My second job is for the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, and my boss, B, is an awesome guy. So I decided that I needed to knit him something as a Christmas present, and I decided that something needed to be Piecrust the Tortoise.
I was drawn to the pattern because of the three-dimensional nature of the shell. What I didn't realize was that the bumps were created by embroidering the whole damned thing. Or that he would have so many pieces to put together! Body, head, tail, front and back feet, top and bottom of upper shell, and a double-thick undershell all needed to be sewed together correctly. But the cool thing is the body is one piece, which is then sandwiched between the upper, domed shell and a flat "pancake" lower shell, so that you could, theoretically pull his little body out of the shell.
I kinda screwed up the picot edge on the upper shell, since it was the first time I'd ever done one and I didn't understand the concept at first, but otherwise I think he came out pretty good. The shell wasn't as bumpy as the original, but I was still pretty happy with how he turned out.
Then it occurred to me that my boss is not the kind of person who likes having random decorative thingies laying around. But I also remembered that he has two 10-year-old kids. He seemed to like the tortoise, but the next day I found out that my hunch about his kids had paid off. His daughter absolutely LOVED it. Yay!
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