well, my fatalistic mood has paid off! i was stewing around the house yesterday, kicking the couch, pushing my coffee cup around, sighing, among other really productive activities. i'm brooding. i'm totally going to that place...and you know what happens when i get into this kind of mood. so if you were uncomfortable with the  dog painting episode, you may want to check out for the next week.

i dragged my ass down to the studio to look again at the fiber that i knew would be totally uninspiring. i am down to pretty much the dregs. i was like, look at this shit....nothing but  super matted dusty grey mystery wool, really badly dyed merino in that red that i can't stand, and those damn felted "strawberries" that are nowhere near being a berry...they are blood clots at best. hmmmm...blood clots? matted fur? sounds like a job for....the Reanimater!!

that's right. oh yes, yes i will go there. and i'll take you all with me. i mean, sure...in general i do try to live my life in the light. but let's be honest. i own a timeshare on the darkside and i just have to go there sometimes. so come, don't be afraid. it's time for another CHALLENGE! i know we just had one, but buck up people! there are poor little critters out there that need our help!

Challenge #7- Poor Little Critter
The Reanimater Series!!
(if you haven't heard the song Poor Little Critter on the Road by The Knitters, you have to go get it and listen to it on repeat the entire time you work on this project) Here's a sample of the lyrics:
Poor little critter on the road
where were you tryin' to go?
life's got a bucket full of woe for
the poor little critter on the road

Parameters:
For this challenge you need to pick a critter, any kind of critter, (but one that ends up as road kill will be easier for your research) and spin a yarn version of the critter as roadkill. so...the yarn can't be the live happy fluffy version of the critter (that comes later). it needs to be the version that is stuck to the shoulder of the 405, know what i mean? after you spin the critter-as-roadkill yarn, you will turn around and try and knit/crochet the critter back together! bring it back! put it's face back on, it's tail in place, it's feet (if you can find all of them) back on the legs. it's a hard task, but just do the best you can to re-animate the little guy. then stuff it and submit it to the Yarn Museum. bringing a critter back to life is a tall order, plus linda from the yarn museum is at MD sheep and wool fest next week, so this will be a lucky 13 day challenge.

The Winner of this challenge will receive my Critter as a prize.*

The Reanimater Series
Deadline Weds. May 7th
Vote! here May 8th
please include pictures of:
1) the type of critter you're re-animating (just pull an example off the web)
2) your materials
3) the finished yarn
4) the re-animated critter


My critter: i'm just doing your average american squirrel



materials: semi-felted grey matter, odds and ends.



dusty downyness. yarn scraps for sinew....cartilage?




red clots:




plasma!




entrails? is this too much? naw.......



*Pluckyfluff, Pluckyfluff1/blog and www.pluckyfluff.com are not responsible for any physical or psychological harm that may be incurred from contact with a reanimated critter. 1 in 200 subjects have reported strange and unpredictable behavior after reanimation resulting in bloating, skin irritation and in rare cases, death.