Bad Juju KAL

good juju!!

2006-07-17T22:31:00.000-07:00

I took a while, but here he is at last!

I love this little guy so much, he really makes me happy!

I had no hesitation in sticking pins in him what so ever. I though about some of our local and mainland politians and the possums that raid our vegie patch...go get em' juju!!

The Super gone wrong

2006-02-25T10:43:00.000-08:00

I have finally completed my first Bad Juju doll (well, sort of, he has no face; read more about that on my blog).

The inspiration for my version of Bad Juju was a particularly unsavory character that I'm sure you've all met before. You may call him the Apartment Manager or the Slum Lord, but I choose to call him The Super.

I know there are many wonderful people in the profession, and I don't mean to insult anyone, but you have to agree that there are a few bad apples out there and they are memorable because they make your life a living hell. These bad apples are what I refer to here, so please, no poison pen letters.

My particular Super wears grimy khaki trousers with a thin white t-shirt that most men consider underwear and wouldn't be caught wearing in public. A pack of Marlboro Box rolled up under the edge of the left sleeve is optional.

Before I could decide on finishing details to embroider onto the doll, my toddler claimed it for his own. So you see, it has become a child's toy, as perhaps it should be. *sigh*

I will have to plan another doll and hope it doesn't join the first before it's complete.

Finally!

2006-01-23T21:16:00.000-08:00

I've had Juju the first done for months but finally have a pic up at my blog.
I'll be starting on a few more soon for my Shearer. :-)

Cute Juju Site

2006-01-17T07:09:00.000-08:00

I have never finished my Bad Juju but I found this site someone posted - Sneaky Juju

A change of plans

2005-12-19T23:19:00.000-08:00

I was going to make a 'splodey, Zib, but then the elections sarted. After March 28 I can always convert this guy with a cute little explosive vest and a kaffiyeh (he's talented that way).

Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you--

AMIR PERETZ!

Head of the Labor Party, striving hard to come off as further left than Ariel Sharon, the man and the mustache.

This juju doll is missing something right in the middle of its chest. That's right, the heart, because despite his platform, Peretz has no heart (during one strike, there had to be a special dispensation granted to allow the family of a terror victim to fly in, though the airport was closed). And only Xs instead of eyes, because his platform shows he can't see what's going on around him.

The empty loom? Given all the strikes he, as head of the labor union, has promoted over the past few years, do you even have to ask?

Better late than never

2005-12-17T15:40:00.000-08:00

I started my Bad Juju today in Black Lion Wool! :) I'm on row 4 - I had to figure out that darn provisional cast on! :) I will post pics when there is something to post!

RAWR!

2005-11-13T20:15:00.000-08:00

Oh dear, I think I went a bit far on the scary stakes, but I had a lot of fun doing it.

All the hate is out of my system and next i'm making a happy one.

This has cheered me up no end, they all look so different and I can't wait to see more. Theresa - i'm still smiling at yours, it's just too damn cute.

I had to tweak my post time too. It put me before both Aurora's and Theresa's.

Too cute to stick pins into.

2005-11-13T19:35:00.000-08:00

A combination of my tendency to anthropomorphize and the fact that the step-kid said "Awww, how cute!" is seriously dampening my vindictive spirit. I think this will be a present for a friend who will appreciate it for its mixed messages.

I decided to use white so the stuffing wouldn't show through... mostly because I didn't want to have to worry about knitting tightly on my Brittany double points. I used Brown Sheep's Lamb's Pride Worsted Superwash for the body, a thicker mystery yarn for the heart and thinner black yarn for the eyes and mouth.

Come to think of it - maybe he wouldn't be so darn cute if he didn't have that slight smile on his face?

I posted after Aurora - her post is even in my picture, but apparently it's tomorrow already in Australia! Edited to add: Following Rain's example, I've tweaked my time to put me in the right place.

Another finished one!

2005-11-13T19:12:00.000-08:00

Stabby and JuJu #1. I know it's a bad photo, but that's what you get from a bad camera, and a bad sense of what is appropriate to photograph with it. I'm underwhelmed at the heart on his chest, and I will certainly do the stitching on the others BEFORE I stuff them (der, der, DER). I think Stabby is saying "I will, and you know I will, destroy something in the night because you made me suffer this humiliation."

