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OCTOBER Prittens!!! - 10/5/2009 12:49:08 PM   
Harlan


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Status: offline 		It has been AGES since I have been able to finish a Pritten - I've been working on this one when I could over the last two months.

So here is TENACITY = she wasn't going to give up on being completed



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RE: OCTOBER Prittens!!! - 10/5/2009 1:14:37 PM   
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Status: offline 		Each and every one of these just gets better and better!!! Did you know you have inspired me to take up the barbed needle as well? What fun!!! I truly enjoy the art form!

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RE: OCTOBER Prittens!!! - 10/5/2009 1:17:01 PM   
Harlan


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Status: offline 		Thank so much!!! If you do decide to take up needle felting get a kit to start and if you want to do more I can tell you where are some great places to get supplies! >^..^<

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RE: OCTOBER Prittens!!! - 10/5/2009 1:21:26 PM   
waltzingdog


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Status: offline 		I've actually already started... I need to start my own thread and not hi-jack yours - but I had to say how much your work has made me smile, and inspired me! Here is one of mine:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wendymehndi/3947400845/in/set-72157618825958987/

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RE: OCTOBER Prittens!!! - 10/5/2009 1:59:58 PM   
Harlan


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Status: offline 		Too Cute, Wendy!!!!

When I first got started needle felting I always intended to get around to making dragons and never have! lol!!

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RE: OCTOBER Prittens!!! - 10/5/2009 2:02:55 PM   
labeana


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Status: online 		Jeanne, it's great to see you starting to work again....I"m so glad!

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RE: OCTOBER Prittens!!! - 10/5/2009 2:09:19 PM   
sojeo

 

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Status: online 		Just love them Jeanne!

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RE: OCTOBER Prittens!!! - 10/5/2009 2:48:06 PM   
christi13


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Status: offline 		Boy,i might be into doing dragons
Jeanne,i did not know they had kits to learn this,

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RE: OCTOBER Prittens!!! - 10/5/2009 3:37:52 PM   
Harlan


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Status: offline 		THANKS!!!    

I got into this after seeing a book called "Fleece Dogs" - thought I could do that and bought a kit just to get a start. It wasn't a great kit and after reading the instructions I threw them out and just did what I wanted to do instead. The result was the mouse who is the shop mascot in my Etsy store.

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RE: OCTOBER Prittens!!! - 10/14/2009 8:23:36 PM   
BeadedHeron


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Status: online 		Oh he is really cute!  Great job!!!

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RE: OCTOBER Prittens!!! - 10/18/2009 4:37:56 PM   
Harlan


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Status: offline 		Not finished but getting close - another long fur as I'm trying to learn how to make that look more realistic. A good deal of the furring was done at a different angle than I normal use which helps (I think).

So Gandalf the Grey WIP



This is also meant to look more like a kitten than a cat.

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RE: OCTOBER Prittens!!! - 10/18/2009 4:48:00 PM   
sojeo

 

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Status: online 		Aw, he's so nice Jeanne. Reminds me a little of our kitty Sydney that we lost last week. Our neighbor hit him on the road, we went to look for him, but couldn't find his remains to bury him. Love how he seems to be looking adoringly at someone.

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RE: OCTOBER Prittens!!! - 10/18/2009 5:36:52 PM   
bromley2


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Status: offline 		I think your doing a great job at realism.  You're quite successful at it.  This one is adorable.

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RE: OCTOBER Prittens!!! - 10/18/2009 6:11:31 PM   
Harlan


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Status: offline 		THANKS!!!!!

Except for the white on the face he reminds me of my cat Dozen that I lost many years ago - didn't have that in mind. I had a cute kitten photo on my work table and was sometimes referring to it for guidance.

So Jeo - I am so very sorry about your Sydney!!!  That's so sad!!!!

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RE: OCTOBER Prittens!!! - 10/18/2009 6:24:07 PM   
bafiedel


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Status: online 		Another precious face!  I think the fur is well done as well Jeanne.

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RE: OCTOBER Prittens!!! - 10/19/2009 10:02:34 AM   
Harlan


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Status: offline 		THanks!!

I'm not completely satisfied with my control on the fur just yet. The silk is so fine that it will lay down when I want it to stay poofy. I can style it for the photo-op but it won't necessarily stay that way. There is no easy way to learn this either. I have sample pieces on which I try techniques but that is never the same as working on a Pritten. So each time I'm never quite sure if it is going to work or not - which is a whole lot of work to have something fail. I suppose I could always trim to short hair status if I really mess up. ;)

I hope to have time to work on him today but the furnace repair person is going to be here soon.

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RE: OCTOBER Prittens!!! - 10/19/2009 4:23:10 PM   
Kimmy


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Status: offline 		Jeanne, these are just amazing!!!

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RE: OCTOBER Prittens!!! - 10/19/2009 5:32:52 PM   
Harlan


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Status: offline 		Thanks Kimmy!!! :) :) :)

Didn't get to work on him - furnace guy was here most of the day. So hopefully tomorrow after I take BJ to school! ;)

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RE: OCTOBER Prittens!!! - 10/19/2009 5:41:00 PM   
bafiedel


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The silk is so fine that it will lay down when I want it to stay poofy.


Is it all silk, or do you combine an undercoat of woll and a top coat of silk?

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RE: OCTOBER Prittens!!! - 10/19/2009 7:49:37 PM   
Harlan


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Status: offline 		The majority of the Pritten is made from wool but the fur is all silk. I tried wool as fur and it likes to mat - which is why it is good for needle felting. Just the process of doing the fur could cause previous areas of wool fur to mat and be ruined. Silk looks excellent as fur. I have also tried a combination of silk and wool for the fur and may try that again sometime. Probably on some test pieces before I comit to doing it on a Pritten.

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