Esme likes a slug

Rhiannon asked if the slugs were washable by hand or in the machine. To be honest I haven't tried to wash the felt slugs - but worry a bit about them looking 'pilled' when they come out. However, the pattern transfers easily into cotton cloth as well! Here is Esme trying out the first cotton slug :) I'm not quite sure what to do with the eyes though -- may leave them off or put felt ones on anyway.

Rhiannon's little boy Lowan has GROWN! And Esme is almost walking. Wow time flies!

Original Art and In the Toy Workshop again...

We're getting into the slow season at work - so I'll be spending a little more time in the workshop. I have a few patterns to PDF, and a few more I'd like to tweak into other forms. Up North we collected boxes of my old prints and sketchbooks from college. I've been posting those in the art shop a bit at a time.

These ones all have a similar art style and theme - from 2002-2003 while I was in college.


'Disarming Creatures'
ink sketch on paper

'Small Woman' original linocut print

'Medicine' 4 color screenprint

I'm also making up a box of toys to send to a craft art show in Iowa. I'm hoping to make up a few more elephunks (plush elephants) and slugs etc...



Wouldn't it be great to have a pile of blue or pink elephant toys?

Custom plush slugs in 6 colors

Got a whole box of printmaking stuff for rock-bottom clearance price lately as well. That was a great find, as I couldn't find the box with the good studio stuff up North. We also finally got my Mom's photo album back to her, which made her cry some. A few of my own personal photo albums, diplomas and personal treasures were in another box and it is nice to have those again too.

Note for future reference - Esme walking

Note from / for the future : We marked September 10, 2008 as the day Esme was able to take a few independent steps without falling over. This was at just over 10 months old. She was walking really well by the 29th.

I was pretty sure she hadn't walked for my parents on the trips up North - but just soon after we got back. She never did like to have her arms held when she tried to walk - would rather hold on to furniture and toys etc...

02/27/2009 ~KnitOwl

Traer Iowa

Getting Grampa's glasses

And examining shirt buttons...
Earlier in the week we met up in Traer, but the light meant only a few pictures came out. Esme looked Harvey and Gale all over and really hammed it up for them :)



Bang table!

Meeting my Dad and Gale at the IHOP

Here we are at the IHOP!

Catching an Esme after hanging her upside down ;)

Wow a Spoon!

Family photos ;)

Next time we all meet up we'll need to chase a running Esme about!

Esme meets Elizabeth

Elizabeth is actually BIGGER than Esme
Even though she was supposed to be born three months later!
Elizabeth's daddy (my brother) is 6 foot 4 inches. I think Lizzie is going to have her Daddy's height.

'Doggie!'
However, Elizabeth can't stand up or crawl yet. Esme wasn't sure what to do with that and went after the doggie :)


Face to face, are you real?
Elizabeth tried to touch Esme several times but my family kept pulling them apart at that point :( because they said Elizabeth would bite and scratch if they didn't...

Two are quite an armful