Gold, please!
DUN DUN dundunDUNDUN dun dun!
Behold! Olympic Glory is mine!
It was a little dicey there at the end. I managed to get all my creatures knit and stuffed, and I was feeling pretty confident Saturday night.
Then Sunday morning rolled around and I started putting on the finishing touches. The pattern had called for pipe cleaners to fill the dangly thing, but I decided I'd try to make it work without it.
Hmm. Guess not.
Then I realized I had bigger problems.
Dammit! I didn't have time for this.
I made the executive decision that I did not have time to run out and chase down pipe cleaners (as the nearest craft store is a good half hour away and I had to get to rehearsal), so I improvised. Using medium gauge wire and pliers, I made my own darn pipe cleaners, stuffed them in, and voila! Semi-posable sea creatures!
I gave the angler beady little eyes and angry eyebrows to make it more menacing.
The kraken only has 6 regular tentacles and 2 "grabbing tentacles" because I was running out of yarn. It's still bendable and stripey.
I made him with the last of the self patterning sock yarn I got last year.
Actually, I managed to make everything from stash yarn, which my wallet and I are quite pleased with.
And here's the whole crew, oral arm in tentacle in eye-stalk thing. I think they look very accomplished.
This weekend is your last chance to see Synchronicity's "Women + War" The lovely Ms. Lee, the other stage management intern kept a tumblr about the rehearsal process, you can check it out here for the inside scoop. If you're in the metro-Atlanta area, come on down to seven stages. It's an awesome show.
Plus the gal running lights is awesome. She made an anglerfish!
Behold! Olympic Glory is mine!
It was a little dicey there at the end. I managed to get all my creatures knit and stuffed, and I was feeling pretty confident Saturday night.
Then Sunday morning rolled around and I started putting on the finishing touches. The pattern had called for pipe cleaners to fill the dangly thing, but I decided I'd try to make it work without it.
Hmm. Guess not.Then I realized I had bigger problems.
Dammit! I didn't have time for this.I made the executive decision that I did not have time to run out and chase down pipe cleaners (as the nearest craft store is a good half hour away and I had to get to rehearsal), so I improvised. Using medium gauge wire and pliers, I made my own darn pipe cleaners, stuffed them in, and voila! Semi-posable sea creatures!
I gave the angler beady little eyes and angry eyebrows to make it more menacing.
The kraken only has 6 regular tentacles and 2 "grabbing tentacles" because I was running out of yarn. It's still bendable and stripey.
I made him with the last of the self patterning sock yarn I got last year.
Actually, I managed to make everything from stash yarn, which my wallet and I are quite pleased with.
And here's the whole crew, oral arm in tentacle in eye-stalk thing. I think they look very accomplished.
This weekend is your last chance to see Synchronicity's "Women + War" The lovely Ms. Lee, the other stage management intern kept a tumblr about the rehearsal process, you can check it out here for the inside scoop. If you're in the metro-Atlanta area, come on down to seven stages. It's an awesome show.
Plus the gal running lights is awesome. She made an anglerfish!
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And, because I can't look at the squid without thinking this... RELEASE THE KRAKEN!
I'm done now.