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in hindsight i did not do snw justice in this post. i had not watched it. so, revised (+ addition):
Hijinks Are A Logical Course Of Action (feat. Small Dog!)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Spaceship Thieves
ah yes, the star treks:
Boldly Going Absolutely Nowhere (Until They Do)
I Wanna Go Home
How We Got Into This Mess In The First Place
Queer Enough Energy To Birth Slash Fanfic
Secret Main Character (It's The Android)
This Would Be Impossible If Spock Was An Extrovert
More Content From The Secretly British Shakespeare Nerd (Lesbians Included!)
Everybody Suffers On A Starship
We Tried To Make It Very Clear That Spock's Not Gay And It Didn't Work
Are You Sick Of Spock Yet? We're Not
I'm working on a prototype for Rok Tahk as we speak! As my second-ever pattern design, she's ... not so much a step up from Murf as, er, several ladders up from Murf. But she's coming along nicely and I think she's going to look great when she's done.
A few people have asked about the patterns, so: my ultimate aim is definitely to share them, probably via Ravelry? But there are a few things about the Murf pattern I'd like to tweak, to make sure he's perfect before I release him into the wild - and at the moment Rok Tahk is occupying a lot of my brain/free time, so it might be a while yet. Stay tuned!
Paramount don't seem to be too interested in making Star Trek: Prodigy merch, so I decided to take matters into my own hands/crochet hook. Six prototypes, a lot of yarn, and even more swearing later, I've designed my very first crochet pattern.
Behold - Murf!
Next up ... Rok Tahk???
Who'd like a sneak preview of what I'm working on at the moment...?
It's Rok Tahk!
She's very much not finished (still need to figure out her dungarees and a pair of legs!) and very much a prototype, with lots that needs to be fixed for the next version, but I reckon she's looking great so far.
(She also might be the most complicated crochet pattern I've ever worked on, let alone designed...)
What do you think?
This has been getting another flurry of notes and lovely comments over the last few days, and if you liked this WIP pic of the prototype, you're going to love the finished version - which I'm hoping to share in the next week or so!
(And because a few people have asked whether I'll be posting the pattern: I very much plan to make the patterns for both Rok Tahk and Murf available, but they both need quite a bit of work before I'll be happy to release them into the wild. Rok Tahk in particular uses a bunch of slightly unusual techniques/stitches, instructions for all of which I'll need to write up in addition to the pattern itself, and some parts will need photos to show how it all works. She also requires a lot of yarn, so I want to make sure the pattern is perfect before anyone spends hard-earned money on the resources to make her. So it's a 'yes', but not necessarily a 'soon'!)
Who'd like a sneak preview of what I'm working on at the moment...?
It's Rok Tahk!
She's very much not finished (still need to figure out her dungarees and a pair of legs!) and very much a prototype, with lots that needs to be fixed for the next version, but I reckon she's looking great so far.
(She also might be the most complicated crochet pattern I've ever worked on, let alone designed...)
What do you think?
It's taken 3 months of trial and error (mostly error), but...
... here's Rok Tahk!
Her FACE
I learned a lot designing and making her; she's definitely the most complicated piece I've crocheted to date. There are still a few things I want to fix - but given that she's only my second attempt at designing a crochet pattern, I think she's turned out pretty well! And Murf agrees.
Rebloogalooging again for 30 Days of Prodigy, day 17 - Rok Tahk!
It's taken 3 months of trial and error (mostly error), but...
... here's Rok Tahk!
Her FACE
I learned a lot designing and making her; she's definitely the most complicated piece I've crocheted to date. There are still a few things I want to fix - but given that she's only my second attempt at designing a crochet pattern, I think she's turned out pretty well! And Murf agrees.