Unexpectedly pretty considering it's made from those ugly grey plastic bags, and quite capacious. I'm going to experiment with another style I have in mind.

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Mornings wouldn't suck so badly if they came later in the day.

Oh, that's neat! How did you make the plarn?

Edit: never mind, I looked it up.

Now I want to try it!

Maria, cut it spiral-wise rather than in strips. Just as easy to do and takes maybe 2 minutes more per bag, but far fewer knots.

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Mornings wouldn't suck so badly if they came later in the day.

What a wonderful use of plastic bags! It's lovely.

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Avatar photo by Richard Lykes, used with permission.

Design #2

I think I like it better. Takes about 35 used grocery bags.

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Mornings wouldn't suck so badly if they came later in the day.

That's so very cool!

I just realized that one of my t-shirts is made from recycled plastic. I don't think I realized it when I bought it. It's nice soft fabric, good for exercise.

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“It may help to understand human affairs to be clear that most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused, not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally bad, but by people being fundamentally people.”

- Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman, Good Omens

Huh. Had no idea that’s possible.

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'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude (as Merry)

That's because I can't read, as it turns out. The label was made from recycled plastic, not the t-shirt.

However, when I was looking for a mother's day gift, I found a scarf that was super soft and I thought it was wool. Nope, recycled bottles.

On an unrelated note, I had a complex but visually pleasing dream in which I became a superhero named the Yarnkeeper. My superpower was controlling wool. I had all these soft, fluffy scarves flock to me and make themselves into a cloak that allowed me to fly.

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“It may help to understand human affairs to be clear that most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused, not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally bad, but by people being fundamentally people.”

- Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman, Good Omens

OMG, that’s awesome, Frelga.

If I decide to steal it, I’ll ask first.

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“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

The dream was possibly influenced by the tumblr post about The Knitter here http://dc-the-knitter.tumblr.com/ but if it's in any way useful, it's yours.

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“It may help to understand human affairs to be clear that most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused, not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally bad, but by people being fundamentally people.”

- Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman, Good Omens

I wouldn’t steal it, but I’d love to help write the comic.

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“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

Would that super power let you control sheep? If so, that is terrifying indeed.

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I wanna love somebody but I don't know how
I wanna throw my body in the river and drown
-The Decemberists

One who controls sheep is called a shepherd.

The Knitter is hilarious!

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'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude (as Merry)

This was primetime TV in Ireland when I was growing up!

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The Vinyamars on Stage! This time at Bag End

That was surprisingly pleasant to watch, beautiful landscapes, adorable doggies, and Irish accents.

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I wanna love somebody but I don't know how
I wanna throw my body in the river and drown
-The Decemberists

I wish they'd show stuff like that here! The closest I've seen to it was a series Martin Clunes did on animals that was broadcast on Nat Geo Wild.

As a German shepherd owner, I am very interested in herding. The type of herding the GSD does is very different from the border collie, though. They act as a 'living fence' to keep the sheep out of crops, and do not herd with a strong eye the way the collie does.

In order to get the German herding title, the GSD has to move a flock of at least 200 sheep through several fields, negotiating bridges, roadways with traffic and gates. (The car(s) they encounter are owned and driven by people involved with the trial.)

Competitions for border collies use much smaller flocks, and the dogs never have to negotiate traffic.

A litter sister to the dog I am planning to breed Eska to has her HGH title, and the stud was in training for his, but unfortunately, the herding club was torn apart by internal dissension;and fell apart before he could get his title.

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When the night has been too lonely, and the road has been too long,
And you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong,
Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snows,
Lies the seed, that with the sun's love, in the spring becomes The Rose.

Found a video of the stud's sister, Kira, herding, so you can see the difference in the two styles:

It's interesting to see how you can trace the HGH herding lines in the GSD breed right back to its very beginning at the turn of the 20th century. This is how the breed got its start. Its use as a police dog, seeing eye dog, etc. came later as Germany was industrialized and sheep no longer grazed on large open unfenced grazes.

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When the night has been too lonely, and the road has been too long,
And you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong,
Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snows,
Lies the seed, that with the sun's love, in the spring becomes The Rose.

So cool! You can clearly see how it was originally a hunting behavior.

Better than most of the prime time stuff today.

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“It may help to understand human affairs to be clear that most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused, not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally bad, but by people being fundamentally people.”

- Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman, Good Omens

Does that make this a ... wolf in sheep's clothing?

Such adorable little felted critters! I especially loved the dragon (those wings are fantastic!!! AND BABY DRAGON!!) and trash panda!

Those blankets are fantastic! I lament somewhat never having the chance to learn crochet or knitting.

I briefly poked at felting but didn't do so well. I have sewn a few cuties, like my octomermaid



But otherwise I love embroidery:





Oh Impy, that's fantastic! We've just been talking in my house what to do with our drawer stuffed full of plastic bags! How do you make it? Do you have a tutorial or instruction you might suggest for someone wanting to try?

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Window seat for one,
Passage out of town
The old fashioned way:
Train ticket, out bound.
Midnight departure,
Red-eye double-track.
Star filled horizons,
Beacons in the black.
Last call for boarding,
Destination: nowhere.
Two carry-on bags
Ought to get me there.
Don’t know how far
‘Til my journey’s done;
Train ticket, out bound,
Window seat for one.