My first big pattern - Barney the Dinosaur - Alan Dart
Edited by Tyses at 2017-7-16 00:59I figured I should share because I am proud of myself for tackling a big pattern for the first time.
My uncle who has a diagnosis of "Mental Retardation with Autistic like tendencies" was admited to the hospital with a major heath problem. We didnt know if he was going to make it through this. Thankfully he came right out of surgery and was on a roller coaster to some sort of recovery. The first thing I thought of was what would make him smile, I did amazon shopping and had squishy light up toys, pompoms, balls and other toys. Then I thought to myself, I should try and knit him something. Thats when I started looking up characters from his favorite shows, he loves Barney, Sesame Street, Happy Feet, anything Disney. I found Alan Darts Barney the Dinosaur pattern and ordered it on amazon (before I found this site). When that pattern showed up I figured out how I could afford the DK yarn, so I messed with some different stuff and ended up using just a red heart yarn on a size 7(US) needle, I know its practically a sin to switch yarn and needle sizes when they are specific about it. ;P
About a week and a half later I was starting to stuff and sew this mess of pieces together. It worked!
This week I was able to come home ot Ohio to visit the hospital, hes doing much better but still has a long way to go. When I pulled out the Barney his face lit up, and that made it all worth it. This week he also had the ability to speak since they downsized his trach and put on a speaking valve. He would keep pointing at the Barney and kep saying Tyler. It melted my heart. Its amazing what knitting can do!
I am getting the yarn to make Baby Bop tonight! I know this was probably boring to read but I figured I would share. <3
Very nice! You did a great job, and your story is very heartwarming. Thank you for sharing. Thank you very much! Very nice! Thank you for sharing.Very nice Thank you very much! thank you so much Beautiful work! Well done you! Barney turned out very cute. Thanks for sharing Barney and your uncles story. :) Your story is very touching and you deserve great respect. The toy turned out very nice, but more importantly your love for your uncle. What a lovely thing you did for him! The Barney looks great! static/image/common/user_online.gif siegeonager static/image/common/clock.gif 2017-7-16 05:35
What a lovely thing you did for him! The Barney looks great!
Thank you so much. :) static/image/common/user_online.gif LERA-LERA static/image/common/clock.gif 2017-7-16 02:34
Your story is very touching and you deserve great respect. The toy turned out very nice, but more im ...
Thank you so much. :loveliness: He is so loved by everyone in my family. static/image/common/user_online.gif karriboo static/image/common/clock.gif 2017-7-16 01:28
Well done you! Barney turned out very cute. Thanks for sharing Barney and your uncles story.
Thank you! <3 :loveliness: Such an awesome finish! It turned out perfectly! Thank you for sharing.Very nice Fantástico trabajo !!! :D