'Armless fun.

2005-11-10T15:15:00.000-08:00

Here's my little dude so far, his name is Cockvell. I can't wait to give him a face.

Mine's not half as cheerful as the others so far. He's made from a slightly fuzzy mystery yarn that's been sat in my stash for over 10 years. It's black and platinum twisted together and I doubled it as I felt it was too fine single.

I'm very tempted to leave him as he is and just turn him upside down as he pretty much says what I think like that. I'm hoping to have him finished by tomorrow night.

KofiJuju WIP

2005-11-10T03:28:00.000-08:00

Kofi is coming along nicely. Have had a bit of a slow down as we're reformatting our design layouts (the downloads) on TGB and getting the next newsletter together. Today I got a solicitation in the post from the UN asking for money. Ah yes, my next rant is waiting to be opened. Anyhu, using some weird Romanian wool I picked up at the local market. Close up here. I call it Romanian Rust - manuf name is "Misterio", close enough. Dark brown core with a rusty halo. Works for me, and for him. Should be able to finish him over the weekend.

If I haven't said it before - Grazie Zabet! - a most excellent pattern.

Now if anybody has an idea of how to make an explosive belt I'd appreciate suggestions (next Juju). Was thinking a narrow garter strip with bobbles but there must be a better way.

Beware of Juju...or something.

2005-11-09T12:17:00.000-08:00

I thought of running 3 toothpicks in place of the needles & just leaving his wool brains hanging out but too much stuffing would likely escape.
I only ripped back 3 rows, we'll see how the head stitches up.
Surprisingly my girls like my "Boodoo Doll" :-)
Kinda fun knitting this up while we read & such.

About to Stuff

2005-11-08T20:02:00.000-08:00

I just haven't settled on a design for the chest yet, I want to stitch that on before I sew him up. I had intended for this Juju to be representative of a Juju zombie or zuvembie, not an actual living human that I have a beef with. My thinking changed tonight though after seeing Chai Soua Vang sentenced. He's still remorseless after murdering six people a few miles from our home, at this point I can't think of anyone more deserving.

How they work!

2005-11-07T07:15:00.000-08:00

Well, since no-one else has posted...I posted this originally on my blog, but I thought you fellow ju-juers might want a look at it.

Juju dolls don't have to be all bad. The traditional doll, or poppet, can be used to send positive or negative energy. All you need is a thing, (often called a poppet by european witches) to represent the person which you are sending the energy to. One of the most powerful vodoun love spells I know of is the one where you fasten two garlic bulbs with a nail (one for you, one for them) and leave them to fester in a cupboard. Nice.

You consecrate the doll, and name it. (There are any number of websites that will tell you how to do this, in a number of traditions). Of course, it is more powerful if you add to the doll part of the person upon whom you wish the magic to act (hair, nail clippings, skin flakes, blood if you're brave). The whole personal focus by using a bit of the person is, incidentally, why we're meant to collect up kids' teeth a la the tooth fairy - so no nasty people can get hold of that sort of power over the kid.

When you stick the pins into it, you focus the type of energy that you wish to send into the pin. Takes a bit of practice to get yourself into the right meditative state of mind (practice without the doll, please!) but it does have results. If it's good energy, then I suggest giving the doll to the person. I am making one to sit on my desk at work, so I can yell at it when people are annoying, and one for an online friend who begged when he saw the picture. And I might make two good jujus for my sis, and my boy. But only if they don't get on my nerves. Or else they're copping the bad stuff...

BadJuju KAL

2005-11-04T02:32:00.000-08:00

Most all of us have a Special Someone who is oh so not worthy of our energy. But you just can't stop fuming. Sometimes it's in the back of your mind, time to exorcise the bad and get on With Your Bad Self.

Come on in, share, vent, feel better.

Personally I have a platoon of 'em to make. Wether I get around to all of 'em I don't know but I will delight in giving it the old school try. My first is Kofi Annan. Supreme Asshat and waste of air if there ever was one. If he could feel one pin prick for every man, woman and child his actions and inaction has caused pain, suffering and or death to, I believe he'd be feelin' the pain into his next life (or three). It's only fitting he be the first off my needles and the first under my needles *insert Dr Zibble laugh here*.