Meet Samuel Crowe

14/9/2013

The Pirate's head - nearly the title of the post.

The pattern for the scarf had the option of finishing it halfway for a narrower version, but he would have looked rather like Rambo so it wasn't really an option at all.

I also dug out some beads and finished his hair with a few beaded strands.

Next came the belt. This was straightforward. The buckle is made from a covered pipecleaner.

The sword belt was a little trickier. After a number of rows, it became obvious that the wrong size needles had been stated (3.00 mm rather than 2.25) as the belt was turning out a lot wider that would fit the buckle. The buckle was covered card. As some card appears through the cover, I dug out some silver mirror card and used that. There was a row missing from the beginning of the pattern for the buckle cover without which, the template cannot be covered. The sword sleeve was simply a tube sewn to the belt.

I used a grey yarn as I did not have a mid-brown different from that I had used for the trousers. So he has silver buckles.

The sword was an interesting pattern. It is an I-tube. It was interesting firstly as it showed up a deficiency in my vast needle collection - I actually don't have any 2.25 mm double-pointed needles. I used 2.5 mm; the result was fine.

Secondly the pattern was interesting as it omitted the length to knit the I-tube for the blade of the sword. That was easily remedied by referring to the length of the pipecleaner needed to finish it.

Finally, a couple of gold rings as a finishing touch and they were a right pain to get on the fingers.

Now he is done.

Time for a cup of tea .... and then to start Elizabeth Witch

The book 'Knitted Pirates, Princesses, Witches, Wizards & Fairies with outfits & accessories" by Annette Hefford is available from Amazon.

And finally .........

The star of the show - Meet Samuel Crowe:

3 Comments

Kate

30/6/2014 07:31:49 am

Hi I have also knitted Samuel Crowe
and am stuck on the sword as it says fold the stick at both ends I seem to think 21 cm for the sword is too long but not sure how to do it
I have only been knitting for 6 months, maybe you can help me out by sending me how you knitted the sword (like how many rows)
Please help a South African girl
Thanks

Leth

30/6/2014 08:50:53 am

The pipe-cleaner thing with the sword - ordinary pipe-cleaners aren't long enough, craft chenille sticks are too thick.

What I did was to take three pipe-cleaners and tie them together with some wool. Two end to end and the third by the side covering the join (like three bricks in a wall).

You'll find you can cut one of the ends sticking out most of the way back to the point where it doubles up. Leave enough to turn over the end. If you can get it to line up with the end of the other stick, it's easier to make them both safe.

At the other end, you'll have doubled-up pipe-cleaner turning into single pipe-cleaner. I kept it like that, as I thought a thinner pointy end to the sword looked good.

Then it's just a case of getting the pliers out to make the ends safe, blobs of glue if you have it, and finishing off.

The pipe-cleaner can be a bit tricky to insert down the i-tube. Best to approach it like putting on a stocking!

30/6/2014 09:02:28 am

Clarification.

You will cut down the second (single) end back to a couple of cm protruding from the doubled up bit. So the entire length is 20 or 21cm.

I didn't count the rows for the i-tube after the hilt section, I kept going until it was nearly the length of the pipecleaner and then did the point shaping.

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