hermit crab ....

no, that's not right .....



no, that's not right either!



yes ! that's better ....



my husband calls this little crab willy ... have you ever seen a hermit crab out of his shell?

boys in tweed ....

these fun raggy rats were sent to abbydid :-)

pigs, down at farmer P's, Dorchester Road ...

i have just finished these two pigs and popped them into farmer P's shop. She has some paintings by other artists in the shop too ...

tweed hamsters ...only £5 !

tweed hamsters ...
Originally uploaded by RaggyRat

yippppeee !

join the hamster dance and take home one of these fat little rodents, available at a special introductory price in the plushteam shop, now!

www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=26447248

this is a pattern i have tweaked, bur originally came up with when my eldest was 2 years old, it involves a simple shape but some careful needle sculpting which i really enjoy ...

limited edition of five only ... part of 'mini plush monday', and only £5, handmade in the UK :-)

another blog post ....

last night i popped Glazed Pork, the tweed pig, and Haris the dog into my etsy shop ...

here is a post on the etsy plus team blog about GP, and about my entry for the current plush team challenge ... i'm quite pleased with the post so pop over and have a read ... http://www.plushteam.com/2009/05/iron-chef-challenge-mirrors.html

i have ben working on some tweed hamsters, who will be listed in the plush team etsy shop for a bargain price next monday as part of a plush raiser ... every monday in june http://www.plushteam.etsy.com ...

for Caroline ...

who wanted to see more of my little pig, who is now finished and on the menu ...
i made is as part of a plush team challenge then decided to make a fish instead ...
i do like pigs tho ...

sometimes it is hard to get sewing done ....

when little ones try to 'help', it can slow me down ...

and then of course there are other distractions ... especially if the weather is nice...