If knitting up some bone could help heal Mr. Etherknitter, then I figured that crocheting an eyeball could provide some good healing mojo for John's eye. Lucky for me, I didn't even have to design an eyeball myself -- the wonder that is the internet provided me with an excellent free pattern for crochet eyeball creation.
The pattern for the crochet eyeball from Monster Crochet called for perle cotton, but since I didn't have any of that around my house and I wasn't sure I could deal with the itty bitty tiny crochet hook I decided to see what my stash held. This is the yarn I selected for the pupil, eyball and iris.
The pupil is a black merino sock yarn that was in my stash, and came as part of a trade from Emma, a long time blog friend, the white yarn is some left over Phil'Onde from one of my all time favorite sweater projects, and the yarn I selected for the iris is the Trekking XXL that I just recently used for a pair of socks for John. Since this eyeball is meant as something as a healing talisman for my sweetie, I decided that I wanted the color of the iris to be similar to the color of his own eyes, which are a lovely green with bits of brown and I wanted all the yarns to have a special meaning. The last yarn I selected (which didn't make it into the picture here) was for the "optic nerves". For this, I selected some Mountain Colors Bearfoot in reds, blues and browns which some how called out to me as appropriate for this project. This yarn was left over from a pair of socks that I knit for the woman who taught me to knit while I was in grad school.
After a few hours in the afternoon, I had a completed eyeball. It's stuffed with some left over coopworth fuzz that remained after Julie and I put the lovely stuff that Liz sent us on a drum carder. I figured if I was looking for fiber stuffing with good vibes, this last unspinnable remnants of this stuff would be the perfect stuff.
So now as we enter the weekend, John has his own personal eye healing talisman. And when things are hopefully all done and healed, he'll have a funny little reminder of all the positive energy that came his way as he was working on healing.
Outstanding! Perfect. I know its healing power will work.
That is brilliant!
That eye is looking at me.
That's so sweet - in an icky kind of way! :D
Love the eyeball.
Just think . . . stuffed with catnip, a crocheted eyeball would make a lovely icky cat-toy!
I love the color of the iris, and where the yarn came from! That came out beautifully. I think I need to do one of those for my opthalmologist.
The bone mojo worked, so the eye mojo should do its job well.
That eyeball is great. i hope it works it's magic fast.
Too funny!
And it has a green iris to match!
I am so honored to have contributed to the "eyeball!" Wow!
That is a great eyeball by the way. I think it is a wonderful way to promote both humor and healing.
I'm still sending healing vibes John's way.
That eyeball is perfect. It's like the Mona Lisa. No matter where you stand, it's looking right at you!
It's perfect. That you put so much thought into choosing what went into it can't help but increase the healing power of the talisman.
That is terrific! I've got my eye on you has a whole new meaning now.
That is very cool. And I love how carefully you selected each yarn, especially the iris. Sending healing thoughts westward.
It's marvelous! :-)
I love it! John's a lucky man.
Very cool! I totally love it!
What a dedicated mate you are! Sending healing thoughts your way.
It's a little. . .Lord of The Rings. I feel like I'm under the spell of the all-seeing eye. Now to wreath it in fire. . .
Ever see the movie, "Brother from Another Planet"? He's got a removable eyeball. Way cool.
Very cool! I hope it helps you both :).
Hi, I've been reading your blog for several months and thought this was a perfect time to comment. I'm having an operation on one of my eyes in a few months and have really felt for John. Seeing the eyeball made me laugh so much and you've inspired me to crochet one for myself. I'm sure it will do John the world of good :)
sending all healing juju your way!
You've inspired me. I've got to make one of these for my Boy, who has just had some (thankfully minor) eye surgery this morning. He's fine, but I'm sure a spare eyeball wouldn't go astray. Now if only his eyes weren't a really hard-to-match greeny/greyey/brown, and if only I knew how to crochet!