woensdag 19 maart 2014

... the quick brown fox ...

 
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
.....
what an amazing sentence this is !
 
And who ever invented it ???
 
I remember when I first saw it
(waaaaaaaaay back in highschool probably)
I could hardly believe
that all the letters of the alphabet
are in such a short sentence !
(ha, check for yourself, if you don't believe me)
 
Here is another brown fox (though not so quick)
still soapy and wet
but nearly finished !
 
Making daughters wet felted cats was so much fun
that I couldn't wait to give it another go 
a fox this time.
(though Gabi's PDF is for cats,
a fox should be made in a similar way)
 
I love foxes
I love the way they walk, love their wit, love their colour.
 
I know : when you have a farm with chickens,
you probably don't love foxes.
It's a predator no doubt,
but lots of other beautiful animals are.
...
 
"The making of the fox" .....  with an interested spectator ...
(ah, the white blob on Bagheera's face was a spec of soap on the lens)
 
It'a a challenge to get two equally large ears !
 
Although I didn't have any black "Bergschafwolle"
the dark gray colour with which I " built" the frame
worked well enough
 
Here he is (or she) rinsed, dried in a towel, shaped again
and waiting till he's totally dry.
 
(Then the last akward job : making the nose mouth and eyes !
with a felting needle this time)
 
 
 


8 opmerkingen:

  1. Your fox is lovely. I made a needle felted fox a few years ago it was fun to make.
    It looks like you had a little helper :)

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  2. Such a good fox, looks just like one, very impressive

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  3. Der Fuchs bleibt bestimmt nicht lange alleine, oder?
    Viele liebe Grüße

    Gabi

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  4. Foxes are one of my favorite animals, Els. They are found in my parent's suburban Denver neighborhood, often basking in the sun on the patio!
    xxoo, sus

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  5. Prześliczny i bardzo autentyczny.
    Pozdrawiam.

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  6. Els!, your felting work is really WONDER FUll...the Fox!, and i love
    the little square garden ....wonderful wonderful stuff!!

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  7. very lovely! I'm curious to see him finished!
    warm greetings, from the Parisian foxes too!

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