Word doodling…

During a particularly unnecessary meeting yesterday (I sat for 90 minutes before my two minute item came to the agenda), I found myself writing down various words, apropos of nothing.

And now, in some way trying to find meaning in the activity, I ask you to read the list, thus justifying those 90 minutes I will never see again…

Infarction

Evanescent

Piccolo

Starfish

Carbuncle

Spaetzle

Coruscant

Flapjack

Proboscis

Febrile

Dendrite

Bootlegger

Snogging

Gratuitous

Braggadocio

Avuncular

Diddling

Funicular

Haberdasher

Juncture

Lubricious

Meritricious

Namby-pamby

Quotidian

Retrodict

Salacious

Tchotchke

Venal

Zippy

Undulating

Wamble

 

 

Meet Oliver Platypus!

Since Steph guessed correctly, here are the photos.  Another creature from the Australian wildlife book of patterns from Cleckheaton.  Oliver measures 18″ from bill to tail (the bill hides a squeaker, naturally), 5″ tall, and 8″ from webbed toe to glorious webbed toe.  I placed him atop a soup container to give better swimming poses

Let’s look at the close-up of the webbed foot again, shall we?

Now, Oliver is a bit larger than my usual projects, so it may be awhile before I knit his mate, Sylvia Platypus (thank you, Jim!).  I’m sure I will in time, but for the next project, I’m looking towards a smaller, more intricate companion…  but not right now.  Knitting with US3 needles takes an awfully long time, and those increases and decreases were causing calluses!

Knitting teaser…

Ok, this is just a teaser shot… another completed stuffed creature, but unless Steph promises she won’t peek, this is all you’re getting.  I have to give some enticement for her to return from the glories of Switzerland, don’t I?  If you can’t wait, and you have access to Ravelry, you can see the complete details there…