Arrow the Dachshund

So, yeah… it’s been almost three months since I last posted here. Because I am horrible at maintaining a blog. But, hey, I have news! Last we talked, I had just gone over a review of all the patterns I had created with my friend Heidi’s yarn. And then I went suspiciously silent.

Very very quiet.

And any of you who have small children and pets, you know that quiet is very very suspicious. Almost worse than the big bang it will almost definitely precede.

I don’t know if this constitutes as a big bang, but I finally have another pattern to share! Meet Arrow the Dachshund!

He honestly does have other good views than this one, but this is probably my favorite picture that isn’t a group picture. Hey, it’s hard getting a ton of nice pictures when you work/live a night schedule and the sun is a horrible burning thing you’ve heard people tell tales about. And since I do have an inordinate fondness for group pictures of my patterns, here’s a group picture.

See, group picture!

When the weather gets a little nicer and stays that way and I can convince myself out of bed when the sun is shining, I hope to get some nice outdoor pictures with the other toys. Arrow has to meet the rest of the family officially after all.

Anyway, so after my awesome testers finished the testing in record time, I was actually able to release this pattern early and Arrow is already available for sale here, on Ravelry,  on Etsy, and on Craftsy. So I’m quite excited about him.

There is other news to explain the prolonged silence, but that is a post for another day. Mwahahahaha! Keep your eyes peeled. It will not be another three months before the next post. Promise.

Thanks for sticking out my long silences and continuing to follow and read. Y’all are great!

God Bless,

Tahlia

Arrow the Dachshund

This pattern is available for $5.00 USD 

Description: Arrow is not really sure where his name came from; one day he just remembers hearing two young little girl voices declare that his name was Arrow. He remembers happy times with his best friend, a cat named Bow, who didn’t really know how her name came about either. It might have been because he was long and she was kind of plump, but it really didn’t matter. They were loved and to the two little girls, who fought over them and traded ownership back and forth, they were real. And he and Bow had many stories and many, many fun times together. Now in his new spiffy form, Arrow feels something is not quite right. The little girls are grown up and love him just as much in this new form, but his long-time companion and best friend Bow is missing. He spends every moment not with the girls, searching for Bow. He knows that someday, somehow he will find her. And then, once again, it will be the four of them: Him, Bow, and the girls. And everything will be perfect.

(Arrow is named after a stuffed dog my sister and I had when when we were very young. The original Boe and Aero are still with me. I hope that someday Arrow will find his Bow.)

Skill Level: Advanced Beginner

FINISHED MEASUREMENT
8” tall
19” long from nose to tail

MATERIALS
Worsted Weight Yarn
– 415-500 yards of Color A (tan).
– 8 yards of Color B (brown).
– 9 yards of Color C (black).

Miss Babs Yowza Whatta Skein — Old Gold (A); Cascade 220 Heathers — Japanese Maple (B); Cascade 220 — Black (C)

Crochet hook, size G (4.0 mm)
Locking Stitch markers
Polyester fiberfill
Yarn needle for sewing
Scissors

MATERIALS/GAUGE NOTE
Gauge is not a critical factor for this project. If desired, it can be made with any size hook and with any weight of yarn. Adjust hook size/yarn size to obtain desired fabric. I am a very tight crocheter and you may find that you need to go down a hook size or two to eliminate unsightly holes in your toy. You may also require more yarn than I use. Testers used up to 100 yards more than I did, hence the range in the yardage listed above. My gauge for this pattern was 6 st/in