dA Emoticon: Glomp

Just a little piece I stitched up for the Crafted Emoticon Contest for ^projecteducate's Artisan Crafts Week.

This little guy was stitched with DMC cotton embroidery floss on 14-count light green Aida from Charles Craft (which is so close to dA green that it's almost scary). Finished size is 1 ⁵/₈ inches wide by 1 ¹/₈ inches tall. Total stitching time was 3.25 hours, almost all of which was done while in the Artisan Crafts chatroom on June 9th.

Design-wise this piece was directly adapted from the "glomp" emoticon. I sought to re-create that last frame with both the little guys smiling. Only full cross stitch is used in this design, so it's really quite simple. The shaded effect was achieved by blending the floss in the needle, going from light, to a light-medium blend, to medium, to a medium-dark blend, etc.

The back side of this piece can be seen here: [link]

Other pieces in this pseudo-series can be seen here:
Cuddle: [link]
Love: [link]
Wink/Razz: [link]

I'd like to thank `hprince329, who designed the glomp emoticon, as it's my favorite dA emoticon. (I'd also like to thank *TastyOne, who found out the designer for me!)

If there is interest, I may post the pattern for this little guy.