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phosfate ([personal profile] phosfate) wrote2004-04-27 12:49 pm

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I learned that for the past 40 years, I have been holding my fork incorrectly. I would like to take this opportunity to apologize to anyone I have ever eaten with.

Wool felt (not crappy craft felt) is lovely to work with. I made a red-and-gold ball last night (it will eventually be a Soviet satellite) using a pattern from an old Dover book. It's as round as round can be. I can make a Gema when I've found the right yellow.

Finished Hello Treebeard. Mom said, "Is that the log that the Log Lady carries around?" "Yes. Yes, it is."

Hm. Log...

[identity profile] cocoajava.livejournal.com 2004-04-27 10:57 am (UTC)(link)
It's log, it's log!
It's big, it's heavy, it's wood!
It's log, it's log!
It's better than bad, it's good!

Um, sorry, flashbacks there.

You made a HELLO TREEBEARD? I instantly crave it.
wednesday: (bouncy gema gema)

Yay gemamaking

[personal profile] wednesday 2004-04-27 11:07 am (UTC)(link)
I would be incredibly grateful for a pointer to the book (if it's still in print) or a scan of the pattern (if it's not).
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Re: Yay gemamaking

[identity profile] annlarimer.livejournal.com 2004-04-27 11:25 am (UTC)(link)
It's still in print at a reasonable price, and available used (in Dover's usual bulletproof binding) for even less:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0486246388/102-6970135-8412969?%5Fencoding=UTF8

The ball pattern I used is six pieces. There's also one in four pieces (not as round, the author warns) and (I think) eight pieces. I did the six-piece ball traced straight from the book, and the end result is about the size of a cantaloupe or biggish grapefruit.

[identity profile] teenygozer.livejournal.com 2004-04-27 11:08 am (UTC)(link)
You plannin' on maybe selling some of this amazing-sounding stuff on eBay at some point? Maybe??
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[identity profile] annlarimer.livejournal.com 2004-04-27 12:23 pm (UTC)(link)
A bunch are going to MediaWest next month. The MWest art market being what it is, however, I don't doubt for a moment that I'll be hauling most of them home for eBayage. Or kindling.
gossamerrain: (xfiles)

[personal profile] gossamerrain 2004-04-27 11:28 am (UTC)(link)
i wish very much that you would post pictures of these wonderful exciting things you make. have you made any plushie ringwraiths? i would kill to see a plushie of him. It would embarass him immensely, and for a very long time, that was one of my main occupations in life. ::Snickers.::

And now I will run, just in case he heard me say so. ::winces.::
ext_6373: A swan and a ballerina from an old children's book about ballet, captioned SWAN! (Angel puppet)

[identity profile] annlarimer.livejournal.com 2004-04-27 12:21 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm photographing them, but the rolls take friggin' forever to fill up. Expect a clot of 20-30 pictures at some vague point in the future.

I've considered a Wraithie several times, but can't quite figure out how to make it interesting yet. Watch this space.

[identity profile] moondog.livejournal.com 2004-04-27 05:33 pm (UTC)(link)
How is it possible to hold a fork wrong? As long as it can stab eyeballs food, it seems fine to me.
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[identity profile] annlarimer.livejournal.com 2004-04-28 07:14 am (UTC)(link)
Me too, but I guess we live and learn.

[identity profile] moondog.livejournal.com 2004-04-29 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
And then get Luvs?