Jan 29 2010
a robot army!
Every girl needs her own army of meek adorable robots, don’t you think?
These guys are particularly polite and sweet, and they’re going to live with Specs, a polite and sweet friend who didn’t even bellyache one bit that I delayed more than six months to hold up my end of a swap. See, she was exploring paper cutting, and I eagerly said, “you make me something like that and I’ll . . . yeah, I’ll make you something in return. Sure. Sometime.”
So she awesomely worked this up for me—featuring an owl, no less, the mascot of my alma mater. And then I got all excited to make her something in return, sewing some things, looking at books, even crocheting the start of a Mechanobot . . .
But I just couldn’t commit! It was too hard! What would she really want? What could I possibly make her that she’d like?
Until Chawne recently got a copy of Crobots
Sangamo follows the pattern (Mechanobot, available free online!) pretty much to a T. I even had almost identical hardware to adorn her with. The only difference is I used screws with a flat head for her legs, and if you set her down juuuust right, she can stand on her own. Soon after, Sangamo’s cousin Miss Gloria rolled up.
Miss Gloria was based on the Wheely pattern, but modified—she’s larger than the written directions, because the scale between her and Sangamo was going to be too far off. The wheels are the size specified in the direx, though. Her adornments are more fancy—glass beads and sequins—because she’s a fussy, girlie robot. She works hard to keep her wheels in perfect condition. Her pet robot, Yuri, completes the trio.
Specs and her boyfriend have two cats, Dimitri and Otto, so I chose a name in keeping with the theme. Yuri also deviates from the written Catbot pattern, especially with respect to the hardware. I decided that to look more like a robot (I mean, really, it’s just a cat otherwise), brass screws and brass hardware would complete the look. Oh, and I added a tail, which shockingly the pattern does not entail.
I’m on a bit of a robot craze as a result, though my love is only for Mechanobot at this point. I think you’ll be seeing more of him around these parts.
OMG — adorable! I love (LOVE!) the way you have them posing for their close-ups!
These robots are undeniably cute. Sangamo is so sweet too.
They couldn’t GET any cuter. I love Sangamo, but Yuri’s mouth is just the cat’s pajamas!
I have that robot book and now I need to go dig it out. Like right this second.
Also owls = the best.
I think Specs is a very lucky friend!! I love all three robots.
They are so completely adorable that it makes me want to learn to crochet, just so I can have one (or two, or twelve) of my own!
I love the hardware on these little dudes the best. Something about the soft yarn combined with metal - awesome!
loving your crocheted creatures!
Excellent robots! They have great personality.
Thank you so much! I definitely got the better end of this swap.
Ok I’m totally crazy for the robot army!!! I’ll have to make these! Such an awesome idea!
Those are awesome! Specs is a lucky lady. Great job!
I love your robots! I think they’ve convinced me to try some crochet toy making. So cute!
Gah they are so cute! These make me want to keep trying crochet!
What cute little robots! These make me want to learn to crochet! Thanks for the inspiration!
these are extremely cute knits.
we would love to feature you for one of projects.