I finished a silly little thing the other day.

I had done all the necessary crocheting - finished all the various bits - but hadn't found the time to put them together.

But now, I have:



It's the Little Emo pattern, from the person who makes Suncatcher Eyes. This pattern is specifically designed to highlight the eyes - it uses the "sleepy" eyes (which I guess look sort of emo - they have an "eyelid" pained on them.

I will admit I had a couple little issues with the pattern...it tells you to install the eyes before the "chin" is made, but doesn't tell you specifically WHERE to install them on the head, so they will be in the right relationship to the chin once you make it. So I kind of had to rejigger a little bit. (And then, do the same thing with the legs when it was time to make them). I also made the body a row longer, and the hands and arms each a row longer, because I didn't really like the stubby arm look.

I think I held off on putting it together partly because I was a little disappointed in it first when I finished the crocheting. The color of the pants is kind of wrong; I don't think a true Emo would wear what look like Carhartt's (the color is reminiscent of the Carhartt "hunting jeans") (Maybe he's a Minnesota/Upper Peninsula Emo, I don't know).

But now that he's finished, I really like him. I find him amusing, for several reasons.

First of all: he's supposed to be Emo, right?



Except for the eyes, totally blank expression. (This shot was taken more in the sun, in an attempt to show the eyes better. Little Emo does not like the sun, apparently - he fell down the first three times I set him up there and prepared to take the photo). But perhaps the blank expression allows for the viewer to project emotions onto the doll. (This has been suggested about the old-time Amish dolls. I know they were made faceless because to make a doll with a face was apparently considered a violation of the "no graven images" commandment, but I suppose there being no face might require more creativity on the part of the children playing with the doll).

I'm also amused by something you can do with the Little Emo. Almost immediately after finishing him, I found I picked him up, shook him around a little (so the hair flopped all over the place - and it's cleverly done hair, you use a crochet hook to anchor it in, so it's almost rooted, like Barbie-doll hair, so it won't come loose easily - meaning shaking the doll around so the hair flops is not a risky move). And then I said, in a high squeaky voice, "I'm sooooo Emoooooo!"

And then I laughed. And did it again.

I may be easily amused (bless my heart), but I tend to think being easily amused is preferable to not being able to be amused at all.



"I'm soooooooo Emooooooooo!" Heh.