These took forever! It’s actually a birthday gift for M, so I’m only 2 months late…. :-/
I hope some of you immediately recognize the characters as Walt and Jesse from Breaking Bad (Maarten’s favorite TV series), but for others, here’s a small introduction:
Breaking Bad is an American crime drama television series about Walter White (actor Bryan Cranston), a struggling high school chemistry teacher who is diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer at the beginning of the series. He turns to a life of crime, producing and selling methamphetamine, in order to secure his family’s financial future before he dies, teaming with his former student, Jesse Pinkman (actor Aaron Paul).
Part of why it took me so long to finish these 2 is because, in the process of making them, they kept reminding me of ’Buurman & Buurman’ (Dutch tv series, see picture) and that really wasn’t motivating me at all.
Another thing that was bothering me was the skin color. I bought a lot of difference colors of light pink, but nothing seemed the right color. I couldn’t find the Light Country Peach by Caron Simply Soft, as suggested by Allison Hoffman (the pattern designer). I ended up buying some LCP online for future projects, but it was too late for this project. I switched out Jesse’s head (picture 1, picture 2) when it reminded me too much of pig skin, haha and his head seemed too small also. I do think Walt and Jesse are slightly too pale now, but oh well.. Walt is sick and Jesse is a nerd, so I guess it works.
I’m still considering giving Jesse brows and re-doing Walt’s glasses, but I’m also quite glad I finally finished them. I just discovered I forgot to embroider Jesse’s zipper. Will have to do that.
Walt in his legendary underwear scene!
After about 1 month hiatus I finally picked up where I had left and gave Jesse some side burns, which made all the difference in his looks! I wish there were closer pictures of Jesse’s hair line, so I made a 360° shot myself for other people crocheting those. His beanie is quite tight, I need to squeeze his head out of shape to be able to fit it.
I used a 4.00mm hook for everything except the hazmat suits. I used a 3.5mm hook for those, like suggested by the pattern, but the hoodie of Jesse’s jumpsuit is made with a 4.00mm hook, as otherwise it wouldn’t fit over his head+hair+beanie. Unfortunately I can’t close the hazmat suits completely, sucks, but I already added a wider snap panel and it still doesn’t work.
The pattern is good, but I think it could be better by having more detailed pictures. The details truly make or break this project.
