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Finally some crafting

Kateri — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:39:00 +0000

I haven’t just been reading, oh no. I also picked up a needle and thread and tried some embroidery. Now this is my first attempt (I know I should have done a traditional sampler but I just wasn’t inspired).

It’s a picture of one of my rats – Wheeler. I tried to do a range of different stitches but found that as I wasn’t doing flowers things like daisy chains and similar didn’t really have a place. Guess I’ll have to make a needle case or similar to try them out. I’m most proud of my broccoli – 1hour to do the French knots!

Hurcheon

Kateri — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:07:48 +0000

Lynne asked me to make this hedgehog for her to give as a graduation present. It was a tad trial and error but i used mohair for the spines and needle felted the hedgehog into that.

Sock Monster Take 2

Kateri — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:08:03 +0000

Latest sock monster creation.

Calvin inspired Snowmen Tree Decorations

Kateri — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:32:00 +0000

My Granddad was a big fan of the comic strip ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ by Bill Watterson and the snowmen strips – where Calvin builds various snowmen – were always favourites (see above). Calvin remains part of our family festivities. Perhaps most memorably a number of years ago my sister and my Dad decorated the Christmas Cake with the snowmen bowling (the strip is one snowman usuing the others head a .

This year I made my Dad Calvin inspired snowmen decorations for the tree.

Festive Farts

Kateri — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:31:00 +0000

It has been a running joke in the Whalley household over farts in jars (Clair was in on it too) so for Christmas it was decided that we should hand out festive farts. I created a fart in a jar (needlefelted with wire frame) and Clair wrote a poem:

Searching for the prefect gift for you

Some socks? A tie? They wouldn’t do!

Looking in places both near and far

I finally found this fart in a jar

Be sure to keep the lid screwed on tight

Releasing that stench wouldn’t be bright

Made from sauerkraut, baked beans and more

It’ll knock you out – clean on the floor

It needs no water, food or care

Just that little glass jar of air.

It’s only job to remind you of food

That once eaten – will make you quite rude.

As you can see they got a good reaction!

I also made Bob a ‘make your own fart in a jar’. I decorated a jar of sauerkraut with a label on the back that gave the steps:

1. Eat sauerkraut.

2. Place jar beside butt

3. Fart

4. Close lid swiftly!

Christmouse – Nano

Kateri — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:20:00 +0000

Clair has ordered a Christmas tree decoration from me for each of her three kids for their first Christmas. For Lottie I made a reindeer wrapped in fairy lights, then Lexie got a polar bear with a bell collar.

This year Minnie got a mouse – Nano. Complete with candy cane and cozy scarf.

Here’s Pungey

Kateri — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 12:24:00 +0000

As mentioned before I have done a couple of crafty projects recently. I (and Clair) seem to have become obsessed with the humble sock. While she has gone for the socktopus I have placed my support behind the humble monster. Pungey (short for Pungent) is a happy monster who lives in our spare room. On the weekends he enjoys watching tv and discussing what programmes he last saw the various actors in and munching on oreos.

Classic Bears

Kateri — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:25:00 +0000

Today I ended up in Callander and nipped into the Hamilton Toy Collection. It is a weird and wonderful collection of toys from the Victorian era onwards with such classic characters as Rupert Bear, Action Man, Sindy, Barbie and Count Duckula all represented. They also have a whole load of bears. Inculding a few Schuco miniatures… There was also a very handsome Steiff called Gerhardt and a picture of him being loved by his original owner…

However my favourite Steiff creature was this Goldfish! There was no label on it but a bit searching has lead me to think it might be a Steiff Flossy Fish (No. 2300/22 from 1968 – 1978). It seems to have been made in a range of mohair colours over the time.

Now if only I can convince Tom this is the goldfish I need to have to celebrate our anniversary this year!

ÄLGDRONK

Kateri — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:39:00 +0000

When I went to Stockholm a few years ago I went into a great shop called KALIKÅ it had loads of cool kids toys including Älgdronks. Now the made up versions were a bit outside my budget but they also did kits and instructions so I got myself a pattern and kit for Älgdronk.

As far as I can figure the name is just that of a moose (Älg) stuck onto the shops version of a gonk (dronk doesn’t see to have an English equivalent).

Anyway despite parting with cash for this gem I never quite got round to sewing it but last weekend Tom had headed off to other pastures for the weekend so I pulled it out and went to work.

The poor thing does seem a little down at having been ignored for so long!

"The fat just walks away"

Kateri — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:46:00 +0000

Clair and me both made Adipose (for the post about where we got the pattern click here). I already mentioned this in my crafty madenss post but here are both together for the first time – mine is on the left. Neither quiet looks like the original but both were made with love! Possibly they were generated from bones, blood and tissue rather than fat

Clair’s rather cleverly actually weighs a pound!