Character Name: Tim Stoker
Fandom: The Magnus Archives
Voiced By: Mike LeBeau
Yarn Used:
Skin: Loops & Threads Soft Classic - Taupe
Hair: CraftSmart Value - Black; CraftSmart Value - Burgundy
Shirt: CraftSmart Value - Eggplant
Trousers: Loops & Threads Soft Classic - Light Grey
Shoes: CraftSmart Value - Black
Basic pattern here.
I love Tim so goddamn much. And after what I did to him in my latest fanfic, I felt like he really, really deserved a hug. He worked up a lot faster than I expected, too - I guess I’m getting better at this pattern, which means (if the variations aren’t TOO out of this world), I can finish one in about a week! And this despite half the games this week getting rained out…
Tim varies from the standard pattern as follows:
Shoes: I didn’t forget to do the soles a different color; they’re dress shoes, so the same color black sole as upper. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
Trousers: I did Tim’s trousers the same way as usual, really. (Okay, so it was a while before I got to the variations. Sue me.)
Shirt: I mostly followed the standard pattern for Tim’s shirt, up until the top. The first thing I did was wait until the very end to decrease his shoulders (I meant for them to come out more square than they did, but here we are). The second thing is that I decreased his neck down to 15 instead of 18 to make it a bit thinner. I decided I wanted Tim in a polo, so when I hit the top of the neck, I slip stitched around to just to one side of the neck, then chained 3, dc in front loop of next st, hdc in front loop of next st, sc in front loop of next 9 sts, hdc in front loop of next st, dc in front loop of next st, fasten off. It actually came out like I wanted!
Head: This may be the first time in a while I did the stitch count exactly right, so go me. Anyway, I did Tim’s scalp in black and then looped in the hair like usual, with occasional burgundy (auburn) highlights because that was how I described him in Forget. (I also deliberately made his smile the mirror to Gerry’s.)
Arms: I decided Tim was wearing a polo shirt, so I did his arms more or less the same way I did Gerry’s - following the base pattern with the skin color up to R20, then R21 in the shirt color in hdc, then finishing out in the shirt color in sc before stitching on.
And yes, I did his arms on purpose so he could hold hands with Gerry.