Eyebat Pillow

Yet another project a year or so in the making.  I found yarn at the small shop in my college town, purple and yellow from a brand called LOL (who could resist), which was made out of recycled plastic bottles, and a black rayon-silk blend.  I've been a fan of Yu Yu Hakusho for many, many years, and I've always wanted to make a pillow of the eyebat in the mid-episode break and seen in the show during the Gate of Betrayal.

I made the face in class a while back; you can tell by how it's stitched.  It's the way I did it before working on the Discworld.  It's way too loose (you can see the stuffing through it) and it looks unprofessional in general.  I even had to sew a section together (you can see what I call it's "c-section scar" at the bottom near the foot piece) so that it was actually round rather than elliptical.

The back looks much better, as it made it the same way I did the Discworld itself.  Rounds starting at 6 st and going all the way up to the 21st or 23rd round.  From there I made a corner and went around 5 or 6 times to make the sides and then stitched the top and bottom pieces together.

I made the legs like I did for the elephants, 4 sc in a magic circle, working up to 8 and going until it was about radius of the black pupil.  I made three of those, and then with 6 in a magic circle made the bit the legs attach to.  Those all got sewn together with a yarn needle and then stitched onto the body, stuffing before it was completely closed.

The part I'm most proud of is definitely the wings.  Those I made completely from my own pattern, provided below.  I made four.  Two had their edges built up except for across the starting ch, and then stitched those built-up edges to another of the wing pieces.  Stuffed and stitched those on with the yarn needle for a finished product.

The entire project was done with a size 8 hook.

Eyebat Wings by DirtyCapricorn

1. ch 10, turn
2. sc 9, ch 1, turn
3. sc 2 in 1, sc 7, sc 2 in 1, ch 1, turn
4. sc 2 in 1, sc 9, sc 2 in 1, ch 1, turn
5. sc 2 in 1, sc 11, sc 2 in 1, ch 1, turn
6. sc 2 in 1, sc 13, sc 2 in 1, ch 1, turn
7. sc 2 together, sc 14, sc 2 in 1, ch 1, turn
8. sc 2 in 1, sc 14, sc 2 together, ch 1, turn
9. sc 2 together, sc 14, sc 1, hdc in same st, ch 1, turn
10. hdc 2 together, sc 13, sc 2 together, ch 1, turn
11. sc 2 together, sc 11, sc 2 together, ch 1, turn
12. sc 2 together, sc 11, ch 1, turn
13. sc 10, sc 2 together, ch 1, turn
14. sc 2 together, sc 9, ch 1, turn
15. sc 2 in 1, sc 7, sc 2 together, ch 1, turn
16. sc 2 together, sc 7, sc 2 in 1, ch 1, turn
17. sc 2 in 1, sc 7, sc 2 together, ch 1, turn
18. sc 2 together, sc 7, sc 2 in 1, tie off

Please link back to this post and/or leave a comment if you use this pattern for one of your own projects!  I'd love to see how you utilize it and how it makes your project successful.