odd socks and other musings ...

I haven't been able to get to the yarn shop yet to pick up the supplies to make the Rock Star scarf, but it's just as well. I'm not going to make it to Stitch 'n Bitch tonight, nor next Monday, so I'm not in any danger of finishing the poncho without having another project ready to start.

Meanwhile, I'm on the hunt for some crafty thing to make that doesn't require a lot of time or a sewing machine (note to self: don't ever move again without bringing the Bernina along), for a gift exchange. So far, I'm contemplating this knitted bath puff or a sock monkey (my sister passed on this link to the most delightful sock monkeys, and I have to share it here!). A puppet might be a possibility (these ones are kind of cute).  When Julie and I were little, my mom once made us a stuffed pig out of one of my dad's athletic socks, and it was quite cute. I don't remember much about it's construction, though, besides that a button was used inside the sock to form the snout. What I really need, though, is a project to make out of a few dozen outgrown baby socks ... hmm ...

Speaking of buttons, check out this spectacularly gorgeous button creation of my internet-friend Sarah. I wonder exactly how many buttons my grandma has stashed away in jars in her sewing room ...

Comments

[Julie Morrison]

Laura... I bet you could make a cute octopeed with the babysocks... use a big sock for the body and attach the stuffed baby socks as legs.

And... Gramma DOES have jars and jars of buttons. If you want to be the button queen.. let me know and I can hook you up!

[Sarah]

I have to say, I would have hardly made it a week without a sewing machine. I don't know how you have held back from buying a cheap-o one to tide you over. The sock octopus is a cute idea. Somewhere on the internet I have seen patterns for all sorts of sock animals. Have you checked craftster?

[laura]

I've dipped my toes into Craftster, but searching it all for how-to-make-a-pig-out-of-an-athletic-sock seems daunting! I will go back, but I need to gather some determination!

I've been living without the sewing machine by throwing myself into scrapbooking and learning to knit. I have trouble dedicating myself to just one craft! But I do miss that sewing machine and can't wait to sew some window treatments when we're back in our real house!

Julie, hook me up in the New Year, okay?

[chronicler]

Holy canoli! That button tree is fantastic! Isn't it amazing that the things we leave behind are the things we need the most? It's always the way with me.