Crafts and rats

[soc_puppet]

H'okay, let's make it official, at least: It appears that I will in no way, shape or form be following through on my "twelve days of stuff" plan. Oh, well! Now that that's off my chest, time to move on to other things! Things like...

Crochet!

These here are some mutant mittens I've been working on for a while now. Well, I've finally finished them (my first pair, at least), and I wanted to shaaaare :DDD



Lefty and Righty are on the appropriate sides here. Each split mitten has gotten many names over the time I've been working on them (and they took a long time too, mostly due to both my own sloth and my choice of using an F hook and some really tiny yarn to make these). Lefty has been dubbed the Tabi Glove, the Archery Glove, the TMNT Hand Glove, the Live Long and Prosper Tutorial, and probably more that I don't know about. Righty I've mostly had to name on my own, so it's got Webshot Fingers, Sailor Moon Pose Tutorial, Rock Out and/or I Love You. (For the life of me I cannot remember whether this could make Hook 'Em Horns or not. Mom, I fail your Texan roots!)

Neither of them is very good for typing, or for flipping the bird.

These done, I decided to follow up with a slightly more practical pair, using thicker yarn and an H hook. ...Or was it an I hook? iHook? Well, whatever, they took less time regardless.



Objection gloves! I'm rather more fond of these ones for practicality, and probably also for looks, but the first pair will likely have me at sentimental always. Anywho, still can't type with these, but I can give someone the finger with surprising effectiveness.

I'm going to try for some yellow and blue bear-paw typing gloves next, I think.

WHILE WE'RE ON CROCHET. I actually do have a good number of those snowflakes what I mentioned all made up, and even a number of envelopes filled out, I just. H-haven't gotten around to putting them in the mailbox yet. Possibly this is due to indecision over whether I should include a note or anything, and if so what, and possibly it is due to not having transportation to a mailbox. Though probably this building has something I can send mail out in. If I remember right. ...I'll have to ask my roommates.

ALSO, while looking up info for making a pattern for the snowflakes, I stumbled upon the concept of Amigurumi! And this delightful tutorial site, which has helped me learn more names for stuff I'd already been doing (and apparently been doing ever-so-slightly wrong - h-haha, decreasing, er). I'm probably eventually going to get around to making Amigurumi Kodama, with heads that actually spin and rattle. Because somehow it seems more fun than making them from cloth.


Duct Tape:



Ever since that $20 pair of boots I picked up from K-mart turned out to not be all I had hoped for, I started thinking about alternatives to either wearing them, or soaking my feet. Making my own boots probably would've been better, but I still need to get a pair of shoes to use for a base. (Real cheap ones, probably.)


In other news, Ari has an ear infection DD: Took him to the vet's this morning since he had a bit of a head tilt going, and they confirmed my guess and gave me some antibiotics and a painkiller for him to take. The course'll run two weeks, though if he gets worse I'll need to take him in. Sadly, while there is a good chance that the antibiotics will at least help the head tilt some, the vet said that in her experience, only 30% of rats ever lost it completely. Still, she did say that rats with head tilts seemed to do fairly well - and given that Ari still has most of his coordination even with the infection, I'm inclined to take her word for it.

So cheer up, Ari! Get better! First meds dose tonight so I can get on an every-twelve-hours schedule I can keep when work starts again, okay? Okay.

Comments

[abarero]

I am totally jealous of the duct tape boots. XD

I owned a rat with a head tilt she lived with her whole life until old age. The only thing was she couldn't have was a cage with shelves because she couldn't get on/off them easily without hurting herself. I do hope Ari gets better though!

[soc_puppet]

Thanks X3 They were fun to make - though I still have to finish the one, actually.

Ari's head tilt is pretty slight (maybe 30 degrees off normal or so?), and he doesn't seem to have many problems getting up or down. O-or if he does, I haven't noticed them? I guess the 1/2" wire mesh probably helps with climbing for any rat, but... *worry worry, fret fret* Still, 100% better would be very awesome.

[abarero]

My rattie had a severe head tilt at the pet store and she barely survived (it was so bad she was rolling on the floor when they found her). I adopted her and pampered her, but if his isn't that bad a tilt then shelves would probably be fine with him. 100% better would be the best though XD

[soc_puppet]

DD: The poor dear! Ari's picked up a bit of a roll himself, but only when he's been picked up and is trying to get away, which the vet agrees is not much of a problem. Er, that is, not much of a problem in terms of health and happiness. It is a problem if he manages to get away like that. But yes! I am still hoping for 100% better.

[rhymed.livejournal.com]

Those mittens are adorable! I want a pair XDD

[soc_puppet]

Hmmm... Perhaps there is money to be made here... *is kidding mostly* Uh, I could maybe make up a pattern, if you know how to crochet? It's pretty basic spiral crocheting for the most part, so the Amigurumi tutorial site could probably show you most of what you need to know.

[rhymed.livejournal.com]

My best friend crochets, so I bet I could get her to make a pair for me from a pattern!

[soc_puppet]

I'll see what I can come up with, then :3b J-just note that it will not be a very specific pattern, in any way, shape, or form.

[ytak.livejournal.com]

I love the mutant mittens. They're so much fun to look at. ^_^ And the more pratical set are adorable.

[soc_puppet]

And fun to make :DD Yup ^__^ I have no idea what I'm going to do with the practical set now, especially since I've got Isotoners to wear, but still. Fun and cute, can't go wrong with that!

[ytak.livejournal.com]

Wear them around the house when your fingers get cold? Wear them while driving the bus?

[soc_puppet]

It's a thought? IDK, I think I might like giving them to someone better.

[ytak.livejournal.com]

Whatever you want to do. ^_^

I think you need to work the mutant gloves into your life. Leave them on a table for someone to bring back to you or something. They'd get some great looks.

[gateddiscord.livejournal.com]

Though probably this building has something I can send mail out in. If I remember right. ...I'll have to ask my roommates.

No

[soc_puppet]

Alas D:

[lyzzle.livejournal.com]

You should make a pair of the two-fingered gloves from the first photo in blue. Then you could pretend to be Nightcrawler like I did in the eighth grade! :D

...Only I did that with a hell of a lot of tape. My science teacher did not approve. Man, now I want Nightcrawler gloves. D:

[soc_puppet]

XD

That sounds like a bitch to take off, though o_O (Learn to crochet! The hooks, they call to you...)

[lyzzle.livejournal.com]

Not really. I used scissors. XD (I know how to crochet! ...In theory. In reality, I can't make anything that's not vaguely scarf shaped. Plus I'm not patient enough. I've never actually finished any of the five million scarves I started. XD)