WIP - Kuroshitsuji
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Well, let me dust a little in here
before I set anything down. It's been far too long since I came and
did any kind of update. Truly, most of my online presence has been
suffering as of late. I'm going through a somewhat creative
resurgence and I'm finding too much time online, not directly related
to my inspirations to be stifling. I do go through these phases
though, and eventually I'll balance out again. I thought I might show
progress on the enormous project I have going.
This is … large. Ha. I'm not entirely
sure if it's going to end up a wall hanging or not. That was it's
original purpose, but I don't know what I have a wall large enough to
mount it on. When this thing is finished I am definitely going to
want to see it all the time. I've recently discovered the crack that
is Kuroshitsuji, or Black Butler if you prefer. The story is not for
those under 17 or 18 so I won't go into particulars here. I'll simply
say the story is beautiful and cruel and the art is absolutely
lovely.
I have been working on a large piece
depicting the title of the manga/anime. It's being done in crochet
and is one of the larger pieces I've ever tackled. It's 200 stitches
wide and will be... 183 rows high (I think) I need to double check my
pattern. I haven't done a large picture piece in crochet since I
finished the Hunger Games emblem. So I decided to do another two
color piece to get me back into practice. It's in black and white, as
one might expect. (Kuro Ni/Shiro Ni) After some playing around with
different programs I had a relatively easy time making the pattern.
The next one will have 5 colors I believe.
The project is going well but hasn't
been without it's issues! After about 20 rows, I suddenly noticed a
huge error in the graphic I made the pattern from. One of the
Japanese characters was wrong and didn't match the cover of the
manga. Ugh. So I went into my graphics program and fixed it. PIXEL BY
PIXEL. Oh god, I hope it's correct now. HA! Anyway, I'm pleased as
punch with how it's coming out. I'm using a 5.00 MM hook, AKA US H
hook. One of my inspirations for this kind of work, Lee Mac from
http://totallee.net/ just finished
an amazing piece using a 3.00 MM hook. (Totally, go see it. It will
blow your socks off). I don't know if I can imagine doing one of
these with a 3... I have a 3.5 though and the next one will have a
fair bit of detail in it. I'm contemplating trying it. I can make the
blocks have more stitches for detail and they will still come out at
a size closer to what I want. This thing I am making now is like 3
feet long!
SO enough babble... how about some
pictures right?
Here we are, just starting out.
Word in English finished.
Japanese characters (Kanji?) starting to appear.
