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April 28, 2005
monster
Crocheted monster finger puppet. Totally freehanded! I'm still amazed that it even looks anything close to a monster. Since he's made of thrifted yarn my sister gave me, I suppose he even counts as recycled. Might as well send him in for Month of Softies, right? I'm ambivalent because even though he's a leap forward in my crochet experiments, he's not objectively very good. Hmm, I guess he is kind of cute, though.
Great debt of inspiration to Lano Mano, aka Lindsay Packer. I saw her in Martha a few years ago (wait for it... Marthadex says it's the Feb 2001 issue), with some of her little finger puppets. She called one of her puppets "essence of alligator" and I've remembered it ever since as an appealing aesthetic.
Posted under Crochet at April 28, 2005 11:56 PM
Comments
I think the puppet looks great! And I can't believe you did that without a pattern! I think you should definitely submit it to the Month of Softies. I need to finish my submission tonight, so I needed a little inspiration, thanks!
Posted by: Sandy at April 29, 2005 08:49 AM
hi! i've been reading this for a while, but today i just had to say that i just love your monster!
Posted by: alison at April 29, 2005 10:41 AM
Oh, I love your monster. Definitely you MUST submit it! No pattern? Oh my---you are daring!
Posted by: amanda at April 29, 2005 04:57 PM
What great yarn for a fabulous monster! Great job on the free-form crochet!
Posted by: kelly at May 2, 2005 10:51 AM
great colour and texture.
Posted by: kathreen at May 3, 2005 02:30 AM
I LOVE this! I can't wait until I can crochet freehand with no pattern!
Posted by: Anonymous at May 3, 2005 12:59 PM