When I think of pirates, I think of the romanticized versions of them. Adventure, sailing the world and daring sword fights, these are what I imagine when I imagine a pirate.
In the movies and books, being a pirate is more than just the biggest adventure you'll ever take; its also the most dangerous, adrenaline laden and fun you'll have either. Who didn't want to be a pirate when they were a kid?
Being a pirate is the most exciting challenge you can take and knitting up this pirate toy sure felt like that just that, a challenge.
Two years ago, I set out to make a pirate doll for my sister's birthday; except, I couldn't seem to find a pattern that fit what I wanted. So I set out on a challenge of creating my own.
Two weeks later, The Pirate in the picture to the left was "born". You might be wondering why there are two dolls, and the answer to that is: writing the pattern (which I'm almost done with and preparing for test knitters).
You see, when I came up with this knitted toy, my notes were, well to put it lightly, lacking.
I find that when I get inspired to make something, there is very little that stops me from going on a working binge of sorts. I'll become consumed by the project, it will be all I think about and work on, until it gets done. In doing so, I find taking notes to be a hindrance (even if I want to take notes); I get so caught up with creating the project, I just forget to or plan to do it later (procrastinator here).
It's interesting to see how much my techniques have changed over the last two years. How things are just a little more polished, a little more tailored. I still think The Pirate I, has his strong points, like personality, and his hair jewelry is a bit better, but Pirate II looks more realistic.
If you can't tell, I went kind of crazy with the photo shoot, hehe. Who knew I had so much "pirate" stuff laying around?
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