Mothered a tiny bear today!
But truth of the day, I am so glad to have birthed my real babies over thirty years ago. They are still the love and light of my life.
Happy Mother’s Day everyone!
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And that is two days of work. Still, need to work on these as I learn ways to make them look special, but that is the fun part. And I think it shouldn’t take this long, but mistakes, frogging or tinking take a lot of time but teach ways to avoid the same later.
I have been busy all day. I’ve made four legs with feet, a body and most of a head. The pattern called for two skeins. In all the donated yarn I have no two skeins are the same. So I found some fuzzy rose and a gray with white spots. I am on the trunk which is the end of the elephant in the making. But the gray ran out. It is too dark to go looking for something to finish the trunk and make the toy tonight. I hope I can figure out something. But here’s the gruesome sight.
Poor little elephant never had a chance! 😦
Just took Kali outside. It was gorgeous. I don’t know if these pics will do it justice but I can only try to share this beauty.
In the east, the moon.
In the west, the leftovers of another great sunset.
Black-bottom bears are vegetarians who need scarves all year round.
That was the one line I felt I would tease with. Trying to play with Linda G Hill and her Wednesday fun.
Now for the rest of the story. Boring one? I ran out of the raspberry mohair-ish yarn. No labels on most of the donated yarn so I don’t know how much I have or what it is made of. So I found some black yarn that seemed to go okay.
But the story in my head goes like this:
“Please type this for me.” Whispered the Raspberry Bear.
“Okay,” I said fingers readied to transpose.
“I am Raz.” That’s what my mother called me. But I am sure somebody will soon give me another name. I am a black-bottomed bear. Don’t ever mistake us for Black Bears. They have long claws and can be dangerous.” Raz shutters.
“When we are born, we spend most of our time in the raspberry bushes. We love raspberries, well and other berries. We come in a variety of shades of berry colors and stay that way until we are grown. Then for some reason, our bottoms and legs grow black. Do you think it is due to climbing mulberry trees?”
“Why don’t your noses and mouths become black?” I asked.
“Well,” Raz starts. “Since we only eat veggies, we eat many different leaves and fruits. So maybe it just rubs off?” Raz starts to shiver.
“What’s wrong?” I asked.
“I’m cold.”
“But it is 73 degrees!” I say.
“We are vegetarians, we black-bottomed bears. We tend to need more warmth and a lot of love.”
I got busy with my knitting and donned Raz with a scarf. I hope it tides her over until someone adopts her. Here are a couple shots for Raz to model her new scarf.
Raz wants to thank Scarlett Royal for helping her come into being.
When you’re alone at home, do you wear shoes, socks, slippers, or go barefoot?
Alone or not, and as often as I can get by with it I am barefoot. Our yard is full of rocks and sticker so I do wear my sandals (or Crocs) out there, and most everywhere from the time of 40 degrees and upward. In the winter socks with or without Crocs.
What was your favorite food when you were a child?
Grilled cheese sandwiches. Still a favorite, pizza wins if there is a contest but I could live on on GCS.
Are you a listener or talker?
That depends on how comfortable I am–Really scared shuts me down. Somewhat uncomfortable I talk too much. With good friends and family, I think I can give and take with the best of them.
Favorite thing to (pick one): Photograph? Write? Or Cook?
Write. I hate cooking and am allergic to cameras of any kind. Loom knitting is starting to take over my passion for writing or making music but it will eventually calm down and I’ll find my balance.
Optional Bonus question: What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?
So grateful to have lived through another month of weather weirdness. But seeing that there is hope of Spring ahead. We are starting to leave windows open during the day! WooHoo!!!!! Oh, the bear that was supposed to be finished Monday? I ran out of yarn and had to get creative (donated yarn has no labels so don’t know how much I have. And this new pattern had me tinking and even frogging to get what I have. Tomorrow I will sew him/her together and tell the fantasy and real story behind him/her. I’d show a picture but, guts and things–yech!
Sorry to be a day late on this. Share Your World is the baby of Cee of Cee’s Photography.
This little guy came into being today. Tomorrow A Bear! (I hope!)
Since the prompt of the day is any word that starts with inter- and I wanted to share my newest interknitted interests.
I think this one looks like a pixie or a brownie or something from Peter Pan. The green eyelash yarn interknitted with the brown makes it look like punk hair or pixie hair!
I still have a few projects that take a lot of time going on interspersing harder looming with easier looming so as to keep my hands from hurting. So I am still working on the sock that you’ve seen before, and a baby hat that is double interknitted. Another doll needs stuffing and sewn together.
If only there weren’t so many interruptions that make me interact!
Oh, and let me interject the person who caused this verbal intercourse: Linda G Hill!
🙂
If you need a laugh, watch Miranda on Hulu. I have permanent eye crinkles from laughing so hard!
One-Liner Wednesday is brought to us by Linda G Hill! Thanks!
Would you rather live where it is always hot or always cold?
Hot. I have learned to like the snow but I prefer hot so I can swim. I miss swimming so much! Here we have a dry heat so all we need even when it is triple digits, is just a fan, a swamp cooler might be nice but we got along okay last summer on just fans. Now to find a pool.
Do you prefer long hair or short hair for yourself?
I prefer long hair because I can put it up in a pony or bun if it gets hot. Short hair just takes too much upkeep as it starts growing.
What is your favorite month of the year?
July. August starts getting too hot and June isn’t warm enough. I have learned to like other seasons now, but warm doesn’t hurt like the other seasons.
What is the easiest way for your to learn something new? By reading, by seeing and doing, in a classroom?
I wish YouTube had been around for most of my life. I love being able to watch someone do something and then follow through doing it too. It is how I learned my loom knitting. I do well with written instructions but with my tracking problem only getting worse I think watching and being able to rewind and watch over and over helps a lot.
Optional Bonus question: What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?
Sometimes a person just has to be grateful for breathing in and out and then see through a calm mind all the good in their lives, family, friends, a roof over my head, plenty to eat and drink, puppy and kittens–and I don’t mean Zombies for those that watch Z Nation.
I have a bunch of books from the e-library that came in so I look forward to reading those and finishing my Bate’s Motel binge. I didn’t realize how much I was going to like it. It isn’t like Psycho, all horror. It is seeing the crazy in that whole town of folks with some really good ones mixed in.
Thank you, Cee, of Cee’s Photography, for setting up some really good prompt questions. Please check out her site, it is fantastic!
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