diff --git a/markdown/org/docs/designs/hi/notes/en.md b/markdown/org/docs/designs/hi/notes/en.md index 274f843cd55..71c6c810202 100644 --- a/markdown/org/docs/designs/hi/notes/en.md +++ b/markdown/org/docs/designs/hi/notes/en.md @@ -2,5 +2,25 @@ title: "Hi the shark: Designer Notes" --- -Wouter designed this. They have not written any notes (yet) +Hi! This has quite a story behind it. + +A while ago rumours started swirling that IKEA would discontinue it's Blåhaj stuffed shark, which is a universally +beloved toy. The FreeSewing community was quite agitated by this prospect. No one wanted to see the worlds friendliest +shark becoming extinct. And neither did I. + +It turned out that no one in the community had ever taken a Blåhaj apart, and no one had the courage to do so. The only +Blåhaj in my household was my daughter's, and I couldn't touch that one. + +This seemed like a great project to work on, and the lack of a Blåhaj was not an insurmountable obstacle. So one day I +made a trip to Ikea, and bought me my own shark. I took the seam ripper to the poor animal, and transfered it's innards +to a sterile bag. The individual pieces were traced, scanned, and used in InkScape to generate a fully functional shark +pattern. + +It can be saled up and down between 50 cm and 5 meter. So there is a shark for everyone. + + + +Ikea did not discontinue Blåhaj, and you can still get the blue shark. But if you want one in a different colour, you're at the right spot. + +