I finally finished my first entry for the Six Weeks of Love for Softies competition! I made a giant snake using another of Abby Glassenberg's patterns, the curvy version of the Squeaky Snake pattern from her Etsy shop. I enlarged it to 200% so the snake would be big and scary-looking. When I started the project, I had a grand scheme in mind that involved a balloon and pump to make it look like the snake had eaten a large animal, then digested it as the air gradually released. Although the idea itself was successful, it was far less dramatic than I hoped. Even so, the snake is still pretty cool. I made the top of the snake out of a tie-dye print knit fabric (to stretch when the balloon was pumped up, you see). The bottom is a dark orange cotton. And the eyes, which are different from the pattern, are made from a wool felt ball and black felt for the pupils. Can you tell I fussy-cut the head piece? I even planned out where I wanted the print to be at the base of the head so there wouldn't be an awkward break in the pattern.
Of course, I couldn't resist making it look like he was devouring a poor defenseless teddy bear. Don't worry, it just looks like it because of the camera angles. No bears were harmed during this photo shoot.
The cool thing about using a knit fabric for the top is that the snake was more pretty bendable. During the photo shoot, I was able to curve him around plants and rocks, and he looks completely natural.
And, just because I'm always overzealous with my picture-taking, here is one last gallery of shots of my super-scary, bear-eating, tie-dyed knit snake.
