Tiny Orchids: Pig, piggy, piglet...

I love knitting.
I don't have much patience.
So, small projects are perfect for me.
That is why I love knitting small baby socks or pigs. Yes, pigs.

While looking for small items to make for my sons, I stumbled upon these beauties. It was a free pattern, so I went for a try. Let's just say, it took me many trial and errors to end up with these:

Rainbow piggy

Again, knitting is the easy part.

At this point you have no clue how big they are... or how small.

Pictures are sooo important. Let me show you one of my first trials at taking a picture of the first piggies I made.

Pink piggy

Hmm, something doesn't look right... Ok, photoshop can help with clearing the background, but looking back at these... I just acknowledge it as one step on my path.

Now let's see if I improved anything

Autumn piggy

These became my best sellers at one point.

Here is a little sense of scale:

Autumn piggy

Next improvement was, (besides clearer pictures, which could be taken outside in the afternoon on a white table) when I learned how to knit in beads as eyes.

New collection of pigs

This picture also shows size very well.

Size can be shown by adding a ruler or a coin, but holding a small item in the hand seems the best for me. Yes, it would be even nicer to convince my son to hold it and stand still for 10 seconds, but I have to see that happen.

Now back to the little rainbow piggies. In the next picture I'm barely touching it, but still you get a sense of the scale. A human hand also helps at judging the colors. Our eyes tend to adapt, and our brains recognize colors better if in the picture is a familiar object, not just plain white background.

Rainbow pig

And last but not least, a picture taken on my phone. That should really give you a sense of scale, since most people own a smartphone. Ok, most people out of the people browsing the internet. (My father doesn't have a smartphone... but he's not browsing the internet either)