Wednesday, 12 January 2011

Wild Dog Blues

I went along to the North Herts and Beds Embroiderers' Guild on Saturday, and the speaker for the afternoon was Fan My Flame who had been asked to give a demo of the sock creatures she makes.  I took a pair of pink and black striped socks (new ones, of course!) with me, and swapped one of mine with one from the nice lady sitting next to me, who just happened to have a co-ordinating pair.  I didn't stitch  my creature while I was there, but I made loads of notes, in the hope that I'd be able to decipher my own handwriting  sufficiently to make mine when I got home.  Anyway, I did and here it is ....
Neither photo is great, but I'm quite pleased with her.  Anyway, for reasons which I won't go into, I decided to send her off to my sister as a surprise (which is why I'm only posting about it now). 
I had a call from my sister this morning to thank me for it - she didn't get it until she got home last night, and apparently it caused quite an upset in their house.  She unwrapped it, watched in eager anticipation by her bouncy, black Labrador puppy, Bentley  - who then proceeded to howl and cry for over half an hour because he wanted it, and she wouldn't give it to him.  In the end she had to take it upstairs and hide it just to shut him up. 
You see,  some of you might sell your beautiful work in galleries, or at craft fairs, or from websites - but how many of you can say that your work reduces a puppy to tears?  You've either got it or you haven't.

Wild Dog Blues - Willy Mason

7 comments:

  1. Gina13 January 2011 at 20:57

    Brilliant! My dog just looks at them with complete boredom.

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  2. Patchwork Linda14 January 2011 at 09:12

    Got sock creature out again to show a good friend and Bentley got into a right old state again!

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  3. vintagerockchick14 January 2011 at 20:41

    I think I'd better make HIM one then. When@s his birthday? (See, I bet no-one else gets a commission from a dog!)

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  4. Gina15 January 2011 at 16:29

    Can I use your picture? Well, actually by the time you read this I will have already used it so hope it's okay? If it isn't well I guess that's the end of a beautiful friendship ; )

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  5. Karen15 January 2011 at 17:14

    he is very cute!! haven't forgotten about the copper either, just haven't got round to it yet, sorry. The week had been madness and thanks for the book nag too. I wouldn't say i'm there yet but I do have a ''zine'' on my mind. what do you reckon??

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  6. Chrissie15 January 2011 at 18:40

    Oh what a dilemma - but so glad the puppy didn't get the sockmonster ...... yet!!

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  7. Wendy22 January 2011 at 10:12

    Ahh. You have to do the decent thing and make him one for being a good boy and not stealing his mummy's.

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