A is for antler . . .
Posted by Lanea on Monday, January 14th, 2008
A is for antler.
Antler knife handles, and knitting needles, and spindles, and buttons, and baskets. Most made by friends who have similar antler fixations. I particularly love finding shed antlers in the woods, often obscured in the leaf litter. The marks left by bucks scraping the fuzz off their growing antlers are surely the most elegant graffiti any adolescent males make on the planet. If only we could be as gracious about our growing pains.
Filed in ABC along,knitting | 4 responses so far
Janeon 14 Jan 2008 at 6:59 pm 1What a wonderful collection — I have some antler buttons somewhere, just a few, that I’ve had for about 20 years. I’m “saving” them, I guess!
Rhoon 15 Jan 2008 at 12:08 am 2WELL NOW – that sure was better than my suggestion – 😉 heheheh
kon 15 Jan 2008 at 9:40 am 3God I love that basket.
But where’s the anvils?
Jenniferon 15 Jan 2008 at 2:28 pm 4ok, I LOVE that oak leaf bag with the gold lining! Totally!
Antlers, too. Got em all over the house. My favorite is one I found in Maine, a naturally shed moose antler (well, I found it in an antique shop … they don’t last long in the woods up there and the shop owner just happened upon it before the mice and critters did). Anyway, it looks very nice next to the humongous shelf mushroom and deer antler up on the bookshelf. Sculpture au naturel, yes?
Jen