Heh, seems like I've been making a lot of feline friends lately, so I decided it was time to change things up a little. Inspired by a project I saw while flipping through a magazine in the book store, I used scrap yarn to crochet a little mouse pincushion.
Since I didn't have any excelsior or sand on hand, he's stuffed firmly with cotton (I've heard that this, too, helps keep pins sharper). I made his little whiskers with the bristles of an old kitchen broom, and his ears are cut out from an old scarf and sewn on. You can't really see in the picture, but his noise is an embroidered "x". For his tail, I just knotted the starting end of the yarn.
But this little mousie isn't entirely content with staying inside his little nest all day and letting himself be stabbed with pins. When nobody's looking, he likes to go out and explore...and search for cheese. (Port Salut is his favorite).
But he always returns to his nest at the end of the day, so I'm none the wiser. He's a sneaky little one!
I always imagined as a child that this was the state of things in my room when I was gone... stuffed animals dancing and chatting, all ready to go back to stillness before I got back! LOL Great story (as usual!) I'd love to see mouse + cat! :)
Posted by: Kari | August 27, 2006 at 01:13 AM
Does that make me weird, to think that all of my inanimate objects were living life without me?!?!? LOL
Posted by: Kari | August 27, 2006 at 01:21 AM
Awww, so cute! Love the way you've photo'd this little guy!
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