meet Tickle. after hours of labor that included many a hand cramp, watering eyes, a headache, and many hours of harry potter audiobook, Tickle was born just before 11 o'clock tonight. part kitten, part bunny, and mostly cotton, tickle was made with natural and seabreeze color pure cotton worsted weight yarn. crocheted with a size F needle and embelishments with embroidery floss. inside, she's all odds and ends of random yarn + red armature wire. i made up my own pattern, although i was working off of patterns found here and here.

tonight after work, i made plans for a crazy friday night - to do dishes, perhaps make dinner, listen to harry potter audio books, go get yarn, and begin making my version of my misio. they are just too cute, and slightly stupid, and i simply must have one minus the $60 price tag. i'm not going to make an exact replica... i might rather have a bunny or something with a belly. something like a amigurumi buddah/rabbit/cat. i like the yard colors that i got, seaspray and natural. actually, there weren't very many options. i suppose if this one goes well, i can always make nicer versions.

i've been thinking how much i'd like to open an etsy store... except that i don't make things that often, or that perfectly (since everything is usually made for me and i make certain allowances), and don't have much time with work and school. or school and work, as it should go. but for the moment, i am excited. i'd like very much to take this little thing with me to california and the grand canyon when i go in a week (gosh, less than a week) but probably won't because of the armature wire that will be inside and how am i to explain it to the people at security? and more than that... i don't want to have to do it in front of the people i'll be with. a shame. perhaps i'll let someone babysit or it'll stay at home and keep jill, my pretty red bike, company.

the first project of the year commences now!