Say hello to my sea otter; inspired by the 'otterly' adorable sea otters at the Vancouver Aquarium. Creating your own creature from scratch is rewarding, I must say. You have to apply all the crochet techniques you know, and the ones you will learn, and put everything together in such a way to create your creature. There were definitely some parts which required some trial and error. Sometimes I would start a certain way but realize the stitches were not coming together as I envisioned, so I would undo it all and try again. This definitely adds work and time but it's worth it, and I'm quite pleased with how this little guy turned out. I did not write the pattern first; with the exception of the head, the pattern was created row by row as I stitched along. I already had an idea of what size to make the head and then 'winged it' from there. I did sketch out how I wanted the sea otter to look and looked at a lot of pictures of sea otters beforehand. By creating a sketch beforehand, I felt I had a good idea of the proportions of each part. I also used the size of past projects to help me envision what size of sea otter to create and how many rows to stitch. For the free pattern, please click here. I brushed the yarn to create a 'furry' look and to finish it off, made a little fish the sea otter can hold. Materials used:
3.5mm crochet hook, stuffing, safety eyes. 1. Head and arms: Lion Brand Vanna's Choice in Linen; medium weight [4]. 2. Paws and upper part of body: Lion Brand Vanna's Choice in Taupe; medium weight [4]. 3. Bottom half of body, tail, feet: Loops & Threads Impeccable in Chocolate; medium weight [4]. A small amount of black yarn was also used for the nose and claws.
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Lynne Empey
4/18/2021 07:51:11 pm
Thank you for sharing your beautiful work! My favourite is definitely the otter and if the pattern isn't available for free may I please purchase it? I have been trying to find one like yours for years!
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Mel
4/19/2021 08:56:37 pm
Hi Lynne, thanks for visiting my website. I managed to find my notes on the otter and am happy to share the pattern with you. I'll need some to get it typed up and posted. Hopefully by the weekend (April 24th) I'll have it ready.
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Mel
4/23/2021 08:34:24 pm
Pattern is ready! Blog updated with link to the pattern page.
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