What a difference a day makes, as they say. When the market was cancelled, I put a note on a local Facebook group and received two orders, after the note from the shop wanting puppets on commission. One order is for 11 puppets - 5 monkeys, 5 frogs and a crocodile. The other order is for a monkey and a rabbit. So I only delivered 6 puppets to the shop yesterday, because a definite sale trumps on-commission-not-sure-when-we'll-pay-you. And yesterday I heard that there will be another market on the 9th April. Usually they're only held on the last Saturday of the month.
Yesterday afternoon I made two monkeys in tandem and now I"m making four frogs:
The main advantage of working this way is that there are fewer changes of thread colour. I didn't do all the monkeys at once though because they're more complicated than the frogs and I didn't want to end up with a whole bunch of half-made monkeys.
But eventually I'll have a troupe of monkeys. I'm not sure of the collective noun for frogs, I'll have to look it up.
Next week I'll have to make more puppets for the market.
When it rains it pours ...seems to fit your narrative perfectly in a positive way and will keep you merrily busy for the next few days 🥰🥰🥰
ReplyDeleteFantastic! I guess when it rains, it pours... pun intended! ;-)
ReplyDeleteWow!! Fantastic!! :)
ReplyDeleteWell you’ll have no time for mischief now, Jane!!!
ReplyDeleteA group of frogs is officially known as an "army".
ReplyDeleteGoodness. Thanks for that!
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