09.12.08
My Attempt at Senior Citizen Amigurumis
Today is sort of gloomy here in Los Angeles. The gloom on top of the current political issues are a bit depressing for me, so I thought I’d move on to something that I find more pleasant–yarn and the things that can be made with them, heheh.
The other week my mom asked me to make her a few bears to give to her senior citizen buddies. They’re having a party this weekend, and she asked me if I could make senior citizen bears. Well, I hadn’t made any senior citizen bears before, but I thought I’d give it a try. I made three females (grandmas) and one male (grandpa). Here they are:
I made the ears a mix of dark and light colors to give that salt and pepper look, along with glasses and pudgy bodies and crocheted shawls or neck decor. I used some jewelry wire that I had on hand to shape the glasses. My dad suggested that I try adding aprons to some of the females as grandmas tend to like to cook a lot. I’ll try that next time, I think. These are just a tad bigger than the bears I made last Christmas, per my mom’s request. As a size comparison, here’s a pic of the smaller ones I made(this little pink one was my favorite, so I kept it), which has more of a kid look. This looks like a grandma and grandkid to me.
Here’s a closeup of the grandpa and grandma.
And the other two grandma bears. Sisters, perhaps.
And that’s it for my senior citizen amigurumi. I suppose I could fashion canes, too? But that might be overdoing it, heheh.
Have a great weekend!
Marlakins 
