My lovely boyfriend P introduced me to the world and work of Louis Wain, the Edwardian artist who painted and drew big eyed, insane anthopomorphic cats. It's a crazy world - you can learn more about Louis at http://www.lilitu.com/catland/intro.shtml.
So, for Christmas I decided to give P his own Louis Wain cat. I couldn't afford a painting, and I couldn't find a print I liked, so I decided to embroider a cat. This is a embroidered version of "Cat with Lute" - you can see the original here: http://www.lilitu.com/catland/gallery/lute.shtml.
I've never really been confident with satin stitch, so I decide to get confident, and so this is all pretty much satin stitch. As you can see from the photo it still needs pressing framing properly. It's about 7 by 5 inches. I'm very proud of it, even though it was only finished on Christmas eve at 10pm!!
Sister Twisty blogs about her crafty activities.
Saturday, 16 January 2010
Thursday, 14 January 2010
Starghan
I also crocheted a Starghan. This is like an Afghan, only star shaped! What will people think of next. It was an exercise to use up lots of old wool, and it ended up being pretty much baby blanket sized.
Since my boss and his wife are producing a human in February 2010, I decided this might should find a home with them. Double ahn.
Since my boss and his wife are producing a human in February 2010, I decided this might should find a home with them. Double ahn.
Bat!
Ach, I'm such a bad blogger. I said I'd look after this new blog and what have I done? Neglected the poor little thing, that's what.
And at the same time I'm crafting away with no place to share my wonderful creations. So for 2010, I want to post my crafty creation here. I'll start with a couple of projects from 2009.
First is a bat I made for Pen and Alex in New Zealand. Bat was made of thin cordeuroy (sp?) and flowery pink cotton, and luffingly hand stitched. Ahn.
And at the same time I'm crafting away with no place to share my wonderful creations. So for 2010, I want to post my crafty creation here. I'll start with a couple of projects from 2009.
First is a bat I made for Pen and Alex in New Zealand. Bat was made of thin cordeuroy (sp?) and flowery pink cotton, and luffingly hand stitched. Ahn.
Saturday, 11 July 2009
In which mealies are eaten...
Bryher's such a loon. I was just feeding Yona with a couple of dried mealies, and Bryher was watching. She's smelled the dried mealies before, and has never been interested in them. But as soon as she saw Yona eating them, Bryher decided that the hedgie couldn't have them, they were her food. So she stuck her nose in the pot of mealies and actually ate a couple!! I couldn't believe it, and I don't think Bryher really liked them, but no way was that damn spikey thing going to eat something that she couldn't have too!
In which someone self-annoints
I got this photo of the Pog self annointing on a cardboard box. It was too dark with no flash, and too bright with the falsh, but you can see her leeetle tongue sticking out, and the big blob of frothy spit on her head. You can also see the muscles in her back - hedgies are very strong and very flexible.
I'm just so impressed she can lick the top of her own head!
I'm just so impressed she can lick the top of her own head!
Saturday, 20 June 2009
Hedgehog handbag
I'm feeling a bit proud of myself, as I've made this handbag this week. I designed the fabric pattern, and had it printed on to fabric at spoonflower.com, and the bag design is adapted from one made by the brilliant Lisa on u-handbag.typepad.com.
Friday, 15 May 2009
In which someone nearly hibernates.
I had such a worry last night - I got Yona out for a play, and she was curled really tightly in a ball. She normally huffs at me when I get her out, but she was silent. Her quills twitched when I touched her, so I knew she was alive, but she just wouldn't uncurl.
I remembered the advice that had been given on the UK Pygmy Hogs forum to Snuffles Mummy when Snuffles wouldn't uncurl, so I got a hot water bottle, wrapped it in a jumper so she wouldn't get burned, and popped Yona on the hot water bottle.
I took her into bed with me, so she was on a hot water bottle, cuddled by me, under the duvet. And we stayed like that for a couple of hours.
There was a bit of progress at midnight - I was stroking the quills at the back of her neck, and she lifted her head. I managed to get her to spread out a little so I could put her tummy on the hot water bottle - I was able to touch her belly and it felt cold. It was horrible to see her at that point - her nose is normally really twitchy, never stops moving, but she was really still, and her mouth was open a bit. Her eyes were half open, and she'd cover them with her quills if I got too close, or I lifted the duvet, so I knew she was responding to light. But she was so still; it was like looking at a little dead creature.
And then we stayed like that for a little longer, and I have to confess I dropped off to sleep.
I woke up at half twelve, and looked under the duvet. And these little eyes stared back at me, and there was a big huff, and she burrowed under the duvet. I couldn't believe it! I played with her a bit, and she was totally back to normal - munched some mealies, and climbed all over me. I'd really thought I was going to lose her, and she was just fine!
I kept her with me for a bit, and then put her back in her hutch with the hot water bottle - she played on her wheel, did some good big poops, and ate some food. This morning she was fine - a bit huffy at being woken up, but then just as playful and adventurous as ever.
So the heating in my room is really high, and I'm going to keep a close eye on her - the temperature in Yorkshire has dropped a bit over the last couple of days, and I think it was enough to provoke false hibernation. I'm just glad I caught it in time!
I remembered the advice that had been given on the UK Pygmy Hogs forum to Snuffles Mummy when Snuffles wouldn't uncurl, so I got a hot water bottle, wrapped it in a jumper so she wouldn't get burned, and popped Yona on the hot water bottle.
I took her into bed with me, so she was on a hot water bottle, cuddled by me, under the duvet. And we stayed like that for a couple of hours.
There was a bit of progress at midnight - I was stroking the quills at the back of her neck, and she lifted her head. I managed to get her to spread out a little so I could put her tummy on the hot water bottle - I was able to touch her belly and it felt cold. It was horrible to see her at that point - her nose is normally really twitchy, never stops moving, but she was really still, and her mouth was open a bit. Her eyes were half open, and she'd cover them with her quills if I got too close, or I lifted the duvet, so I knew she was responding to light. But she was so still; it was like looking at a little dead creature.
And then we stayed like that for a little longer, and I have to confess I dropped off to sleep.
I woke up at half twelve, and looked under the duvet. And these little eyes stared back at me, and there was a big huff, and she burrowed under the duvet. I couldn't believe it! I played with her a bit, and she was totally back to normal - munched some mealies, and climbed all over me. I'd really thought I was going to lose her, and she was just fine!
I kept her with me for a bit, and then put her back in her hutch with the hot water bottle - she played on her wheel, did some good big poops, and ate some food. This morning she was fine - a bit huffy at being woken up, but then just as playful and adventurous as ever.
So the heating in my room is really high, and I'm going to keep a close eye on her - the temperature in Yorkshire has dropped a bit over the last couple of days, and I think it was enough to provoke false hibernation. I'm just glad I caught it in time!
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