Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Remember Dr. Suess?

The daughter is taking drama this term. This means that she frequently has presentations--including the need for costumes and props. In honour of Earth Day, the current project for her story-telling assignment is the Dr. Suess story of the Lorax.

This necessitated a stage set, which she and her group constructed during and after school. Then came the props and costumes. Could I make a Thneed?
Yup.

Could I make Bar-ba-loot ears?
Yup.

What you don't see here is the efforts to construct the Swome-swan wings. Sorry.

All in all, it was a lot of fun to help her with her drama project this week. Too bad I don't get to see it being portrayed.

In other news, I spent Monday with a couple of friends learning how to make hand-dyed and patterned yarns. We made self-striping yarns. We made fair isle yarns. We made zig-zag yarns. And then we made rainbow yarns. All in all, it was a great deal of fun. Actually, it was a blast. I just might have to do this again--after I knit up all this sock yarn!

2 comments:

deirdre said...

Carol, your dying experiments looks gorgeous - what fun!! And yes, hopefully we can meet at next year's Frolic, if not before...

Anonymous said...

You've been busy! Your yarn looks wonderful. Can't wait to see how it knits up. Hope your daughter had a great trip and glad you got away for a few days too.
Store question: I think you had some Atacama when I visited. Do you have or could you order color 507? I bought two balls for gloves in Utah, and I love it so much I'm thinking I NEED a sweater's worth.