Last Three Buddhas in a Series of Five

The last three buddhas in the series...saffron robed buddhas, each in a different color and pose with different facial features. Wish you could vote on your favorite. I know there is a website for voting, but I won't be looking it up just yet.

Buddha #2

#2 in the Buddha series is in Namaste pose.

New Sort of Doll

Yes, the Buddha, Eastern Asian style.

Critter of the Day

Lamb or monkey or aberrant? I'm not sure. These socks did not work out as well as I envisioned so I just kept working away at this critter. S/he's definitely different and took a loooong time to make, yet s/he was totally enjoyable to work on. After putting the piggy trim around the middle, it seemed like milagros would work well as a neck piece to complement the trim. The hat was whimsy and now I am taking a break before deciding whether or not a tail is needed and what type it should be - puffy little thing or long and twisty. After seeing Fantastic Mr. Fox, I am taken with a real fluffy one.

Complet! (That's French for Finished!)

It took me most of the day, off and on, to complete it, but it was fun. Best of all, Ms. Mifflette really likes her new hat and says she feels rather French in it.

Bunny-Ear Cap

My favorite mifflette this season is nakedly beautiful. She needs something, though, to enforce her mifflette-ness as all her peers have embellishments of one sort or another. Since I love her all-whiteness, I finally settled on knitting her a white alpaca cap.

After a couple of false starts, I think I finally have it and though it represents a lot of time, it is also a lot of fun. Isn't that always the way? Right now, I am working with eight needles, seven for holding and one for the actual knitting.

I'll post the end result, hopefully later today.

Monkey With Attitude

The lastest monkey is kinda fierce. I think he needs handling by the right kind of boy. Any takers? contact elw207AThotmailDOTcom

This lot went to Open Studios with POD also. I wonder how many of them came back to Brookline.

Flying to Florence

These two duos are going off to Western MA to an Open Studios event. I need to get five more ready before tomorrow! Yikes. There's a lot more yard work to do too, and the porch furniture to store, and, and, and...

Hooting for Halloween

The owl mifflettes all flew down to POD for Halloween.

Sewing When it Rains (it rains a lot)

This poor guy is missing his bottom thingamajiggie/lobe (Help! Lisa?) but seems to be managing just fine amongst the scilla of some sort.

Mifflette-with-a-heart is off on a healing purpose, to TX, I think.

My mesh yoga mat bag fell apart. I was inspired to make a new one from this beautiful embroidered upholstery fabric remnant, given to me some years back by a Manhattan seamstress. I matched up the major flower with a pocket and that is what you see facing out.

Few Photos, Few Words

On his way to Cambria, WI

Contrast between hosta leaves, iris leaves and iris pleases me

Completed capelet itches my chin and will be frogged...doesn't please me

Lily arrangements at the MFA

She knows how to wink!

Looking...

for natty roo.
These guys are available at etsy in Gramily's shop.

at POD

The grandboys and I took the mifflettes to POD the other day. You can buy owl or bear on line through POD's on-line store. Diane let them rearrange the window, though Dex thought he was taking the rubber duckies home. I love collaborating with Julie, owner of POD!

Inside and Out

New Kids on the Block - I can't seem to keep track of the time when I am doing the last detailed hand sewing. However, it's clear that I spend at least three hours on each critter and make far less than minimum wage when they are sold. This litter is all linen, vintage and designer.

The Red Sox chemo cap is ready for its new owner, thanks to Tracy Wheeler in IA and Ravelry for the yarn that I needed to complete it. Tracy gifted me with it a skein-plus when I put out a cry of panic as I was falling short.
Meet Daphne, the Wild Queen of the Woods.

Mifflettes Stage Two is done; that is, sewing the fronts to backs and turning them right side out. Stage One, done yesterday, was comprised of cutting the parts out, sewing and stuffing the smaller parts together.

Time investment so far for six mifflettes:
Stage One = five hours
Stage Two = four hours

This particular batch is 100% linen, nice for spring and summer.

Next comes Stage Three; stuffing them up! That is my least favorite stage.

About to hatch

Six new mifflettes are about to be born. I haven't made any since Christmas. This is an all linen batch, some vintage, some designer sample fabric swatches. They're all going to POD in two weeks.

My reward for finishing them will be to start a capelet from recycled yarn.

Have you ever seen a Dragon Fish?

I went to the Monterey Aquarium today with an old friend and his two delightful teen age kids. I must say the dragon fish (native to Australia) captivated me and many others.

Thanksgiving in sunny California is not like New England. Zachy and Jack-Jack played spitting games in the outdoor jacuzzi, for example.

Dexie liked Grandpa Gibson's Gold Toe socks.

Zach spent the early morning helping his dad prepare brussel sprouts for the Big Meal.

I finished three more mifflettes for holiday orders.

Please vote!

Bunny Mifflette with Camilla Engman ribbon

Mouse or Bear, Bear or Mouse? Please cast your vote for which you think it is. (just make a comment)
S/he is made from vintage bark cloth, a recycled angora sweater and Rosa Pomar Snow White and the Seven Dwarves ribbon! (Snow White is hidden on the side)

This green mifflette has a combination of vintage fabric, limbs from a cotton baby's shirt, vintage cotton trim and contemporary cotton ears. He's ALL monkey!
As dogs are to skunks, I am to cacti. A couple of weekends ago, I decided I HAD to have one of these cacti buds for my seed pod collection. Naturally I got 3,629 cacti needles in my hand and had to count on Dexter's patience while I tweezed as many out of my palm as I could. Did I learn a lesson? Apparently not as yesterday I just HAD to take a close up photo of the developing pods. This time I backed into a neighboring cactus and you KNOW where I got 2,194 needles this time.
In a box marked FREE on University Ave, lay these three porcelain raku bowls. They are exquisitely thrown and glazed, with no cracks or chips whatsoever. I had to wonder if they were misplaced, but not enough to leave them there. Now I'm wondering to whom I should give them. Any takers?