Last Wednesday night we stayed after work and made some Joulupukkis (Yule Goats). It was a lot of fun and definitely not something anyone had ever done before.
I brought back these huge hanks of paper yarn from Finland, and instructions on how to take the hank, open it up, bend, tie and cut in a specific sequence, and end up with a pretty cool Yule Goat.
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| Shawn wrangling the paper hank |
I had made one in Finland the week before so I would know what I was doing. But even after making it, I still had to refer to the directions a few times!
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| Polly trying to get the back leg curve just right! |
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| Barb and Michele hard at work on the heads |
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| Forming the face |
We had a lot of laughs. Michele's goat looked like an anteater at one
point, and she was concerned she was doing it wrong!
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| Michele with her anteater |
Of course she was
just being a perfectionist, and once she reshaped the head and trimmed
the paper around the face, it looked great and she felt much better.
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| Trimming the feet |
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The Cleanup... this paper is good in place of Styrofoam peanuts! Maybe you'll find some in your next package...
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In the end, each goat has its own personality and size, based on where the ties where placed, how tightly they were tied, and how long/short the paper was cut.
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| The finished products from the front... |
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| ... and the back! |
Michele named hers "Clyde" and sent me a picture of Skitz and Clyde, nuzzling in front of the fire:
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| A romance in the making? |
Next up, figuring out how to make these out of a different weight of paper yarn, and reducing them to the size of a tree ornament. Stay tuned!
1 comment:
Awww... I wish I still worked there! They're so cool. Can't wait to see the ornament sized.
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