Hamtaro cross stitch

I like hamsters. In fact, I’ve always had pet dwarf hamsters. So naturally I was drawn to the cuteness that is Hamtaro, from the series anime/manga series Hamtaro. So when I came across Hamtaro: Ham-Hams Unite sprites at The Shyguy Kingdom while looking for other sprites to use as potential patterns, I couldn’t resist. Originally the piece was going to have Hamtaro and Bijou in it, but I didn’t realize Hamtaro would end up so big. I had precut the fabric, thinking I had plenty of room, and then once Hamtaro’s outline was complete I realized I should have actually measured rather than guessed.

Hamtaro is my simplest cross stitch yet. Only two colors were needed to make him, orange and black. I debated going back and using white thread in the areas where he should be white, but it was a holiday weekend and I was running low on white embroidery floss. I think it looks good as is, so I’ll probably leave him like this and call it finished. He’s the seventh video game cross stitch piece I have finished so far.

I’m kind of working on two other pieces at once right now. I want to have a The World Ends with You cross stitch completed in time for the game’s release, but I also wanted to do something slightly Smash Brothers-ish.

Other finished cross stitches appearing on Gamertell include:

Etna from Disgaea
Prinny from Disgaea
Peter Pepper, Mr. Egg and Mr. Hot Dog from Burgertime
Link and Navi from Legend of Zelda
Nemo and a frog from Little Nemo: The Dream Master
Angel Kirby from Kirby Squeak Squad

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