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.