Crafty picspam of the day

[wiseheart]

Okay, I've finished (or semi-finished) my ongoing felt projects for the time being and thought to share the results.

Firstly, my Weihnachtswichtel, aka Scandinavian Christmas gnomes aka Nisser. As you can see, only one of them has a bell on the end of his hat yet, but I'm working on the project.



Following up: the finished pages for the finger puppet book, designed to help teaching 1st-term pupils a particular children's song - the Hungarian equivalent of Old McDonald's Farm, only that here the protagonist goes to the market with a half-coin to buy various animals. The voices of the animals are then imitated for fun, and every strophe is longer than the previous one, of course.

Page 1 - the protagonist, the hen, the chicken and the rooster:



As you can see, the animals appear larger than the protagonist, but in truth they are all roughly the same size, so that they can be comfortably put onto a finger (even that of an adult who has sausage fingers like me!).

Page 2 - the goose and the duck:



And Page 3 - the horse, the pig, the lamb and the goat:



And now I'm gathering up my courage to attack the really big deal: the binding of the book!

Other than that, I cooked for two days (asparagus baked in the oven with a cheesy bechamel sauce - yum!), solved some crossword puzzles, took Mum out for a walk, and we watched some telly. The days appear so ridiculously short when one gets old!

Comments

[meathiel]

How big are they? It looks like a lot of fiddly work.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

About 5cm, sans the Wichtelmützen. Yes, it is very fiddly, but I can do it in front of the telly, so it's not so bad.

[manue7a.livejournal.com]

Now that I see them *in person* I don't think pom poms would be a good substitute. I do think they'd be still lovely without any bell or pom on their hats, though.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

But they can't end so simply, can they? ;)) Besides, bells are apparently a requirement for some mythical reason; to scare off people or warn them or whatnot.

[manue7a.livejournal.com]

Nisse operate in secret, a bell would be rather hindering..

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I was wondering about that, too — but what do I know?

[chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com]

that lamb looks very depressed.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

It does, the poor thing. Perhaps I shouldn't have followed the original so closely. *g*

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

So cute!! Both the Nisser and the finger puppets.

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

These are incredible. So detailed and precise in their stitching. Also, I was considering the bell problem. Could you cheat with a big bead, covered in gold or silver paint?

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Coincidentally, I've just found some bells today, but I'll keep the idea for further use, should the need arise. Thanks!

[noadvertising.livejournal.com]

I told you that I can get you some bells. Might even have some in my box of wonders, even though I do not know which colours or which size. I could send you a tiny letter with lots of even tinier bells, so that customs won´t have a field day! I have been told that there´s always problems with customs in Hungary, so this might be reasonable! I only have to start sending early, because, you know already — snail mail alarm!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thank you, but I've just found bells today at Tedi. They are slightly bigger than I'd have wanted them — 10mm — in diameter, and the colours are a bit garish, but they'll do. And I got them for a very good price, too!

And yeah, customs in Hungary are a bunch of leeches!

[lab-jazz.livejournal.com]

Your craft work is so gorgeous

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Awww, thanks! You are too kind. I'm really just an enthusiastic amateur; can't compare myself to all those skilled women on YouTube.

[salariman.livejournal.com]

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[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :)

[mirasaui.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I love the gnomes! And, the farm animals, too. Impressive!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

The gnomes are even cuter now that they all got their little bells. :)