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Knit the git and stick pins in him

Lyn

I like quirky things so when I saw Knit a Git by my friend Carolyn, I just had to share.   

Carolyn designs knitting patterns and when she was going through a very difficult divorce a friend said she should 'knit the git and stick pins in him'.  She did and it really helped! 

When she'd knitted her git, she found stress relief by letting the cat play with him, using him as a pin cushion and jamming him under a door to hold it open.

All gits are made from the same, easy to follow, step-by-step pattern, with illustrated instructions explaining how to make him look more like your own 'git'.

 

Anything that can make us laugh in a difficult situation is a good thing.  Do you know of any fun ideas that help?  Please let everyone know by leaving a comment.

Felting an image for a Christmas card

Lyn

Sorry if this sets you off in a panic, but did you know that there are only 47 days until Christmas?

Eeeek!  Better get started then.  My first job is to make a piece of textile art to use as the picture on the front of my Christmas cards, and as I'd found a very funny Christmas verse about sheep that I want to use inside the card, I decided to wet felt a sheep.

I looked at dozens of photos of faces of different breeds of sheep and this is a composite - not an identifiable breed - but it does me.

I needle felted a sheep's face and laid it atop 4 loose layers of merino fibres and wensleydale curls.  It looked fabulous.....until I felted it......and then I didn't like it.

Now, I don't believe in giving up on a piece too easily, so I looked long and hard at it.  I decided that I liked the face so I cut it out and the discarded leftovers are now in my 'box' and may come in handy for another piece of re-purposing.

Removed from the large piece of felt, the sheep's face didn't look quite finished, so I raided my grand-daughter's box of felt tips and added a few lines.

Once again I laid out merino wool fibres and curls and placed the sheep's face on the top. I loved it just as it was.  I wanted an image not a piece of felt so out came the camera and the job was done.

As a bonus, I can re-use the wool and curls that I didn't need to felt! 

Serendipity happens when you play with fibres.