May I Present…
Scrappy Squatty Sidekick, Worstead Lucy, and Not-so-Squatty Sister Sidekick
(please disregard the keys dangling from the flap on Scrappy, as it needed weight to block it into proper position)
Here they are blocking. I never thought I’d have use for every single plastic shopping bag we have stock piled in the house. Yes, we use them in about every trash can in the house, and we try to remember our string bags as often as we can but they still seem to build up. But, with THREE felted bags to block and dry I have used very nearly every plastic bag in the house!
Scrappy ended up quite a bit larger than the original Springy, but I think it will be a nice size. I did two rows of single crochet around the flap in the Brown Sheep Peacock to blend in with the button loop and I really like that look, though it did require a bit of man handling during the felting process.
I’m quite happy with Lucy. I think a soccer ball would have been the perfect blocking item for this one, but there are no soccer balls around casa Schueler. So, plastic bags will have to do. Now, I’ll have to make some snazzy pin or something to put on the short handle… Or perhaps a row of 3 hand made buttons???
The Not-So-Squatty Sister Sidekick is nice. It is indeed roughly 1 inch deeper than the original Springy. If I were to do this again I’d widen it a bit as well (like Snow did on her Bloated Squatty) now that I know how much yarn there still is left after deepening it and lengthening the strap and flap a little. The deepness without additional widening is not nearly as fun of a shape I don’t think. I have in the last couple of days become a little concerned that it may be a bit too green, but the other option I’m almost positive was way too blue and dark. I think this was the best choice.
Now comes the fun part of finding the perfect finishing touch for these bags once they have dried. Buttons for the Squatties and perhaps buttons or a pin for Lucy… Or perhaps Lucy wants needle felting embellishment?? Of couse that requires further acquisition - felting needles, foam, appropriate colors of felting fleece etc… We’ll see…
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