Bridgemoof--Sheep & Wool festival

[Bridgemoof]

Okay here are the ferrets:

And this pic you can see the white one better, which is my fave so far:

I would put real plastic eyes on them, but my sister wants to keep them "ferret proof" so that ferrets can actually play with them. I love doing this, it's so fun, and I have a ton of wool I can use. All I needed to pick up this weekend was some pipe cleaners.

My sister just called and she had to put another one of her ferrets down. Cotton had a big tumor and her lungs were filling up with fluid. That's the 4th one in 3 weeks that she had to put down! These ferrets are very fragile and always have health problems. Bon spends thousands of dollars on them, she spends so much of her time caring for them, but it is her life, and she loves them to death.

 

[Alice Acres]

Oh my, those are so cute! They look like real little ferrets

 

[Queen Mum]

OH MY GOSH, those ferrets are A D O R A B L E! I love them. I want one of the ferrets. My son loves ferrets. Can you do goats? I think those are just about the cutest things I have ever seen. AND the sheep has the best expression I have ever seen. Sort of, "When you are good you are good, but when you are great, you are ME!"

 

[Bridgemoof]

hahah I'm so glad you guys like them, because after looking at them for a while, I'm thinking "..hmmm I can do better. They don't look that good." But I guess they do. I needed that encouragement to keep going!

Queen Mum, I'm sure I can make a goat. I'll give it a shot, right after that Jacob sheep That's funny about the sheep, She does look a little aloof, ha ha.

 

[Queen Mum]

I love them. Are they hard to make?

 

[Bridgemoof]

No they are surprisingly easy and REALLY FUN!. Especially because you get to stab the little critters with a special needle a bunch of times and let me tell you, it takes out major frustrations! lol

I bought a kit at the Sheep and Wool Festival which had all the components and really good instructions. The kit was for a goat, pig and a sheep. The ferret I made up myself after doing a couple of the other guys. She has a website, it is http://www.blacksheepdesigns.com/ and you can order the kit.

 

[Queen Mum]

You use a felting needle right? I have a bunch of those. I use them to put hair on dolls. Thanks for the website. I love it.

 

[Bridgemoof]

Yep a felting needle. I'd love to see one of your dolls! That sounds like fun, too. What kind of dolls????

 

[ragdollcatlady]

I like the position of the white one the best. I think ferrets spend at least half their lives sitting up trying to get into some sort of trouble or other!

 

[bonbean01]

The ferrets are cute, as are all of them...but...I totally love the sheepie the best

Hope your ram is on the mend quickly...I know you worry and you're a good sheep mommy