather than truly felting)
I very nearly ruined Miranda's boots, when I took them out of the washing machine they were still huge. So I trimmed them down about two inches and seamed them up, then ran it through the wash again to felt the seam. And they felted even more, and were almost too small but I was able to stretch the fabric. They turned out okay, but with a bulky seam down the top that bothers me because they would have been perfect if I'd left them alone and just tried felting them again. But I don't think Miranda will notice.
OMGawd...I can't escape the WoW..it's even taking over my bloglines!!! :lol:
Posted by: muralimanohar | December 27, 2008 at 06:16 PM