For those of you who're unfamiliar with the Star Trek franchise, Chekhov is like the worst one. And my family takes hating characters very seriously, so it was a serious blow to my father to find out that there are Chekhov fans and that my sister had married one. (Keep in mind my father has not accepted my preferring Batman over Superman, and I came out as a bat-fan sometime in the 90's.)Anyway, I naturally decided to go with Steven's acceptable favorite. The pattern is by kiwicoy/black-lupin and will eventually look like this. (finished pic in upper left corner of the pattern)
My mother saw me working on this the other evening and said, "You're really cross stitching Leonard Nimoy's face?" Hey, at least it's not Koenig.
12/20--Now that Leonard Nimoy's face is finished, my mother has conceded that it is a very nice needlework representation of Leonard Nimoy. I'm starting to assume she doesn't actually know the character's name since she always refers to it by actor.
So now to decide if it needs some sort of extremely clever caption like "Live long and prosper" or "Vulcans do it logically".
12/20--Now that Leonard Nimoy's face is finished, my mother has conceded that it is a very nice needlework representation of Leonard Nimoy. I'm starting to assume she doesn't actually know the character's name since she always refers to it by actor.So now to decide if it needs some sort of extremely clever caption like "Live long and prosper" or "Vulcans do it logically".
Xmas--Here's the finished product. I had to change my original font since it would take too long (and I still wasn't able to finish "humans" myself).
Given that Steven lives with Kristen and Daisy, I figured something like this would be appropriate.
Since I can't sew, I did what all cool kids do to finish their Trekkie sewing projects: got my mom to do it. (My mother's previous super-cool Star Trek sewing project: extra stripes on my Halloween costume because Rubies doesn't want high-ranking female officers.)
You have to understand - liking Chekov is left over from liking Star Trek 4 as a child. He gets many of the comic relief scenes, which is what appeals most to a little kid. It's not an opinion formed as a thinking adult, it's a leftover attachment to the nuclear wessels.
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