Ribh's D'Coopage

[MaryJanet]

I'd like to skite a bit if I may Ribh.

I entered 3 items into 3 categories at the Hawkesbury show. I received 2 x 2nds and a first!

First place, a Green Witch's hat.
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Second place, Felted Slippers
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And of course my White Sussex Hen. Second place.
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Skiting complete.

Congratulations!! There's usually rather stiff competition in those shows! I nearly tried scones one year, but realised I hadn't time to perfect the "crumb"

 

[MaryJanet]

When you get "home" is fine.

Haha! I really was at the office all day. I'm going through a hectic period.

Anyway it's Wednesday somewhere I believe.

 

[Ribh]

I'd like to skite a bit if I may Ribh.

I entered 3 items into 3 categories at the Hawkesbury show. I received 2 x 2nds and a first!

First place, a Green Witch's hat.
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Second place, Felted Slippers
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And of course my White Sussex Hen. Second place.
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Skiting complete.

Of course you may skite! That is very well done indeed. So sorry being a late responder ~ I am behind on my own thread! Thank you for sharing. Now all we need are the videos...

 

[CrazyChookChookLady]

Haha! I really was at the office all day. I'm going through a hectic period.

Anyway it's Wednesday somewhere I believe.

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Yep still Wednesday evening here.

 

[CrazyChookChookLady]

My beautiful sunset last night.

A bit zoomed in...

Full view from my front door...

 

[Ribh]

I misnamed this thread when I began it.
I should have called it Ribh's Chicken Flea Circus! ​

Why? Need you ask?

So yesterday I called all my girls home. The Big Girls all recognise the blue willow pattern teacup & know when I have that very special treats indeed are on offer. Everyone came hooting ~ even Morrigu. No lagers @ all. I was so happy...

Until I went to round up my little ones. Usually they are super easy & happy to be safe in their coop but yesterday I was one short so I started looking. I thought Oshina was just being mad, bad & dangerous to know. I thought she had somehow got lost in my wilderness of a garden. For the life of me I couldn't understand why she had separated from the smaller girls.

The answer soon became distressingly evident; she had been caught in one of the lad's stray crab pots! How she got in there who knows! Why she got in evades both logic & reason. What became distressingly evident was she couldn't get out & was panicked & stressed. We had to cut her out. She wasn't the only one super stressed before we were done!

 

[Ribh]

I haven't finished a video of needle felting a chook yet but I have taken some still photos showing different stages for anyone who is interested.

The "skeleton" or armature that the piece is built around.
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Wire feet with toe nails bent over and painted.
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Beginning to wrap the skeleton.
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Wool fibre laid out to wrap the head end of the chook
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Wrapping
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Stabbing with a felting needle to hold in place.
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Lightly felted to hold in place. This will need lots more stabbing to felt firmly, then lots more wool added and needle felted to get the shape of a hen.
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This is the piece I'm currently working on. You can see she looks lot more like a hen! I'm attempting to make her look like my RIR Deana who is quite a ...er, "round" girl.
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This gives an idea of how much wool is needed to build up the shape.
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Almost ready to start adding her feathers, comb and wattles!
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So much work! Lovely to sort of see how it's done.

 

[RoyalChick]

I'd like to skite a bit if I may Ribh.

I entered 3 items into 3 categories at the Hawkesbury show. I received 2 x 2nds and a first!

First place, a Green Witch's hat.
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Second place, Felted Slippers
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And of course my White Sussex Hen. Second place.
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Skiting complete.

WOW!!! Congratulations. So clever!
Of course the chicken remains my favorite (how can it not have been 1st prize?!) but I really love the slippers. I could do with a pair of those. Totally selfishly I think you should open an Etsy store.

 

[BY Bob]

Happy Coffee Klatch Wednesday Wherever

This is the second cup of coffee. Éowyn spilled the first cup of scalding coffee all over me and the couch.

 

[goldenfingers]

My beautiful sunset last night.

A bit zoomed in...
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Full view from my front door...
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I really like the full view! So nice to see all the green stuff, too.