So the climax of the nasty winter weather in my part of the universe hit Thursday night, and in the course of just a few hours, my Friday plans went from awesome!!!! to… uhh… nothing. Nothing at all, because an inch of very wet snow fell overnight and then it stayed below freezing all day, so nothing thawed, and central Texans do not know how to deal with frozen precipitation that actually sticks around past sunrise.
So what did I do with my new found spare time? Well obviously, I slept in. Then I spent the entire day in my pajamas and under a blanket-burrow on Boy’s couch, watching most of a season of Farscape and… creating.
What did I make?
I made… well… I made this:
It’s a hat, you see.
Where did I come up with such a monstrous idea?
The idea is lovingly ganked from one D. Corsetto, creator of Girls With Slingshots. Back in December, one of her main characters was gifted with an over-sized pink unicorn hat…
…and upon reading this comic I instantly knew that I would have to make one of my very own. This is not so much about the fashion statement as the challenge.
It came out looking kind of piggy, and my decision not to stuff the horn has resulted in some vaguely obscene shapes when it bends. However, this is one of those rare projects where the dumber it looks, the better, so I’ve just been enjoying the freedom to be ridiculous.
Mechanically, I just tried to keep everything as simple as possible. I wasted a few hours trying to do something fancy with the main body of the hat and the ear flaps. Then I realized that that was stupid and went back to a very simple design. After that, everything else was treated as an independent unit, created and shaped separately and stitched on at the end. Looking at the final product, I am mightily proud of my monstrous creation.
The next obvious question is what to do with the thing now that it’s done.
…
Frankly, I have no idea.
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