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June 21, 2005
Bernie the worm
Bernie, my dad, used to draw cartoons for me and my sisters when we were little. They mostly featured the adventures of Bernie the Worm, an orange, smiley worm. He had some friends like stick and rock and Carlos Castaneda. So, since I haven't mailed his father's day gift yet, I made this to throw in with it. Made on my new 6-nail knitting spool with more thrifted yarn from my sister and a little pipe cleaner inside for posable worm action. I didn't notice until I'd already made it that it conveniently doubles as a Month of Softies bug.
Posted under Knitting at June 21, 2005 10:33 PM
Comments
he looks like oscar the grouch's worm, slimy. so very cute!! i always see the icord knitting dolly's that are so cute...and i stink at making icord.
Posted by: natasha fialkov at June 21, 2005 11:25 PM
I love Bernie - he's so cute!!
Posted by: Fiona at June 22, 2005 06:16 AM
bernie! you are adorable! do you want to take a little side trip on your way to meet dad? i live on the east coast...call me! :)
(p.s. i love your adorable tree background!)
Posted by: jenny vorwaller at June 22, 2005 08:55 AM
Oh, Bernie is adorable! And he does bear a resemblance to Slimy... perhaps they're related!
Posted by: kelly at June 22, 2005 11:13 AM
he needs a piece of velcro on his side not facing us, and a cool background to stick him too, so we can make stories. and then you need to make all his friends. and then we need to take it on the road.
Posted by: ariel at June 22, 2005 12:34 PM
He's so cute, I love that he's orange! I've been wanting to try those knitting spools again, I remember doing them when I was little.
Posted by: Cassi at June 22, 2005 05:48 PM
I love him. He looks so friendly, too! Your dad sounds cool (drawing cartoons with smiley worms and rocks).
Posted by: Christy at June 23, 2005 06:30 PM
"The Adventures of Bernie the Worm" were about the teachings of the Worm Way of Knowledge, which he learned while living under Carlos Cast-a-Shadows's shack, where Bernie the Worm overheard Don Juan transmitting the ancient wisdom. I started writing the stories in 1971-72 when I was an English/Children's Literature Major(Comparative Religion/Elementary Education Minors) at Western Michigan University. The stories were Beatrix Potter meets Don Juan, although Bernie the Worm's dialogues with Flower were more like The Little Prince meets Hegel/Nagarjuna (a Buddhist dialectician).
A couple of years ago, during a Christmas visit, Maitreya, Ariel, and Radha made Femo versions of the Bernie the Worm characters, including Rock, Stick, Sun, Flower, Bird, and Cloud. The small Femo sculptures bring me great happiness. I used to keep the Femo characters on my bookcase next to my tiny clay Buddha and Krsna statues.
Posted by: Bernie Dunham at July 3, 2005 07:37 PM
Wow. Bernie is cute. I want to hear the stories of his exciting adventures! I wonder if any of these stories are around anywhere?
Posted by: Sean at March 23, 2006 08:54 PM