at long last

It's been a while, hasn't it? Despite the posting drought, there's been a lot of knitting going on (a lot of other stuff going on, too, which is the reason for the posting drought. Also, Ravelry eats up most of my knit browsing time). But the reason I finally decided to make the effort to post is because I have something that is completely one-of-a-kind.



This is a Fruit Fucker.

The name isn't mine. It's a character from the webcomic Penny Arcade.

My husband is a regular reader; I pop in from time to time but I'm not a gamer so it often goes over my head. My husband asked me to knit him a Fruit Fucker . . . probably two years ago. I turned him down because I don't find knitting toys that interesting, and I don't like making my own patterns. Knitting is a de-stresser for me; I like to just sit down at the end of a long day and let my hands go.

But, dear one that he is, he is extremely persistent, and wore me down.



It was actually really simple to make: a tube, colorwork for the, uh, hole, the mouth, and the band at the eyes, then regular decreases like a hat. Without casting off, I knit an i-cord, then fudged a sphere at the top and shoved a pipe cleaner down the middle of the i-cord to make it stand up. That was the method for the arms and legs; the feet are cardboard rectangles that I knitted around. Then I "embroidered" on the eyes, stuffed the body and knit a circle to close up the bottom. The chute is a rectangle with pipe cleaner running along three sides; I folded over the knit fabric and closed it with a whip stitch. Voila!


Gratuitous kitten picture

So there you go. Do let me know if you've seen one of these somewhere else. I saw a crocheted one, but I haven't seen any other knitted ones. Now to see how long I can hold out before I'm forced to make a totoro.