A little late for #worldpuppetryday

But, only a little bit of puppet happening right now.

Five years ago, Tuck was starting the tardigrade.

I don’t think that five years ago we knew what we would be doing next, and now we have more firm plans for two Big Builds, one of which will be used here in Philadelphia, and left here in Philadelphia. (That’s the current plan.)

The second Big Build will be very modular, and probably able to pack flat — like Ikea furniture — so when we feel we can give it some bones and mechanics, we will be in a different place. That’s the thing with the text on it.

After knitting nonstop for at least ten years, I stopped doing so– for ten years — having satisfied my urge to make baby sweaters and toys. This coincided with both children learning to say “It itchy.” I was surprised by how little I missed it.

Now I’m knitting and crocheting again, finally realizing this is my medium for more things than I thought.

In the last few years I made a sweater for Béla and a brioche stitch hat for Tuck. But sometimes between Chiari and ADHD stuff I don’t have the clarity or interest for patterns. That’s when the project with the text comes out.

I have maybe five other projects on needles, but they are household items or family garments. That knitting and puppets would fuse might have been more obvious if I’d thought about it, but there were a lot of distractions that kept me from thinking about it. Now it seems a given.

There are also, currently, many distractions. Two high school diplomas and a PhD.

The yarn used to write both texts is glow-in-the-dark yarn. This’ll be a very slow journey but I could use time to slow down for a bit!

Productive #worldpuppetryday to all my puppety friends.