Greetings dear community, I immersed myself in a project that took me 7 days of hard work, although I never keep track of the hours in those seven days I only separated from work to eat, wash and sleep at night, I shared little with my son and my mother but I felt a great responsibility to finish on time because it was a commission from a friend's boyfriend, this will be her birthday gift and for me birthdays are important, it is an amigurumi with the figure of Levi Ackerman, one of the main characters of the anime Shingeki no kyojin (Attack on Titan).
Proceso/ Process
As I was telling you at the beginning, for me it is very important to fulfill the orders when it has a specific date, the client had contacted me 18 days before agreeing that it would take an average of 7 days to do it if something unforeseen did not happen, the point is that I had to fulfill some responsibilities at my son's school and I could not start until 5 days later so I felt very stressed even though my client did not write or ask me anything.
Captura del anime
One of the most important obstacles I had was getting good reference images, in this sense most of the images I got were from the front or back but with the bag on top, that is, I did not have many details about the harness that surrounded the body of the character, so I decided to watch the anime to get a better idea, so I took screenshots of the images of the uniform that Levi Ackerman is wearing.
Watching the anime I realized all the usefulness of the uniform, although I could not replicate it exactly due to how small the amigurumi had to be, I made an effort to appreciate the relevant elements, to put them in context I tell you that this story It is about humanity living within a system of three walls because on the outside inhabit the titans that devour humans, Levi Ackerman is a captain within the army, which is divided into three, the garrison troops that protect the walls and the population, the military police and finally the scouting legion, Levi belongs to the latter which is the only one who goes outside the walls trying to discover the details about the titans and try to build military bases abroad, however, this Fighting is almost useless as their troops always return reduced in great numbers due to the Titans devouring them, the uniform harness is part of the tridimensionals maneuvering system , which is until now the only way to move in the air to attack or defend against the huge titans, that is, powered by a gas cylinder and a system of ropes, the scouting legion can take advantage of the trees or even the Titans' bodies to move, something similar to what spiderman does to move in the buildings of the city, that is why when the scouting legion goes out into the open it is very difficult to fight against the titans if there are no nearby trees, but they also use horses to get around. Knowing those details made me understand the importance of making the best of this part of the amigurumi.
As always, the first thing I did was build the wire frame, then I started making the boots, then I proceeded by joining the legs to build the trunk, part I made the hands with his five fingers, these small parts are always the most difficult but they are the details. important, then I linked my arms to the sides of the trump and continued to knit the trapezoids and neck.
Having observed the complexity of the uniform, I decided to make the collar of the shirt and its border, as well as the three-dimensional maneuvering system before making the head.
The uniform jacket is short, which is logical if one takes into account that the waist should have the harness, the most important detail in addition to the neck and pockets, is the shield or emblem of the Legion of exploration, which unlike the shields of the other divisions is military it has wings, these wings had to be made because it was very important to rule out which division of the army Levi Ackerman belongs to, as it is the only division of the army that goes outside the walls looking for some way that humanity I should not live walled, then the wings of the emblem represent freedom, this was embroidered with the same weaving thread.
Like the jacket, the cape also has the emblem but a little larger, the cape protects the troops when they go out on horseback in the open outside the walls, for me it was the fun and relaxed part of knitting, however It seems to me the most beautiful part, the green cape gives the character color.
Resultado / Result
I just hope that when my friend receives her gift she likes it a lot, I know that she is a very fan of the character and I also hope that she enjoys every detail that I did, now that I know the story behind Levi Ackerman, I am very glad to have accepted to carry out this commission. The amigurmi measures 18cm and is entirely woven with 1mm acrylic thread and # 4 (1.25mm) crochet hook, filled with anti-allergic synthetic fiber and copper wire structure.
Imágenes tomadas con dispositivo Samsung A12
Pictures taken with Samsung A12 device
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