It was my oldest daughter's birthday a little over a week ago. I asked her if she wanted me to make her anything for her birthday, and she told me that she wanted a sock monster with flowers on it. This is what she got.
I think she might like it.
Sunday morning, I woke up early and couldn't go back to sleep. As I was laying there in the dark, this popped into my head and wouldn't go away. What is it? I am not sure, but it demanded my attention and would not let me go until it became a reality. I had no choose but to create it yesterday afternoon. I think it is kind of cute whatever it is. Yes, it is made from a sock. When it was made, my son said, "Call it Jake." I think he needs to work a little more on the creative name department. Maybe, someone else has a good name for it. I am open to suggestions at the moment.
I feel like I have made a lot of dragons lately. Dragons are fun to make because they can come in any shape and color without looking strange, and they have those cool wings. The dragon above was given to my oldest daughter for Christmas. She named it Apples.
This handsome dragon I named Cnut after a viking king. I happened to be listening to a college lecture on the Vikings at the time that I was sewing him. I can't quite picture him on the prow of a long ship. He just isn't scary enough.
After spending most of December cutting and sewing socks, I have decided that they are trying to take over my life. I have made so many creatures and puppets this past month that I thought I needed to create a blog just to keep track of the obnoxious creatures. If you don't think sock creations can be obnoxious, just try living with them staring at you with their little button eyes for a while. The worst of them is that blue striped and spotted one in the photo above. His name is Rupert, and he was one of my first creations. He has a comment about everything that goes on around the house. I'm afraid that he may want to take over this blog.
