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Squirrel Love

Hi everyone, Thank you so much for your appreciation over the years. Just to let you know I have relaunched the Roman Sock Shop and you can now find it at romansock.com.

I have been trying to figure out how to crochet a squirrel for years! There are some very cute ones out there but none that really had the realistic look that I wanted - Then a couple of nights ago I woke up at 3 in the morning with the solution!

So here is the little guy!

The idea is that he can be on all fours or sitting up in a squirrelly position

 

 I wanted to get the feel of the squirrel right from all angles

 
 this wee squirrel seems to have an inquisitive nature

 and likes sniffing round

and did I mention he loves ceramic apples?

Thank you all so much for your kind words! I feel like I am going to get my groove back!

 

RIP Twinks

Wow, I have not posted for an awful long time! Thanks to everyone who has emailed me asking if I am okay, I am getting much better!

My lovely little dog Twinks who has featured on this blog far more than his fair share due to his startling good looks (and he knew it!) passed away last month.

His tracheal disease grew much worse over the last couple of months and after a rapid turn for the worse he had no alternative than to put him to sleep. It was a horrible experience so I have been trying to remember him when he was happy and not coughing all the time (I am so angry about Tracheal Disease - what a horrible way for an animal to die - so so unfair)

He used to love going for drives! You can just about spot his reflection in the wing mirror here:

But even more than traveling he liked ice-cream when he arrived at his destination!

Twinks gave me the idea for making amigurumi all those years ago and was in particular my inspiration for brushed crochet. Now when I look back at my work I can see his cute face in almost everything I made.

I have been struggling a bit finding my creativity back. It has deserted me a bit I am afraid.

Twinks liked ripping up paper like most of us like chocolate and one of the funniest sights was his bum jiggling as he ripped something apart! So rip Twinks!