Fly wings attached at last! Apr, 2013

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Fly proboscis:
4-stitch icord with single strand glamour for 8 rounds.
Round 9: kf&b around (8)
Round 10, 12, 14: even rows knit plain
Round 11: kf&b, k1 (4 times, 12 stitches)
Round 13: kf&b, k3 around(3 times, 15 stitches)
Round 15: kf&b, k4 around(3 times, 18 stitches)
Round 16: kf&b, k5 around (3 times, 21)
Round 17, 19, 21, 21, 23, 25: odd rows knit plain
Round 18: k5, k2tog around (18)
Round 20: k4, k2tog (15)
Round 22: k3, k2tog (12)
Round 24: k2, k2tog (9)
Round 26: k, k2tog (6)
Round 27-34: k plain

Thread starting tail through i-cord tube and pull so the smaller end is turned inside-out, inside the bigger end, to make a trumpet shape. Sew on.

Antennae in fly are very small, so I just made short 4-stitch icord stubs for them.

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Made a chart for the new puppy ears. Will have to record it more permanently somewhere. Sewed on mouth a paws with brown yarn.

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Took some fiddling to get the snout so that we liked it. Ended up rolling the previous too-small patch underneath the larger to make it stick out. And I sewed it down flat on top and kinda triangular at the bottom. Seems to work.

The ears that were too big:
JMCO 6 stitches, knit around
Inc 4 times every other row for 4 rows
Inc 2 times on back side one last time
Knit plain 5 rows
dec 4 times every three rows until 5 stitches remain each side.
Sew to head.

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5.5 for the super chunky.
3.5mm for the bug yarns.