Hand Warmers

Monday, December 26, 2011 0 No tags Permalink

Okay. I decided that I wanted to make microwavable handwarmers that you fill with rice and put in your pocket. Instead of just doing squares though, I wanted to make animal shapes! How hard could that be? I didn’t have a pattern, but something like that couldn’t be too difficult, right?

1st attempt at a pattern:

Result:

Passable, I guess. The leg looks wonky. I could do better. But first, let’s make the dogs…corgis, for Lois.

The pattern:

The horrible, horrible results. Pig? Cow? Who knows! But I need to do something else:

I don’t even know where to begin fixing that. Back to the cats. I drew out my own cat drawing, my own complete pattern:

And get this! They actually look like cats!

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