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As Promised Last Night - Prototype Photos

Published: 03-23-2012 06:38am
Posted In: Shop News
I finished the prototype of the monster eye masks this morning and here are some photos.They are furry purple on the front with a monster eye needle felted in place and a needle felted blue pirate eye patch and the back is a tie dyed purple and blue 100% cotton fabric that is both soft and cool on the wearers skin. I think the eye patch needs to be made of a different fabric in future, maybe leather, to make it stand out more and I am looking for toy safety eyes with flat backs for making the monster eye with. I'll have to make a test pair first with the toy eye, to be sure the eye doesn't make the mask uncomfortable to wear.Do you like them? Woul... » Read More

New Products On Their Way

Published: 03-22-2012 04:08pm
Posted In: Shop News
I've been playing with ideas, and designing new products over the last few weeks and tomorrow I should have the first the prototype made and ready to photograph. Keep watching this space for progress updates and visit my shop to see when they start appearing. Want to know what it is? Well I'm not going to say, you will have to wait and see... oh, ok, I'll give you a hint - fluffy rest.... » Read More

Win A Custom Made Monster

Published: 03-05-2012 05:17am
Posted In: Shop News
In thanks to all those that have liked my Pirate Pixie Crew Page on Facebook already and in the hope of getting a whole lot more people to come and like my Pirate Pixie Crew page I and going to give you the chance to win a custom made Monster. Each monster is free knitted and individual and if you are the lucky winner you will be able to choose the colour of your monster and have input in his/her design as he/she gets made. The monster will be a medium sized one... approximately the size of Captain Strongy Von Strong. HOW TO WIN 1. Like the Pirate Pixie Crew Page 2. Open the "Win A Monster Of Your Own" photo Album. 3. Share a monster pictures ... » Read More

Anchored

Published: 02-06-2012 12:00am
Posted In: Captain Skulduggery Dug's Journal
We have finally made it to land after many hard days at sea. The winds have not been kind to us and we have found the going very slow. The Pirate Pixies have been working hard to fix all they could whilst we were still at sea and although they have repaired lots of the smaller damage cause by the storm we still have two damaged masts and the bilge pump is still not working. We have anchored just off shore around the coast from a small fishing harbour. I know the locals realise we are here, but so far we have had no trouble. We are keeping a low profile whilst I try to work out how to 'acquire' the tools and materials needed for the repair work.... » Read More

Hippos

Published: 02-03-2012 12:00am
Posted In: Captain Skulduggery Dug's Journal
I will keep this brief, as I've had so little sleep I believe I am starting to hallucinate. The voyage back to land has run anything but smoothly. The Pirate Pixie Crew have been arguing and fighting amongst themselves about whether they should have turned back. There are a few very vocal pixies that are adamant that it was a mistake. Then there are the others that agree with me that the galleon would never make it anywhere without repairs. These ones aren't so vocal though and they keep disappearing off to whisper to each other. I think they fear the others hearing them. We have another 2-3 days to go before we are back ashore. With masts that... » Read More

Return to land

Published: 02-01-2012 12:00am
Posted In: Captain Skulduggery Dug's Journal
Yesterday and today have been such hard times. I spent all yesterday trying to convince the Pirate Pixie Crew that we had to go to the nearest land possible, which is back the way we came. There was almost a mutiny when I first told them but after sometime of explaining to them that the Galleon would not get us anywhere in the state it is in they calmed down a little and stopped threatening me with being thrown overboard, but they still wouldn't turn the ship about. I don't know why I didn't just order them and wave a sabre around to scare them. After all they are so tiny you would think it would be easy to scare the pants off them, but there i... » Read More

Damages

Published: 01-30-2012 12:00am
Posted In: Captain Skulduggery Dug's Journal
Oh dear. The list of damages is far longer than I had hoped for. The Pirate Pixie Crew did the best they could to protect as much of the galleon as they could but the sea was in a foul mood and the skies were even angrier. Between them both they managed to rip, shred and snap pieces off of my beloved ship. It will take a lot of work and probably much gold to put all this right again. The only option we have is to limp back into the coast and find timber and tools to repair what has been ruined. Worse than the ship being damaged is that many of the beautiful little pixies have been injured. Most have cuts and bruises from being thrown about in t... » Read More

Stormy Sleepless Night

Published: 01-29-2012 12:00am
Posted In: Captain Skulduggery Dug's Journal
Due to very rough seas in the night, I only managed a few hours sleep in my bunk last night. The roaring wind and the heaving waves threw our wee galleon around like a baby throws its' ship in the bath tub. Even this old sea dog couldn't sleep through that. My Pirate Pixie Crew spent all night bailing out the bilge, as the pump has broken, or trying to lash down anything that moves. Doubloon spent the whole night hiding under the galley table with a saucepan on his head. His sad howl could be heard all over the ship. It did nothing for moral. Scurvy Dog!. Thankfully this morning the storm has blown itself out and the waters are very calm. Mo... » Read More

Monster News

Published: 01-28-2012 08:23am
Posted In: Shop News
The news today is that another new monster is on it's way to being in the shop. It's skin is, growing on my knitting needles day by day. Here is a sneak preview of a body part, can you guess what it is?I think Queen wrote a song about this kind of girl! ... » Read More

Captain Skulduggery Dug Gets A New Crew

Published: 01-28-2012 05:50am
Posted In: Pirate Pixie Crew Stories
Captain Skulduggery Dug was tired of all the scurrilous scurvy dogs in her ships crew. They stole from her, drank all her rum and never did the washing up! Cap'n Skully decided enough was enough and she made them all walk the plank into shark infested waters. One by one they were all gobbled up never to be seen again. All were left to sleep in Davy Jones’ locker. Cap'n Skully found it very difficult to sail her big galleon alone. Steering whilst putting up and taking down the sails on the ship was impossible. Doubloon the Captain’s faithful dog was roped in to take hold of the helm when the Cap'n needed to hoist the sails, eat her dinner, dri... » Read More
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