one BILLION eerie portraits

Original + my pattern

I never really know when inspiration is going to strike me but in this case the second d0gtoothjones sent me this one I was hopping on stitch fiddle to see what I could do.

This is what the pattern looked like fresh out of stitch fiddle’s generation (to be clear: stitch fiddle does not use ai). I was inspired to add a second shade of blue because I had a lot of navy blue yarn.

I’m going to rb this with a dump of update photos so here’s some blocking pics instead!

Pre blocking + back

I actually had to go out and buy more mats for this block bc it’s so big

Waterboard his ass

Again, had to get a bucket to wash him in bc he was too big for the sink

50% + 75% of the way through blocking

The last side is always the worst and it took much finagling to get it where I wanted

Original - my pattern

I had the unedited pattern sitting in stitch fiddle for forever but I’m glad I finally finished this!!! I took some more liberties than usual with recoloring spaces (hsy on the right’s hair) but I think it looks good.

Not all wip pics are included but I got significantly better at taking them every day! Fun fact: the final day I was working on it, I did rows 128-138 in the afternoon with the goal of hitting 150 in the evening. I then finished it. Such is the power of putting on a good movie and zoning the fuck out during the boring top rows.

The back! Preblocked so it’s wonky but I did a decent job with not going overboard on bobbins… kinda… weaving in ends is a problem for later me

Original - pattern

Weird coincidence - Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan by Ilya Repin

No real connection, just interesting

It’s reversible! Ends aren’t woven in but the back is essentially the same as the front.