I guess I know how to get people buzzing

This year I decided on planning to do something good for my local Kennel club. The idea, to create a simple small needle felted figure for their annual silent auction. But, what breed of dog would draw the most attention? Yes, lots of people love my little Corgwn, especially the Corgi owners, but there aren't many Corgi folks at my club. I made some observations and came to the only reasonable conclusion, it had to be a Chinese crested! They are everywhere, an entire pack attends the clubs handling classes, I knew this would draw some attention. After a lot of on and off working for 3 months, this little one was created!

Wire armature was used to make the body shape, unlike the little Corgi figures that felt up easy out of just wool this one was giving me a hard time so I ended up having to put away my poorly misshapen first attempt and grabbed up some wire. The roving is a combination of wools, of which I'm not quite sure what all of them are or can remember, but the brown/tan used to create the hair is from Alpaca, and the black of the eyes nose and mouth is Llama. For size reference, I placed this little one next to some of my others.

A sliver chain collar and little charm was added as a finishing touch. The little charm reads "Made with love".

To make this even more worth while I then decided I still had some time left and created a few wet felted dog toys to go with the little figure, including several mini and small items, not just because it was easier but I also knew the winner of this lot would end up being a Crested owner, and sure enough the winner was! I did also include one of my traditional "Baaball's" of roving over a racquetball with needle felted design.

And here they are, all presented at the auction table, by the time I had left midday, it was up to $40 and still going, I haven't gotten a chance to ask how much it went for in the end though, sorry. 

But it was a lot of fun, from putting it all together, to seeing people almost fighting over them. I created quite the stir apparently. I guess my next stop, after I can get my wool supply stocked back up, is etsy!