Jiggywinks!

            So I opened Facebook today, and found out they put my baby boy in the foyer of the theatre guild for a Halloween display! I'm such a proud mama <3. If you're anywhere in the Monroe Wisconsin area, stop in sometime to say hi!

A year or two ago, I made some infinity scarves out of skeins of wool. I had one skein of each color, so this seemed like a good way to get rid of the yarn. This year, I had one skein left, and I wanted to get rid of it. But I don't like infinity scarves! So, I knit it wider, and made a cowl. Size 15 needles, bulky yarn. I knit it to be wider than my neck is long, and it turned out pretty well. All it took was a couple hours knitting during rehearsal, then binding off and using the tail to sew the ends together and weave in. I wore it to rehearsal again today, and I was quite pleased with the result. Cost: Free. 

About 6 weeks ago, I went to the local Theatre Guild's prop/costume sale. I came away with a couple vintage aprons and some costume jewelry. They got my phone number. A couple weeks later, I got a phone call from Denise Plantenburg, their resident superhero. Could I make a dead body? They are doing Arsenic and Old Lace , one of my favorite movies that was a Broadway smash before it hit the big screen.  After a lot of Googling, I ended up with the proposal of wrapping a live body in duct tape, then stuffing it with rags, newspaper, and kitty litter for weight. Denise herself was my model, and a very good sport as I alternately suffocated her and mauled her extremities with a pair of dull scissors in a desperate attempt to get the mess off of her before she toppled over.  What then did I have? What looked like a pair of out-size frog legs and a very stiff coat.  I stuffed the shell ( necropants ?) with some rags, bags of kitty litter in the feet, and newsp...