That Mr. Roboto, he’s such a cornball.

Pattern: Robot (rav link) from Unusual Toys for You to Knit and Enjoy, Mochimochiland Heart
Yarn: Brown Sheep Lamb’s Pride Worsted and scraps of Louet Gems for Mr. Roboto, Wool/Sarisilk blend scraps for the heart

This is another of those thrown-in-a-drawer, procrastinate-on-the-finishing projects. I had originally knit Mr. Roboto as a graduation gift for Rob (whose degree is in robotics). He graduated about a year and a half ago. Poor neglected Mr. Roboto!

The pattern instructs you to knit both sides of the robot flat, then seam him together. I had the bright idea of knitting him in the round and kitchenering his vertical seams together. I’m not sure that this saved me much work, and I think it produced more ends to weave in. Also, I knit him flat along the length of the intarsia panel, so I had to seam that side anyway.

Then I embroidered the most hideous face on the poor robot, prompting the delay in finishing. I finally bought a boatload of safety eyes, ripped my embroidery, and started over. I tried to embroider the heart to have the same expression as Mr. Roboto, but the heart just looks kind of sad - Rob even pointed it out. Awww!

Overall, Rob was very happy with his V-day gift, and Mr. Roboto is happy to be out of that drawer. Now, if Mr. Roboto could just find a little love…

Now that the Baudelaires are complete, I’ve moved on to some new and exciting projects.

Sarcelle. Oh dear Sarcelle, I appreciate the simplicity of your lace pattern. It was exactly what I needed when I was feeling bad a few weeks ago. However, I have recovered, and now you are bor-ing. Boring! Same old, same old!

I’m constantly attracted to triangular shawls (like the Shetland Triangle and Lace Leaf Shawl, both of which I WANT), but I have exactly zero opportunities in my life to wear them. Therefore my lace ends up in rectangular stoles (It’s a stole. Wait, now it’s a scarf. Excitement!). Sarcelle is interesting because it’s knit on the bias, but still! I’m bored!

I’m using the handdyed yarn from this adventure, which is looking pretty hot. There’s very, very subtle changes in intensity, which was exactly the look I was going for. The yarn isn’t terribly soft - I’m not sure if it’s a result of the dyeing, or if it’s just non-super-soft yarn to start with. Perhaps I’m spoiled by the uber-soft merinos and slinky cottons I’ve been using as of late.

I’ve also started a robot from Jess Hutch’s booklet of cute-ass toys. It’s a gift for Rob for his recent robot thesis. I’ve totally showed it to him already, because I can. not. keep. a. secret. I’m using Lamb’s Pride and some leftover Louet from the Target Wave Mittens. If you have this booklet, I totally recommend knitting up these guys on size 6 needles (rather than 8’s) - it definitely prevents holes when you eventually stuff them. I also decided to knit the robot in the round (the pattern calls for knitting flat) because I hate fake grafting! Ew! I’m a kitchener-stitching champ!

The squarey on the left is now living in Astoria, and goes by Frankie. He’s a bit on the rectangular side, but he’s cool with that. He’s made of some Brown Sheep Lamb’s Pride and Classic Elite Maya.

The squarey on the right matches a toile couch in South Carolina. He’s a bit different from the first - I provisionally casted on for his top edges, and kitchenered his halves together. This worked out much better than the first squarey - the first guy had a bit of an indentation at the top and bottom where I fake-grafted the halves together. He is made of Knitpicks Wool of the Andes.

Both are from Jess Hutch’s booklet, which is chock full of extremely cute things. I absolutely loved the face that she embroidered on her squareys, so mine look pretty much the same. When I first bought the booklet, I thought I would do nothing but make an army of small stuffed creatures, but that wore off pretty quickly…