The Very Serious Crafts Podcast, Season 2: Episode 21 – Show Notes

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The Very Serious Crafts Podcast, Season 2: Episode 21 – Show Notes
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S2E21 Show Notes:

Here’s a roundup of the resources, patterns, and projects mentioned in this episode:

Get Naked

♥ The Get Naked Bathmat: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/get-naked-bath-mat
♥ Update on Mollie’s crazy email: The person responded and found it funny. Phew!

Hairwork: Victorian Mourning Jewelry and Beyond

♥ The impressive family hair wreath that started it all:


♥ Never Forgotten by Courtney Lane: https://neverforgottencl.com
♥ 4 Common Hairwork Myths (also from Courtney Lane):

♥ Bobbin lace fan made from hair that Haley saw at The Met: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/210096
♥ Woven Strands exhibition at the Mütter Museum:

♥ Woven Strands, The Art of Human Hairwork: http://muttermuseum.org/exhibitions/woven-strands-the-art-of-human-hair-work/
♥ Hairwork graveyards from Morbid Anatomy:


♥ Trendy Victorian-Era Jewelry was Made from Hair from National Geographic: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2016/02/160211-victorian-hair-art-work-jewelry-death-history/
♥ Hairwork, An Introduction from Art of Mourning: https://artofmourning.com/2015/03/16/hairwork-an-introduction/
♥ Hairwork Jewelry from the FIDM Museum: https://blog.fidmmuseum.org/museum/2011/05/hairwork-jewelry.html

Creepy Crafting With Dolls

♥ Doll Head Planters: https://www.verkstad.com/blog/2014/4/15/creepy-can-be-good
♥ A Doll in a Jar: https://www.smoothfoam.com/blog/creepy-doll-heads-for-halloween/
♥ Creepy Doll Terrarium: https://www.wholesalepartysupplies.com/blog/diy-creepy-doll-terrarium/
♥ The Glowing Creepy Doll Head: http://www.sagetosilver.com/diy-glowing-doll-head/

Pom-Pom Costume and Jack-o’-Lantern Sweater

♥ The Very Serious Crafts Podcast, Season 1: Episode 14 – Creepy Craft Supplies, Pumpkin Latch Hook, and DIY Costumes for Grown-Ups: https://www.veryseriouscrafts.com/2018/10/22/the-very-serious-crafts-podcast-episode-14/
♥ Heidi’s Jack-o’-Lantern Sweater:

Group Topic: Places You Can Craft

♥ Haley feeling awkward at The Wing:


♥ Places You Can Knit on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/placesyoucanknit/

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Carving Pumpkins

♥ Haley’s cranky pumpkin:


♥ Haley’s “Vote” pumpkin:

♥ It’s Halloween by The Shaggs:

The Very Serious Crafts Podcast, Season 2: Episode 21 – Show Notes
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By Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox writes the craft blog https://www.redhandledscissors.com/. She's a knitter, sewer, maker, cross-stitcher, lover of cats, purveyor of quirk, an author of cross-stitch books, and avid swearing enthusiast! (But not on this podcast!) She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon called Tiny Cranky Haley.

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