Airplane with Bear Pilot

I have currently been working on the The Flying Cat and His Amazing Plane pattern by: MysteriousCats.

Pattern found at http://mysteriouscats.etsy.com

 

I have made some modifications because of yarn weight.

 

I am using worsted weight yarn instead of Dk yarn, because of color choices from my client. I had to go down a hook size, from a G to a F hook. Its coming out a little bigger because of the yarn, but not my much. The plane body is supposed too be 5.5 in and mine is about 7 in.

The other thing I noticed is that the wings are going to be too small. If you look at the picture of the front of the plane that comes with the pattern I count 20 rounds before they join. I made the top wings bigger by adding 6 rows of sc. I also had to adjust the bottom wings to make them longer by 2 rows of sc. I have started the assembly to make sure my pilot is going to be the right size.

I have everything but the top wing and wheels attached.(Pictured above) I needed a break after having some difficulty with the bottom wings and wing holders. The bottom wings need to be attached really well in order to support the weight of the top wing. Also the wing holders need to be stuffed firmly, mine didn’t have enough at first. After another round of stitching the bottom wing support I think it will be sturdy enough to not have the top wing be floppy like it was.

 Finished Airplane

 

I have all the pieces done for the pilot, now on to putting him together.

All done putting my pilot together.

 

Finished bear pilot, I made a few modifications to the pattern. The head and hat were a little big so I omited a row of increase and added a few rows of sc. The ears and tail I sc 6 in a magic circle and sc 2 rows. The goggles I also omited the increase row and just used the black yarn, I also had to add more ch to the strap to fit around his head.

 

I added two ovals for the tummy and nose. I also added the red scarf, I just chained long enough to go around his neck and sc 1 row.

 

They look great together!