My 'Spock Rocks!' afghan

[Becks]

cubanqueen! You did a fantastic job!!!!    

After you've made so many, you get better at keeping the back neater.

You can always sew on a back with soft fleece or flannel. Then it's thick, warm, and no one can see the ugly back.

Anyway, he's awesome! 

[breeze530]

Gorgeous! I just LOVE it! But what is a pumpkin stencil???

[Becks]

Hi, Bev!

A pumpkin stencil is used to create carved Halloween pumpkins.

I am terrible at this. It truly is an art form - carving intricate, awesome pumpkins.

I've made two using stencils before. Here's my Snape pumpkin.

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/darkharper/DSC00001.jpg

 

Which looks like this when lighted...

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/darkharper/DSC00002-1.jpg

 

You print a copy of a stencil, place it over the pumpkin, and use a pin or nail to outline the whole thing - poking tiny holes along all the important lines. Then you carefully carve away portions of the pumpkin you want the light to show through.

 

So, anyway, for the Spock afghan I used a Spock stencil that someone had created to carve a Spock pumpkin. (Which would be awesome too!)