Splitter

[Zorak]

There has been a long-standing argument between me and the s.o., which goes something like this...

s.o.: i need a chainsaw.
me: you don't need a chainsaw.
s.o.:  yes i do!
me:  why do you need a chainsaw?
s.o.:  so i can cut things down.
me:  what kind of things?
s.o.:  trees and stuff.
me:  you'll cut your arm off, and we can't afford that.
s.o.:  but i could also cut trees and stuff.

so for valentine's day, i made him the chainsaw from the splitter pattern page.  i used rhss because i'm cheap and we were broke.  i used the exact same colors as the one in the example pics, because i happened to have those colors on hand, and i couldn't think of any other colors (that i also had on hand) that would look as good.  he totally loved it.  it went really well with the thong i crocheted for him, but he wouldn't let me take pictures of that...




*edited to remove all the crap under the picture*

[Craftygal]

I am making that next...the hubby loves his chainsaw and his favorite axe.

Cora

[Zorak]

it was a suprise for the s.o. on valentine's day.  it was hard to keep it a suprise, though, because i needed his help to cut the stupid hanger.  damn tendonitis!  he kept asking why i wanted a hanger cut up, and i finally told him it was because i needed metal sticks for the voodoo doll i was making of him...  he quit asking after that.

[Carin]

Yay!  It looks great!  :D

[Zorak]

thanks!

[Pixie]

Please PLEASE find a way to adapt it into a holder for needles and yarn ..
it's just the most perfect idea... the needles and stuff can sit in the blade somehow... maybe a long zip along a lined pocket.....
and stuff your yarn in the orange casing part for stylish and efficient storage and travel?? what d'ya think??

[Craftygal]

I love the idea!  I am making both the axe and chainsaw cuse hubby says he wants to kill the users at work.  He is a systems analyst for the Alberta gov., so it gets crazy for him.  He was asked to bring a chainsaw to work with him on Monday.  He will have it the following week...hee hee.

Cora

[ShropshirePagan]

Pixie, I think you could easily adapt that pattern into a bag - it could probably be adapted into a lunch box cover for a chainsaw loving person (man/woman/whoever) too!

Blessings

Elaine x

[Kn0ttyKn1tt3r]

he kept asking why i wanted a hanger cut up, and i finally told him it was because i needed metal sticks for the voodoo doll i was making of him...  he quit asking after that.

I am so using that line for any project I make for spousemonster.

[Zorak]

hee hee!!!

[Carin]

So, The Original Splitter (TM) axe and chainsaw are no more, having ended up at dog toys.  Which was fine at the time, as I had no particular use for them, once published.

But the county fair looms nearish, and this project was such fun to make, especially in public.  <ebul grin>  And it would take much less time to make it the second time around, because I've already done all the design experimentation work.

Whaddya all think?

ETA:
Well, I decided that it's too short notice, what with the paying work I need to be doing, and the constant, unending, heart- and mind-rending labor of coming up with more genius projects to satisfy you all ;) to be entering a project that's not even started.  I have another, nearly finished item that I can finish and enter much more easily.  Can't tell you what it is just yet, but you'll see it eventually.