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A couple of weeks ago I was fortunate to receive 6 pairs of these super awesome socks from Chatty Feet to review (I love my job). Naturally I picked the Artists Collection plus a couple of other fun pairs, but in all honesty I would wear every single one of these, or at least give them as a gift.
Not only do I have fun wearing these and mixing and matching them, but they even make the occasional appearance in puppet shows for my kids.
Check out these socks and a lot more options over at Chatty Feet!
Book: Socks!
Author: Tania Sohn
Pages: 36
Age Range: 3-7 (small format picture book)
Socks! is a charming little picture book by Tania Sohn about the joy that young children take in their their socks. Socks! features a young Korean girl and her gray cat. On each page, with minimal text, the girl celebrates a different kind of socks. Like this:
"I love socks!
Socks with polka dots,
and socks with stripes.
Green socks so I can hop...
... and yellow socks so I can play."
The above text spans three page spreads. In each, the girl dances about with her cat, and wears a different pair of socks. The "so I can play" accompanies a picture of a bunch of soccer players, each shown from the stomach down. The cat pokes between what we suspect are the protagonist's legs.
The final pair of socks are "Beoseon! Treaditional Korean socks, from Grandma." Up until that point, though the girl is Korean in her features, the book could be set anywhere.
Sohn's illustrations are what make the book. The girl's joy in her various pairs of socks leaps from the page. We see the texture of the cat, and of the girl's hair, and of the various backgrounds, like the grass of the soccer field. My favorite illustration is one where the girl peeks through a doorway at "Christmas socks!" (stockings). We only see her from behind here, but her posture conveys her giddy excitement.
Socks! is a quick read, but one that preschoolers everywhere (especially girls) will appreciate. Socks! is an import from South Korea. It is available from Usborne Books, but is not available on Amazon. I do hope that libraries find it, however, because it is a tiny gem of a book. I can't wait to share it with my daughter, who gleefully showed off her new socks to me earlier today.
Publisher: Kane Miller
Publication Date: 2014
Source of Book: Review copy from the publisher
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some little woolie doodles...sigh...wish i could knit.
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So many great picture books have passed my desk lately. Here are a few:
- Joose, Barbara. 2012. Old Robert and the Sea-Silly Cats. Ill. by Jan Jutte. New York: Philomel.
Each night, Old Robert counts "his regular things in their regular place"
Clean socks
a clock
my ship in the slip at the dock.
One dish
one spoon
a slice of the silver moon.
Things are always the same until the night a cat asks to come in. There was no room for a cat on Old Robert's boat,
And yet ...
and yet ...
Old Robert said yes ...
... and the cat came in.
This is a delightfully, quirky story about Old Robert, his boat, and how one small decision can change a life (or two, or three, or ...). Illustrations by the Netherlands' Jan Jutte, give
Old Robert and the Sea-Silly Cats a salty and silly air reminiscent of old comics (think Popeye or original Tin Tin) touched with whimsy. Comforting, repetitive refrains make this a great read aloud.
There is just something irresistible about
Old Robert and the Sea-Silly Cats.
And there's apparently a song available, too,
"Old Roberts Jig" by the Happy Racers.
- Elya, Susan Middleton. 2012. Fire! ¡Fuego! Brave Bomberos. Ill. by Dan Santat. New York: Bloomsbury.
My husband has had a long and wonderful career in the fire department, so I'll admit some partiality to firefighter books, even ones that feature firefighters rescuing cats from trees. For the record, professional firefighters don't rescue cats from trees. They will, however, rescue animals from fires, and in
Fire! ¡Fuego! Brave Bomberos, a house fire traps a poor kitty on an upper floor,Climbing up la escalera,
KITTY, KITTY,
COME AFUERA.
Coaxed by food in small pedazos,
kitten jumps to outstretched brazos.
See how easy that was? You're speaking Spanish. Even without the brightly colored double spread illustration of a firefighter on a ladder, hand extended with cat treats, you knew what it meant, and kids will too! The story rhymes, the meter's fine, and if you need help with pronunciation, it's all in the Glossary. All bias aside, I like it!
- Kohuth, Jane. 2012. Duck Sock Hop. Ill. by Jane Porter. New York: Pen
SCENES FROM LIFE: A SHORT PLAYETTE
THE MISSING SOCK DILEMMA
SCENE AT THE POLICE STATION: a woman walks in a police station, a large plastic bag in her hand. Person walks to the front desk.
POLICE OFFICER
Can I help you?
WOMAN
I want to report a robbery
POLICE OFFICER
Do you want to file a report?
WOMAN
You bet!
POLICE OFFICER
What type of a robbery? A break-in your house?
WOMAN
No
POLICE OFFICER
A purse snatching?
WOMAN
No - none of those.
(she dumps bag of socks on to the counter/front desk)
POLICE OFFICER
Um...I'm sorry?
