For a couple weeks I’ve been meaning to get back to the bold jumper, but life (and paying work) has intervened. So here’s what I’ve got.

The original design was for a 4×4 hoop. The body maxes it out in length, and the legs max it out in length and width. You put doubled pipe cleaners in the legs so they’re poseable; I have no idea why I didn’t pose these ones more naturally.

The eyes are pretty basic. So it was time for a little update. Phidippus audax, the bold jumping spider, usually has a white patch on its abdomen, but some are red or orange. It’s usually kind of rectangular, but not always (and some don’t have a spot at all). So the original had a heart. But I mixed it up a little more. This one has a pumpkin… uh… this one has a patch that’s a pumpkin. And what I called “angry eyes,” though to be honest I think she just looks a little concerned.

I scaled this one up to 5×5, but then decided a better use of the 5×7 hoop was to keep the body the same size and make the legs larger. That led to the sparkly heart one with what I called puppy-dog eyes: a larger pupil than the original, and offset so it’s not quite so stare-y.

I also updated the applique steps, because it’s pretty easy to get the chelicerae applique overlapping into the pedipalps.

Basic In-the-Hoop Jumping Spider

Full In-the-Hoop Jumping Spider