[Nfb-krafters-korner] clown message
Blindhands at aol.com
Blindhands at aol.com
Sun Oct 3 22:17:58 UTC 2010
I don't know if you can get these socks any more or where to get them.
They were 100% cotton , they were not tube sox, they had no elastic in them.
and the ribbing was maybe 3 inches on the top, butg the plain sock was
hmmm maybe 7 or 8 inches from the bottom of the heel to where the ribbing
began. I would cut the sock off down maybe to include 2 inches of the non rib
part of the sock from the top of the sock and that would be the 2 arms
after I cut it in half and sewed it. then I would cut the sock from where I
just cut off the rib part down the 2 fold part [center top and bottom of
sock maybe 2 to 3 inches. and that would be the crotch of the clown. So when
you stuffed it the toe of the sock would be the head of the clown the heel
of the sock would be the butt of the clown so he could sit. I would seam
the sock together by sewing across the top of where I cut the sock and down
toward the crotch on one side I would skip maybe 2 inches each side of dead
center of the crotch and swing over to the other side and stitch back
toward wear I cut it and across the top. when I turned it right side out that
would create the 2 legs and I would stuff it from the crotch up and then
from the heel out toward the legs. Just by pulling on the cut part after
stuffing it I would stitch up the crotch and the sock edge would roll in so it
was easy to whip stitch that together. I used kite string to tie it at
the neck and then stuff the arm parts full and would whip stitch them to the
side of the sock stickingout. The smooth part of the sock that I left on
the end of the ribbing would look like the hand with the rib looking like a
white shirt or something under it. I would put with a magic marker
[permanent] a drawn heart with a small not capitalized j in the center and the
year I made it. I would sew all these things as a continuous thing. So I
would have like 25 of these socks sewn together and then 50 of the arms. When
I did the outfits I would sew all of the same things at the same time so
there would be all theshoes sewn in a row and etc.
Boy that does bring back memories. For 8 years that kept me home with my
kids growing up and that is just what I wanted. Mom would babysit on
Saturday in the afternoon after my husband would go to work for 3:30 p.m. He
always worked the evening shift and he still does.
Joyce Kane
www.KraftersKorner.org (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
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