We are not born all at once, but by bits. The body first, and the spirit later; and the birth and growth of the spirit, in those who are attentive to their own inner life, are slow and exceedingly painful. Our mothers are racked with the pains of our physical birth; we ourselves suffer the longer pains of our spiritual growth. (Mary Antin)

Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Pierre, the French mouse

This project is a variation on the lop-eared bunny in First Knits. I simply swapped out the floppy ears and pom-pom tail. The tail I used is a simple braid, the ears I made according to the following pattern:

CO 25
row 1: knit
row 2: p2tog*12, p1 (13)
row 3: knit
row 4: p2, p2tog*4, p3 (9)
row 5: knit
row 6: p1, p2tog*3, p2

My husband talked me into adding the embroidered whiskers. I thought it looked more like a moustache--a fancy musketeer's moustache. I gifted the mouse to my sister for her birthday with the request that she give him a French name.

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We are not born all at once, but by bits. The body first, and the spirit later; and the birth and growth of the spirit, in those who are attentive to their own inner life, are slow and exceedingly painful. Our mothers are racked with the pains of our physical birth; we ourselves suffer the longer pains of our spiritual growth. (Mary Antin)

Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Pierre, the French mouse

This project is a variation on the lop-eared bunny in First Knits. I simply swapped out the floppy ears and pom-pom tail. The tail I used is a simple braid, the ears I made according to the following pattern:

CO 25
row 1: knit
row 2: p2tog*12, p1 (13)
row 3: knit
row 4: p2, p2tog*4, p3 (9)
row 5: knit
row 6: p1, p2tog*3, p2

My husband talked me into adding the embroidered whiskers. I thought it looked more like a moustache--a fancy musketeer's moustache. I gifted the mouse to my sister for her birthday with the request that she give him a French name.

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