The SSB BRAWL Blanket

Ok so my boyfriend is really into SuperSmash Bros BRAWL. So as a gift for his birthday, I've decided that I'm going to make him a blanket that looks like the roster. I'm knitting all of the characters individually. It's going to be all sewn together in the end. Luckily, I've been experimenting with creating my own patterns for the past five years. I have currently finished Donkey Kong. It takes a lot of work to create one. First I had to get all of the pictures from the roster. Then I use Jasc PaintShop Pro to draw a 28x28 grid on the picture. Then I go in by hand and color each square and put it by hand onto graph paper so I have a hard and soft copy. Then I just begin knitting. Hopefully I can have it done for his birthday, May 26. Sadly, college keeps me really busy and I haven't had much time to work on it. I'll get it done *crosses fingers*

This is Donkey Kong's pattern