Mookie Moo

The contest is…the first one to guess what I was for Halloween, gets a dollar.

 

I don’t know why I have so much felted wool craft on this blog, I’ve never felted wool before in my life, and I’ve never felted the urge to (snort). But I wanted to post more felted wool by Moxie, because I think she might be the master of this technique. I love the fine detail on these little pendants.

This past weekend I attended Crafty Wonderland at the Doug Fir Lounge in PDX. This happens every 2nd Sunday in the basement of the Doug Fir. It was cool to see so many of Portland’s talented crafters in one place. I bought a necklace made by a local jewelry maker. Highlights of the event (for me) was the shrinky dink earring girl and the needle felting artist Moxie (see felted finger puppets below):

BUT…the best craft of the day was actually found across the street from the craft fair at Bombshell Vintage: Barbie face necklaces…

I think this cow was made for me. The perfect Mookie Moo — paper mache, useless, hilarious — this could possibly be the most appropriate content for this blog that I have come across thus far. This cow moos to remind me that I have strayed from the original “useless” craft theme of this blog. Originally this was dedicated to craft that was made either for the pleasantly mind-numbing process of crafting or for crafts made with the intention of making somebody laugh.  I don’t think that very many of my posts have followed that set of criteria. Which is okay with me if it’s ok with you. But occasionally, like tonight, I would like to bring the focus back to the ridiculous, pointless, and humorous.

More from Susan’s house in Seattle: a felted tea cozy. It had never occurred to me to own a tea cozy, but sitting around Susan’s kitchen table drinking tea and realizing that the tea was still hot in the pot after an hour has changed my mind. The other funny thing about this is that my friend said she had originally made it as a housewarming gift for a gay couple. But when it was finished she got nervous that it was a little too frilly for them, so she kept it.

First of all, this lounging nook is my favorite feature of this Seattle writer’s house. I spent a summer housesitting here, and spent hours dozing in the sun with a book, a guitar, and a huge black bernese/lab dog named Pirate. Someday, when I’m a big girl and have my own house where I can knock holes in the walls, a lounging nook surrounded by windows will be the first thing I add.

Susan, the owner of the house and lounging nook, has some very fun crafty details around her house. Starting with the antique hanky flags. Susan said she hung these hankies up to dry after washing them and loved how they looked on the clothes line so much that she decided to have them permanently hanging from a line in her house.

Other fun details around the house are grain-sack chair covers, felted wool balls on strings adorning doorways, and an outdoor shower. Susan is working on a knit bikini right now that I hope to get photos of when it’s finished.