Bird brain....robins on the mind
I have been trying to perfect my robin... In fact, I have been somewhat robin obsessed (even dreaming about robins). But, after many trials and tribulations of the red breasted sort, this is what I have come up with:
This robin-loution has been a slow process. Here are some of the least mishapen versions...
I bought this book from a charity shop here in Edinburgh for just £2, it was published in 1900. I love old books absolutely, it's almost about the people that have read them, rather than the work itself - almost! I think when you read a book, you give a little bit of yourself to it - the time you spent reading -the emotion you invested. How many times has this one been read in its 107 years?
I so get what you are talking about. Imagine purchasing a book that was your favorite author's, I mean not one written by them, but owned by them, with handwritten notes in the margin even......I found one and it was quite a prize. Expensive, but worth it, I have never been sorry imagining her when reading it.
Posted by: eydie | November 13, 2007 at 01:38 AM
see here on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shebrews/581048379/in/set-72157600199398344/
Posted by: eydie | November 13, 2007 at 01:42 AM
That is so frickin' awesome! (The bird, not the book. Wait. Yes, the book is cool too. *g*) Any idea when you'll have the pattern posted? Yes, I realize you just finished the little guy, but I wanna make one! Oh! I can be a pattern-tester if you like. *g*
Posted by: Eve | November 14, 2007 at 08:47 PM
You just come up with the cutest things. I have been searching for patterns for little stuffed animals to make. i want to hand them out to children when ever I am out and about.
Posted by: michelle | November 15, 2007 at 06:43 AM
You just come up with the cutest things. I have been searching for patterns for little stuffed animals to make. i want to hand them out to children when ever I am out and about.
Posted by: michelle | November 15, 2007 at 06:43 AM
You just come up with the cutest things. I have been searching for patterns for little stuffed animals to make. i want to hand them out to children when ever I am out and about.
Posted by: michelle | November 15, 2007 at 06:43 AM
Just wondered if you've translated the shorthand written above the 1900 in your poetry book?
Looks like James Beanie(ey) or something very similar to me.
Posted by: Di Sturgess | January 16, 2008 at 06:53 PM