It's Stupid Creature Time!

A few weeks ago, I picked up a book called Stupid Sock Creatures by John Murphy. It looked kind of fun, but as alas, I am really not a "crafter", I figured I wouldn't do anything but laugh at the funny sock thingies and drawings within.

But lo and behold! I actually felt driven to give them a go and got materials that very afternoon and completed one before the evening was out. It was pretty fun, actually, and now I have four of them. I'm working on a fifth, but it's quite a bit more complicated, so it's going slower. Should be done by tomorrow, though.

Here are my thingies so far:



That's Pismo on the left and Lombard on the right. Thanks to his exceedingly flat ass, Lombard can sit on his own, but if left to his own devices, Pismo will just lie flat as a board.



The long sexy fellow is Kanga, and his stubby friend is Wallstreet. Wallstreet can stand on his own (woot for a tripod tail!), whereas Kanga has a really floppy neck, like he's been strangled to death. It's kind of creepy, really.



Here are Lombard, Pismo, and Wallstreet posing. They are pretty silly like that.



Here they are mourning a creepy dead kanga.

I made them all from socks on clearance, except for Lombard, who was made from my own old argyle sock. They're quite amusing to make, except for the way my left hand cramps up when I stitch for a while. I'll have to stop after a few more, since I don't think we have room for that many in the house, what with our lemur collection and airplane collection and everything.