I hate that particular bit of rhyming. Not sure why, but anyway... here's a couple I made earlier...
I made this one earlier in the week, and although he was a lot less fiddly than the guys above, he lacks pizzaz, and most importantly, a shell. So, I had a bit of a rummage around in my files, and found this:
and so I made a couple. The smallest size is the original pattern, and I just used my printer to up the second size to 125%. Mine tilt forward a bit alarmingly, and I don't like the way the belly drags on the ground, so I'll be doing a bit of an adjustment to the pattern to stop that from happening - I also don't like the way the legs & belly are three separate, very fiddly pieces, so I'll be making a new middle piece to fix that. I've got it printed at 150% as well, that I hope to make today.They don't take a lot of fabric - in fact, I made the first one from a couple of 10" squares, but the second one, being a bit bigger, needs either two identical 10" squares for the body, or a fat quarter. The rest of it you could certainly make out of a couple of 10" squares (the shell is lined). I used safety eyes, rather than french knots. The instructions are pretty good though, and for an experienced sewist, maybe an hour's work - the perfect gift for a small person.
Ciao!
PS - the original pattern for Erin's turtle came from PurlBee - here's the link:
http://www.purlbee.com/the-purl-bee/2013/9/15/mollys-sketchbook-myrtle-the-purl-turtle.html
Cute!
ReplyDeletemyrtle doesn't rhyme with turtle... am I missing something? (aside from the obvious)
In Oz, Myrtle & Turtle definitely rhyme. What's the scottish take on Myrtle?
ReplyDeletethe plant or the name? Not many people called Myrtle. Mostly goes with "Eunice" in my head for another Oz blog ;-)
ReplyDeleteTurtles not really a thing here either. Probably mroe Mutant Ninja than native.
Rhyming slang we have though. Donkeys. Not a Scooby. that's two still in common usage!