This was a request/commission for a buddy of mine for a last minute Valentine’s Day gift. It’s not really my place to judge; this lil guy was a lot of fun to make and design.
Difficulty: Tricky
Yarn: White, Dark Blue, Denim Blue, Pine Green, Beige, Yellow, Black
round 5: sc2tog 3 times, 1sc in each st around. (15)
round 6: sc2tog 3 times, 1sc in each st around. (12)
round 7-8: 1sc in each st. (12)
round 9: 1sc in each st. Switch to Denim Blue. (12)
round 10: In BLO, 1sc in each st. (12)
round 11-18: 1sc in each st. (12)
round 19: 1sc in each of first 9 stitches. Fasten off. Stuff leg
Leg 2 / Body: Start with Dark Blue Yarn
repeat round 1-18. Stuff leg. Continue to stuff as you go. (12)
round 20: 1sc in first 8 stitches, (place both legs together and begin to crochet around) 1sc in next 12 stitches, (continue in leg 2) 1sc in last 4 stitches. (24)
round 21: 1sc in first 4 st, sc2tog, 1sc in next 10 st, sc2tog, 1sc in final 6 st. (22)
round 22: 1sc in first 4 st, sc2tog, 1sc in next 9 st, sc2tog, 1sc in final 5 st. (20)
round 23-24: 1sc in each st around. Switch to white at end. (20)
round 25-26: 1sc in each st around. (20)
round 27: sc2tog, 1sc in next 8 stitches, sc2tog, 1sc in last 8 stitches. (18)
round 28-30: 1sc in each st. (18)
round 31: sc2tog, 1sc in next 7 stitches, sc2tog, 1sc in last 7 stitches. (16)
round 32: 1sc in each st. (16)
round 33: (sc2tog, 1sc in next 2 st) 4 times. (12)
round 34: sc2tog 6 times. Switch to flesh at end. (6)
round 35: 2sc in each st around. (12)
round 36: (2sc, 1sc in the next st) 6 times. (18)
round 37: (2sc, 1sc in next 2 stitches) 6 times. (24)
round 38-40: 1sc in each st. (24)
round 41: (sc2tog, 1sc in next 2 stitches) 6 times. (18)
round 42: (sc2tog, 1sc in next st) 6 times. (12)
round 43: sc2tog 6 times. (6)
Fasten off. Sew hole shut with tail.
Cardigan: Start with Pine Green
round 1: chain 15. Starting in second chain from hook, 1sc in each chain hole. (14)
round 2: ch1, turn project, 2sc in first st, 1sc in next 12 stitches, 2sc in last st. (16)
round 3: ch1, turn project, 1sc in each st. (16)
round 4: ch1, turn project, 2sc in first st, 1sc in next 14 stitches, 2sc in last st. (18)
round 5-6: ch1, turn project, 1sc in each st. (18)
round 7: ch1, turn project, 2sc in first st, 1sc in next 16 stitches, 2sc in last st. (20)
round 8-10: ch1, turn project, 1sc in each st. (20)
round 11: ch1, turn project, 2sc in first st, 1sc in next 18 stitches, 2sc in last st. (22)
round 12-14: ch1, turn project, 1sc in each st. Fasten off at end. (22)
Arms (Make 2): Start with Beige
round 1: ch 2, sc 5 in second chain from hook. (5)
round 2: 2sc in each st. (10)
round 3: 1sc in each st. Switch to green at end. (10)
round 4-12: 1sc in each st. Fasten off at end. (10)
Leave a long tail for sewing.
Assembly
Using white yarn, sew a whip stitch around the front loops of round 4 of each foot. Go around twice, if necessary. Make the laces with two long white stitches between rounds 6-7 and rounds 7-8.
Using Denim Blue, pull a strand through the first empty front loop of round 10. From there, crochet a sc into each empty front loop, going around each leg twice to make the jean cuff.
Using Pine Green, cut off an arm’s length of yarn for sewing. Wrap the cardigan around the back of Kurt, lining up the cardigan’s chain row with round 34 of the body. Wrap the cardigan around the torso and use pins to keep in place if necessary. Use a running stitch (small ones) to sew the cardigan onto the body. If desired, don’t stitch all the way to the edges to leave a more realistic flap.
Stuff both arms lightly (or firmly; I don’t run your life), and flatten the open end. Place the arms opposite each other on either side of the body and sew them onto the cardigan, making sure to get into the body layer as well.
Using black, sew eyes onto the front of the head, at around round 39. If desired, a mouth as well.
Using yellow, cut strands to the desired length and use slip knots to tie them to the head.
I’m sorry y'all but I really had to share this. I can’t believe I met Kurt Cobain in a dream lol. it was kind of sad, me describing it does no justice to how it actually felt. #nirvana #kurtcobain #KurtCobainNirvana
“Sometimes Kurt just doesn’t feel like saying stuff, so he has [Courtney] say it for him… It’s a terrible mistake if anyone ever thinks that she does things on her own… the idea that she could make him do anything that he doesn’t want to do is just so absurd. You can’t get this guy to drink a glass of water or walk across a room or turn over a cassette or do anything he doesn’t want to do. He is one of the most willful people I’ve ever met in my life."
-Danny Goldberg (pics: Courtney and Kurt by Dora Handel, 1992).
I have a goddess of a wife who sweats ambition and empathy and a daughter who reminds me too much of what i used to be, full of love and joy, kissing every person she meets because everyone is good and will do her no harm.
“I saw him play in Portland in 1988,” says Courtney. “I’m from Eugene. I thought he was really passionate and cute, but I couldn’t tell if he was smart, or had any integrity. And then I met him at a show about a year, or something ago."
”Butthole Surfers,“ says Kurt.
”And L7,“ adds Courtney, ”I really pursued him, not too agressive, but agressive enough that some girls would have been embarrassed by it. I’m direct. That can scare a lot of boys. Like, I got Kurt’s number when they were on tour, and I would call him. And I would do interviews with people who I knew were going to interview Nirvana, and I would tell them I had a crush on Kurt. Kurt was scared of me. He said he didn’t have time to deal with me. But I knew it was inevitable.“
Kurt adds, ”I would just like to say I liked Courtney a lot. I wasn’t ignoring her. I didn’t mean to play hard to get. I just didn’t have the time, I had so many things on my mind.“
”He had to write a hit record,“ says Courtney.
The turning point for their relationship was last September. Courtney was meeting with a record company exec. ”He said to me, ’What do you want? I can make you a big star,’“ says Courtney, ”And I said, ‘I want to see Nirvana in Chicago.’ So he got on the phone and spent, like, $1000 and bought me a ticket and I went. And that is when we got together.”
- Kurt & Courtney 1992, photograph by Michael Lavine.
“This picture has never been shown,” says Lavine of an outtake for a Sassy magazine photo shoot from 1993. “There was a little drama with this shoot: we had to send the band the pictures so they could approve it. They were a little wacky, I don’t know. I guess there was a lot of pressure on them and how they were to be perceived. This was the only session of them in the studio together. And they totally loved each other. They were all over each other. Kurt was really stoned that day.”
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