WOMAN
So am I. Believe me
POLICE OFFICER
What's going on?
WOMAN
I'll tell you what's going on. Somebody is stealing socks!
POLICE OFFICER
Come again?
WOMAN
Somebody, I don't know who, is stealing socks from my clothes dryer. This pile of socks here are all "one-sies." They are all alone in the world without a mate
POLICE OFFICER
I see...Perhaps - and I'm just saying - you somehow missplaced them?
WOMAN
You sound just like my husband. He tells me the same thing but I know somebody is stealing them! Thing is - there are no windows in my laundry room
POLICE OFFICER
Well then - perhaps - and I'm just guessing - they dropped out when you were sorting them
WOMAN
I'm always very careful to empty the dryer and check and double-check that there's nothing left in there. So? Are you going to make a report?
POLICE OFFICER
Um - it's very unusual to make a report on missing socks
WOMAN
(picking up socks)
Look at these - brand new socks missing a mate. This is an accumulation of one-sies over the last five year period.
POLICE OFFICER
(laughing)
You sound just like my wife. She complains about the same thing. Believes that the socks are sucked into the dryer exhaust and then through pipes
WOMAN
Aha! Your house too, huh? It's my belief that there's a gang of sock thieves working dryer pipes and re-selling them to people who are trying to match their missing socks.
POLICE OFFICER
I don't think so.
WOMAN
So where do YOU think they go? Huh?
POLICE OFFICER
I really can't say...often wondered that myself...(laughing) Maybe it's alien abductions
WOMAN
Officer - I am not crazy. I am a woman who is sick and tired of having to buy new socks, only to see them stolen within a few weeks.
POLICE OFFICER
To be honest m'am - we don't have officers with expertise in sock bandits and we're short on staff...
WOMAN
So you're not going to do anything about it?
POLICE OFFICER
Afraid not. Look - I understand your situation and I don't have any answers
(another person approaches the front desk, bag in hand)
OFFICER
Can I help you?
MAN
I'm hoping so.
(empties bag of socks on desk)
I'd like to report missing socks...
WOMAN
(jumping in)
...you too? I'm here for the same thing.
OFFICER
Why don't you two go...somewhere and compare your sock collection? Between the two of you, you just may make some pairs!
WOMAN
Well...it's worth a shot!
(gathering up socks and putting them in bag and walking out of the door)
So...how long have your socks gone missing?
MAN
Ever since the alien abduction...
By: stephanie,
on 3/26/2012
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All this month I’ve been paying tribute to Dr. Seuss by creating a Seuss themed image combined with the Illustration Friday prompt. For the previous weeks, I tried to incorporate Seuss’s style into my art.
This week, however, I’ve moved away from his art to show my style.
The prompt for Illustration Friday this week is Swamp. I combined that with Sue from Fox in Socks by Dr. Seuss. (Sue is SWAMPED with sock orders and has to sew six thousand socks!) Fox in Socks is one of my favorite Dr. Seuss books, and I’ve always liked Sue, so it was fun to re-imagine this part of the book. In case you’re not familiar with the original, here’s what Mr. Fox says when Sue enters the book:
New socks.
Two socks.
Whose socks?
Sue’s socks.
Who sews whose socks?
Sue sews Sue’s socks.
My Sue has similar hair and clothes to the one in Fox in Socks, but she likes polka-dots and sewing lots of socks. They’re not all for her though, because really, who needs 3000 pairs of socks? Not Sue. You’d be swamped if you had to sew six thousand socks too! (Note: not all 6000 socks are pictured here, because that would have made me more than swamped. It would have made me crazy to draw that many in such a short time.)
Who is Sue sewing socks for? I’m glad you asked.
Sue sews Sue’s socks, because with that many, at least some of them have to be for her!
Sue sews Moo’s socks, because Moo helps keep the thread from tangling.
Sew sews Lou’s socks. (Lou is the dove on Moo’s back, the one saying, “coo coo.”)
Sue sews Who’s socks, right away, because Who has owl things to do.
Sue sews Foo’s socks (a.k.a. Bunny Foo-Foo).
Sue sews Boo’s socks … not really, ghosts don’t wear socks (or at least Boo doesn’t).
The original sketch had a few more characters, but it got too crowded. Here’s a close up of the bunny:
Bunny Foo-Foo was fun to draw and I love how his socks turned out. Another character that was fun to draw was Moo:
You can tell by the expression on her face that she thinks Sue is crazy for trying to sew six thousand socks, or maybe she is getting sick of having thread wrapped around her horns. Moo has striped socks because I thought they’d be a nice contrast to her spots and I liked how the blue and white stripes looked on her. It’s hard to see, but Lou also has striped socks. They’re blue and yellow.
If someone asked you to sew six thousand socks, would you do it?
I wouldn’t. I leave the sock sewing to Sue!
