in the beginning ...

WELL .. my "MOM" is a Flight Attendant

she has seen passengers take pictures with small toys to document their travels

she has considered doing this ..

she thinks it's a KEWL idea

my "MOM" knits ..

she has some STRANGE friends that "think outside the box"

it ALL started on

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KnitExchange/

for THIS exchange,

mom & her friends are knitting a toy

my "MOM" picked this toy to knit for the "TOY Exchange"

http://home.alphalink.com.au/~woodsy/dragonpattern.htm

mom started the TOY on Thur June 15th

she finished knitting it on WED July 5th

some of the assembly was done during the knitting process

the assembly & face were completed on July 5th

her friend Chris,

said to make the Dragon,

it should be glittery

because EVERYONE knows,

dragons are mystical & glittery

well .. when the Dragon for the exchange was done

it is 30" tip of tail to top of head

it stands about 16"

MOM wants one for herself

it would be fun to take it with her whereEVER she travels

the Dragon could EVEN have it's own Blog

HOWEVER

this dragon is WAY to big to travel ..

so MOM decided to make a smaller one ..

.. ME ..

to take with her on her travels ..

doin' the math,

I would STILL be 10" long

so she called her friend NANCY who REALLY thinks outside the box

Nancy said, knit it with feltable Fingering Weight

USE # 3 needles

then, for added PIZAZZ

.. use metalic thread with it ..

so, the concept of ME was born

mom is heading to Joanne's to get thread

she HAS needles

she HAS yarn ..

she still has the pattern

of course,

she WILL be making changes as she goes

:)