I have an unhealthy obsession with manga and anime. I find the artwork fascinating, the stories thrilling, and the authors brilliant. It’s always been a guilty pleasure of mine. I recently finished watching Code Geass, and enjoyed it thoroughly, especially the first season. Imagine my pleasure when I found this pattern for Cheese-Kun (Pizza Hut’s mascot in Japan, who makes a couple appearances in the animation). I wasted no time diving into the project.
When I was 80% finished with crocheting my very own Cheese-Kun, I ran out of yarn. To quote Kurtz, "The horror, the horror." I actually purchased the yarn on clearance from my LYS, which unfortunately, did not have any left when I returned with the hopes of purchasing another ball to finish my project. (darn!) I was, however, able to find the same color in a cashmere-blend, and decided that the dyes matched well enough to make the purchase. So that's how Cheese-Kun gained a bit of upper-class flair. After stitching on a face and stuffing him, I looked at Cheese-Kun, and he looked at me. He was missing something. I stopped by a Pizza Hut after work and sweet talked the pizza boy into giving me an empty Personal Pan Pizza box. I placed my Cheese-Kun next to the box. Hmm, still missing something. The pizza box felt...empty. So I knit a pizza slice to fill it. And with that, my Cheese-Kun was complete. You see how happy he is? I’m having a bit of trouble finding a place to display him, though. Wherever I put him and his entourage, they look out of place. Oh well, the space by my woefully neglected sewing machine will have to do.
Welcome back to the blogging world! Your Cheese-kun is so cute! I love the box and the pizza slice is just the perfect addition to complete it.
Posted by: Oiyi | June 13, 2009 at 04:02 PM
It's so nice to see you crafting and posting again! I think the knitted pizza slice really completes the set - so cute! Fun to see crochet and knit together, so few people are interested in both, it seems!
Posted by: Kari | June 17, 2009 at 02:54 PM