Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Crazy?


Have I gone crazy? I spent about an hour tonight hand needlefelting the beginnings of a winter coat for my dog. Well, it was my daughter's idea. After all, I spend hours needlefelting pieces for ATCs and postcards and bracelets, so she thought, in the vernacular of my mother, that it would be keeno if I did a soft, wooly felting for the skinny, badly behaved but adorable four legged member of the family. Since he is so pretty and strangers think he is a girl, I did it in earth tones with a little indigo blue thrown in...hopefully it will say: "I am a macho boy dog, and I protect my family and home; I am the official Wyatt guard dog." Of course I don't have a working scanner handy or a digital camera nearby, so you have to wait to see a picture of it. With any luck, Coco will pose wearing it. But you can see my latest self portrait sketch, me at 55, looking crazy indeed.

2 comments:

Judy Warner said...

Hi Linda,
Thank you for making me laugh! I am busy processing today how to move on from a project that just didn't turn out right (see my blog tomorrow).

I am sure your dog will appreciate your efforts. I won't go into what I am doing for our elderly dog at the moment. Amazing what we will do for our pets - as well as everyone else!
Judy

Edzellinni aka Linda Edkins Wyatt said...

I realized that my dog, who loves to roll in anything stinky, should not have a wool coat that must be either hand washed or dry cleaned. I don't even buy anything for myself that has to be handled with care! so, maybe a mini down parka instead made from an old human coat.