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Right then, I have been neglecting this blog for way too long. BUT, NO MORE. Over the next week or two I am going to post lots. And, LOTS. In fact, I have decided that I am going to create an event. I want to make something happen.I want to do this so that I get back into blogging. I miss it. Also it will be a way of saying a big thank you to all of you who keep returning to my blog and to say hello to all the new visitors (really, this blog used to be very active).So expect to see a lot of activity here from now. I promise to make at least one post a day, who knows, maybe two. Plus, I'd like to do some other stuff; there will be bargains to be had, prizes, quizzes...er....drawings....and....er...hmmmm...who knows? I've literally JUST come up with this idea. Do you have any ideas? Please let me know. Get involved. Let's make something (I'm not sure what) happen.
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Finally a new post on my children's book blog. If you want to know more about this mad drawing (and, quite frankly, why wouldn't you?) then head on over HERE.
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When I first took over the OUPblog I gave our readers a chance to ask me questions so they could get to know me. Since Lauren will be in charge starting Monday (get excited!), I decided to ask her a few questions before I go. I think her answers will give you a taste of how lucky we are to have her on-board. Don’t worry, I plan on saying a proper goodbye tomorrow (Friday).
What is your favorite fiction book?
Becca, we’ve had this conversation so many times. For the sake of this Q&A, I’ll forgo my top 10 and say The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien. This year is actually the 20th anniversary of the book’s publication. Also, fun fact: O’Brien and I share an Alma Mater.
What is your favorite non-fiction book?
Laura Hillenbrand’s Seabiscuit. Hands down. No contest. ’Nough said.
What is your favorite guilty pleasure blog?
Overheard in the Office is pretty great.
What kind of flowers should we send you?
Who’s “we”? And why am I getting flowers? I don’t think I should be trusted with flowers. This cactus isn’t looking so good itself. Remember when we had to hide it in a file cabinet for a week? I gave it too much too much sun, Becca. I exposed a cactus to too much sun.
What was your first blog post ever?
I had a LiveJournal back in the day. I have no idea what my first post was, but I’m sure it was something to the effect of, “Hey everyone! I’m Lauren! My favorite color is purple, I have a major sweet tooth, and I’m so totally obsessed with Dark Angel.” I think I had a really big impact on the lives of all (2) of my readers.
What other languages do you speak?
I used to speak pretty decent Japanese, but now I mostly just mumble things like, “aré?” and “éé, nanto ka…” usually directed at my computer. I know some French as well, and one very important phrase in Spanish: “Y para mi, un café con leche por favor.” I recently went to Spain, but that was all I knew how to say, so I was a bit shaky the whole time.
If your friend were visiting NYC, what is the one thing they should do while they are here?
Whenever I have visitors, the first thing we do is go to 5 Napkin Burger. Airport –> 5 Napkin. Bus stop –> 5 Napkin. IKEA ferry –> 5 Napkin. Can you drop off your luggage first? No you cannot. Because: 5 Napkin.
What color are your socks today?
Socks are for people who are wearing shoes…
What is your favorite Twitter hashtag?
#thefuture. Except when it’s being used to denote something actually in the future.
Fill in the blank: I’m psyched to be the OUPblog editor because it is _tasty_.
…
Oh, we’re not doing this Mad Libs style?
So as I mentioned before, I was frantically spinning before the holidays to make Bradley some handspun, handknit socks for Christmas. I had bought a 1/2 pound bag of roving from Romni, thinking that I would have plenty for maybe 2 pairs. Or at least a pair for him and a smaller pair for me. Or something like that.
Anyway what happened is it took
forever to spin a 1/2 pound bag, and I ended up with just one pair of socks and a tiny batch of roving and a tiny ball of yarn left over. The big thing I learned is that I bought a bag of
roving, and realized later that it was actually roving, not the lovely smooth combed
top that is often sold as roving even though it's really top. I'd heard about this distinction but I didn't really know what it meant until I tried spinning with the roving.
The difference seemed to be that the fibres were shorter, with some tufty bits that were fine as it gave the yarn a tweedy look, but also lots and lots of vegetable matter (vm). In case you don't spin, this is basically little bits of dried grass, twigs and bits of burrs that the animals have gotten caught up in their coats. Some people put covers on their sheep to avoid this, but there's still always some in there. Anyway I was picking out vm while spinning, then while winding onto bobbins, then while plying, then while knitting, then after washing the socks. Kind of tiresome.
However, I'm not complaining about what I was sold, because I did get 1/2 pound of merino for only $15. Which is a very good price for that much soft merino. And now I fully appreciate the difference between roving and top.
The other thing I learned is that this roving seemed to require a different kind of spinning. The short fibres didn't hold together in the same way so I was letting twist up into the fibre source which is more of a woolen method of spinning than worsted. (Worsted is a way of spinning so that the fibres align and it creates a smooth yarn. With woolen spinning the fibres criss-cross and this creates a fuzzier, airy yarn that is very warm. Not to be confused with worsted
weight yarn, which is a medium thickness of yarn.)
