Crochet Woodstock

This in an old post........... I just published another one and noticed I had something in my drafts so I went to investigate and found this one. Wow was I terrible at blogging this year! This one has been waiting to be published since Christmas. I know I am not as conscious about blogging as I want to be, and this one just proved it Big Time!

I have been very diligent about updating my pattern notes on Ravelry, but clearly not here.

So, without further ado, my post from last Christmas, which was only waiting for me to give Woodstock to Craig before I published it.

When I was planning out Craig's Christmas stocking gifts, I knew I wanted to put as many hand-made items into it as possible. However a major allergic reaction to fish buggered up that plan and nothing was completed. I did manage to get one of the items finished a few days after Christmas. It was a crochet Woodstock character from Peanuts. I searched around for a while trying to find the best looking Woodstock and I settled on this one: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/woodstock-a-crochet-pattern.

I have to say, it was not very pleasant to make. The legs were so small that I had to go up hook sizes. Other than that, I am sure my displeasure stemmed mostly from the yarn I used.

I used up some acrylic yarn my budget forced me to purchase for other Christmas gifts. For the toques I made, I had very few problems, but for this toy, I was cursing it the whole way. It was very "splity" for lack of a better word. I constantly had to redo stitches because I had split the yarn and didn't notice.

Oh well, Woodstock was completed and my bf is very happy with him. It is so difficult finding anything "Woodstock", who is his favourite character, that it was worth the aggravation making this.

So I would like to introduce you to Woodstock!

Before his haircut.

Woodstock!

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