Fauxmen

My mother loves Christmas as much as I love Halloween; it's weird, but true. She had a tradition when her father was alive of giving him a snowman ornament every year for Christmas, and when he passed on my grandmother gave them all back to my mom.

Being the morbid little child that I am, I decided to continue the tradition by giving her a snowman every year. Up until this year, that plan has worked out great!

But this season I'm a big BAH HUMBUG about Christmas. I have not personally purchased a single present for anyone but the Husband, and that I did with a big *sigh.* -- So last night brought on a small panicked feeling when I realized I've been so busy and so actively un-festive that I forgot to get a snowman and we start out Christmas rounds tonight - no rest for the wicked, I won't be having free time again until the 26th.

So I made a cute little crochet fauxman for my mom out of yarn I just happened to have stashed, using the Bo the Snowman pattern. I bring him to you because: a) I made it. and b) Wow, sans hat this guy would make an absolutely adorable little skull ornament.

With a little bit of black instead of orange for that triangle-nose, wouldn't he just be the skulliest? He's just too cute.

I found the image, left, while looking at other adaptations of the Snowman pattern. This girl just used the hat to make herself a mini-tophat, and added a spider-web looking veil. Very cute!

See more of the tophat.