My husband works in additive manufacturing (serious 3-D printing, although the lab has some machines that print in plastic too), and I've been bugging him for years to help me come up with an appropriate amigurumi for me to send in to work with him, because his Erlenmeyer flask isn't really appropriate to AM. He finally (correctly) realised that crocheting a Benchy was really about as good as it gets.
I asked him if he could borrow a Benchy for me (there's a bunch floating around the lab) because I don't have modelling software to be able to get all the details I need from the model, and he obviously is correct when he says that there's a bunch of people at the lab who like the idea of a crochet one, because he brought one home today (I asked for the loan yesterday). So now, of course, I need to buckle down and get to work on the project. Having started a tension swatch, I'm thinking I'm going to need to bust out the #30 crochet cotton...
Oh, and before you try to be helpful: I checked Ravelry already. When/if I finish this and post the pattern mine will be the first one.
Ok, he's saying (again) that I can make it bigger, as that's not uncommon if someone's working with a large-grid printer, which the crochet obviously is, and we all agree that for amigurumi you want it to be a bit bigger because otherwise it's going to be a challenge to recognise Benchy.
omg I love this! I am In Line for the pattern if/when you decide to share it.
This is the greatest idea I've ever heard of. I also want the pattern when it's finished.


