After letting twist up into the fibre, it was like pulling the yarn out, and by doing it at the right rate given how fast the spindle is spinning, you can make an evenly spun yarn. I found it a bit lumpy but I ended up doing a 3-ply so it averaged out a bit and was fine. 3-ply also creates a rounder looking yarn, as opposed to the beaded look of a 2-ply.
So doing a (non-navajo) 3-ply was the next new thing I was trying. I wound the yarn onto bobbins after spinning a full spindle, then used a tip from a commenter (thank you Rachel) to create a lazy kate using a cardboard box and some knitting needles. (Another tip is that you can just ply off spindles if you have enough of them to do that.)
Then I plied the yarn until I was left with some leftover singles (it's hard to wind 3 bobbins of singles and have them come out even). I realized I could wind a leftover single back onto the spindle and spin a bit more. And basically drive myself crazy trying to make it come out even. Which in the end I practically did. Not that I recommend being that obsessive it... suffice to say I was winding back and forth several times.
So after all this spinning (and washing and drying the yarn) I wanted to make the socks using the same
nice sock pattern I had used for mine (pictured at the top on the left). This is how I adapted the pattern for men's socks:
- Larger needle: US size 7&nb
A few basic rules for clothes shopping:
1. If you look in your sock drawer and realize that it's been 9 years since you bought white crew socks, it's time to buy new ones.
2. Don't wait until the 4th day of a 5-day "extra 30% off" sale to shop for clothes. Nothing in your size will be left. This is true no matter what size you wear. (Could this be why I haven't bought new socks in 9 years?)
3. My car has a stick shift, so I need shoes with a closed heel. Why are there no such shoes in Fashion Land anywhere between orthopedic loafers and 4-inch heels?
Six pairs of socks on a radiator.
Soon I will be leaving my home of eight years. I've been trying to get stuff sorted out. Washing and packing things that I won't need or use until I find my new home. This kind of readjustment is difficult for everyone to deal with, I know. For a sensitive artistic type it's nervous breakdown material. I'm hoping that the turmoil will provide fuel for drawing. Instead of being a distraction.
Yesterday I washed all my socks. Turns out I have over thirty pairs. How? Why? Because, I only ever where the stripey blue, the plain brown or the stripey brown ones. I don't think I've ever worn one of these six. Ever. Now that's obscene.
I don't want to keep harping on about drawing funks, but I've had yet another frustrating week. I have realised what the trouble is. A friend of mine always says that I am a bubbling cauldron of creativity, and I have to admit that is a good description of how I feel. Usually the ideas are coming through so thick and fast that I don't always have time to catch them. The ones I do grab are added to a list that's as long as my arm. The last few weeks that hasn't been happening. Even my list looks uninspiring and I wonder whatever made me think they were good ideas in the first place. I am looking at things and willing them to become subjects. Forcing them, in fact.
The good news is, though, last night I lay awake until the early hours (or is that late hours?) as ideas and potential drawings refused to let me sleep. Now I just need to find my butterfly net.
Brrrrrrrrr. I've had a stomach bug today. It started last night and had really kicked in by this morning. I did this drawing in between vomiting (sorry, too much information). Which is my excuse for this piece of crap.
Daily cartoon for the Dutch Nu.nl news website, about an astronaut who became nauseous in the Atlantis space shuttle.
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Semi-realistic 3D mole character design for a brochure display.
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Stylized 2D/3D illustration of a sunrise behind hills as a background for the children's spread of Wildlife magazine.
I've just opened a Flickr group called 'Illustratie' for Dutch and Flemish illustrators. Please feel free to join the group, even if you aren't from the Netherlands or Belgium. We do not discriminate: if you've got an illustration that is too good to refuse, be our guest to post it. But beware, we are picky, so please only post work you're really proud of, thanks in advance. I hope to see you at the 'Illustratie' group.
Stylized 3D illustration for an article about the increasing overweight of construction workers.
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All the best wishes for the holidays and for 2008 to all of you from Sevensheaven (Metin) and Artylicious (my love Natasja).
Two illustrations with my crash test dummy character design for a new project.
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A 3D exercise in toy figure design. I hope one day he will be realized.
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Daily cartoon for the Dutch Nu.nl news website, about the political competition between chess grandmaster Gary Kasparov and the Russian president Vladimir Putin.
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Stylized, pictographic 3D illustrations.
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Stylized 3D illustration for an article about swearing at work.
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Ooh I love the alpine sweater, I want one!
These are wonderful! I love that pompon beanie!
love the socks! they look itchy! :)
Super cute outfit! Love your illustration style!
Love these! They look so cosy and warm.