En Mic de TV3: Acabat!!!

Edito el post perque ja he acabat en Mic!
I'm editing the post because I've already finished Mic!

Ara n'haure de fer un altre per la Hana... amb prou feines he pogut amagar-lo i embolicar-lo per enviar-lo al seu petit amo.
Now I'll have to make Hana one... I could barely manage to wrap it up and have it ready to send to my friend.

Fa moooolt de temps que una amiga em va demanar si podia fer el ninot d'en Mic per al seu fill. Jo no havia vist mai en Mic perque aqui no podiem veure TV3 (ara si!) i al final, entre videos de Youtube, fotos d'internet, mides que m'han passat de ninots ja fets, etc... he pogut fer la meva versio.
A long time ago, a friend asked me if I could make a soft toy that looked exactly like Mic, a popular Catalan TV character from a children's program. We can't watch TV3 (the Catalan TV channel) here, only the international Catalan TV and they don't shoe Mic. I had to rely on youtube videos and photos of other people's versions of this fella.

el cap l'he fet seguint el patro de la pilota

I made his head using the same pattern as the soft beach ball I made before

No he trigat gaire en fer-lo, un cop t'hi poses i comptes el temps que has dedicat, diria que els pots tenir en 3-4 hores... pero es que no trobava la tela ni els colors que volia. Despres no trobava el moment adient i els dies anaven passant i passant. Vaig fer esquemes i patrons sobre paper despres de mirar-me els videos, pero es que son tan curtets!!!
It's not thatdifficult once you've got the patterns and the fabric. But it took me a while to find the right colour. I chose terrycloth so I can hide the seams well. I made drawings and drawings until I was happy with the pattern.

el cos esta fet amb dos peces, davant i darrere

amb dos talls cosits a les engonals perque quedi en forma de bossa

there are 2 pieces for te body with 2 cuts on either side of the openings for the legs,

so it has a baggy shape (like a pear)

Al final vaig trobar tela de tovallola a una parada del Mercat de Sant Antoni, a Barcelona. Vaig agafar un metre de cada (va a 14 eur el metre) i  aixi em sobrara molta tela per poder fer-li un barnus a la Hana (encara esta per fer aquest...)
I bought the terrycloth on my last visit to my hometown, Barcelona, in a Market called Sant Antoni. I got lots of colours having in mind to make a bathrobe for Hana (which I haven't started yet...)

els brac,os estan fets amb segments de colors i despres cosits en forma de tub

les mans, les hauria d'haver fet una mica mes grans...
the arms are made with different pieces of yellow, green and orange,
I should have made him bigger hands...

Vaig tenir sort de poder trobar un taronja suau, i el verd i el groc tambe hi anaven perfectes, i ja que estava posada vaig comprar vermell i blau, pel barnus. El grana del nas l'he tret d'una tovalloleta d'un pack que vaig comprar i el blanc dels ulls es d'una altra tovalloleta que tenia (d'aquells packs que venen a l'Ikea).
I was lucky with the orange, it's not too bright and I think it quite matches the original colour. For the nose, I used a face cloth that I found in Penneys (the Irish "Primark" store), and the white is from a pack of face cloths from IKEA.

cames fetes amb la mateixa tecnica dels brac,os

Legs are made the same way as the arms

Per farcir-lo he fet servir el farcit de boata d'un coixi vell que tenia (els guardo per poder fer coses aixi), i els botons pels ulls es el que mes m'ha costat de trobar. Encara no estic satisfeta pero potser aquesta mama que rebra en Mic en podra trobar de millors (espero...).
I used an old pillow's polyester filling for his filling. The eyes are not the best match, but I could not find anything better. I'm sure my friend will find better buttons if she wishes.

ja quasi agafant forma

els ulls son dos botons, pero haurien de ser un pel mes gran

almost taking shape, the eyes should really be a bit bigger

detall de la part superior per cosir l'espatlla al coll

a closer look of the place to join his arm

col.locant el brac, dins del forat

sewing the arm onto the shoulder using the ladder stitch

l'espiral de la panxa amb llana

the spiral on his belly some wool thread

les orelles

and his ears...

En Mic (sense orelles!) i la Hana, es tan gran com ella!

Here's Mic (with no ears yet!) and Hana, he's as big as a 2 year old!

Aviat publicare mides i instruccions

hi ha algu interessat en fer-lo?

I'll post a tutorial soon

would anybody be interested in making it though?