DADA dolls

Last week I completed my most ambitious knitting project to date - 11 DADA dolls in 5 weeks. I got the idea right before Soiree DADA opened to knit a doll of each of the 11 cast members of the show.

In retrospect, it was nuts, and was a lot more work than I planned. But, they came out so fabulous, and eveyrone seems to love them, so the work was worth it.

The cast of Soiree DADA: Blinde Esel Hopse.


The German DADAs, (L-R), Rusty Cluster, Boxcar, Hoydl and Mondo Yippieeeeeeee.


The French DADAs, (L-R), DomDelouise, Nip, Brova and Flutter.


The UberDADA and the Amazing Backups, (L-R), Grizzle, Dabo and Quiche.

more dolls!

As part of my apparently growing "Don't Spit the Water" collection of knitted dolls, we now add "Jumbles the Penguin!"

dolls!

My most recent creations, dolls for Don't Spit the Water - Sasha, The Noob and Cutie Bumblesnatch.

cotton punk

I can finally reveal a knitting project that I've been working on for a while. It was a gift for Steev and his soon-to-be-born daughter, so I couldn't post this here until the gift was given.

Now, I present Frank Black and Kim Deal, of The Pixies.



I'm really thrilled with how they came out, for the most part (I need more practice embroidering faces). But I love these. I'm currently at work on a couple of White Sox dolls for a friend who is having twins. And I've already got requests to make dolls of Cutie Bumblesnatch, and Sasha and the Noob, and also of some cats. But first, I owe someone some hats!

Macho Man

As I mentioned, I was working on a sweater for H.'s chihuahua, which was finished and presented to him last night. He wasn't too pleased about it at first, but eventually he seemed to settle into it. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.

He looks pretty sad and pathetic here.


Now he's a little more tough and fiesty!

randoms

It seems I'm finally on the tail end of the Head Cold that Ate Detroit. It's been two weeks, and finally today I DON'T feel like I'm going to keel over at any minute.

Whenever I could wrangle it, I spent a lot of time on the couch, watching TV and resting, which means I got a lot of knitting done. I finished a mile-long scarf for Sparks, and at current, am working on a sweater for my friend H.'s chihuahua. He's one of those tiny dogs that thinks he is very fierce, so he is getting a black sweater with a gray skull-n-crossbones on the back. It's super-macho, and will keep his tiny little body warm!

I wish I had lot of super interesting things to talk about, but my life the last few weeks has been homework, TV and sleep. I did watch a really interesting documentary on the History Channel last night about the Dark Ages, called, of course, "The Dark Ages" - check it out if you get a chance. Also one called "The Plague" on the black death of the 1450s. Last night was a very upbeat evening.

I'm still trying to figure out this whole body-image thing. Maybe I need to set some easy, but strict, goals for myself and set about meeting those first. Maybe I try to do too much at the start and freak myself out and give up. First goal, to lose ten pounds. That alone will get me to a weight I haven't been in years.

ok, now, this makes me happy

i can't really be depressed when there's such a cute picture out there of Lori and Dave's darling Maddie, wearing a hat I made for her.

Apparently, I knitted it HUGE. I have no concept of the size of baby heads, since I knitted this before she was even born. But hey, it fits now!