28
Nov
2009
The Big Paws 28/11/09 – “Watch Again”
Oh crikey:
29
Oct
2009
*LIVE* craft this week on The Big Paws
I’ll be attempting to make a sock monkey live on the radio this week, and you can make one too! Not only that, but your creation could star in the video for Brummie band Kate Goes‘s debut single, All We Wanna Do is OH.
They’ve made an instructional video and everything:
You will need:
- 2 x socks (they don’t have to be a matching pair, ankle socks are too short tho)
- scissors
- needle and thread
- buttons
- stuffing
- pencil
- an awake!
Who’s in?
Update
I’ve watched the video through a couple of times now and I recommend you do the same if you’re going to join in. I’ve scribbled down some reminder points for myself, so thought I’d share them:
Step 1 – Body and legs
- Take the first sock and flatten it out.
- Cut a line (through both sides of the sock) from the open ankle part down to the heel.
- Turn the sock inside out and cut a hole where the mouth will be.
- Sew up the legs.
- Turn the sock back the right way again by pulling it through the mouth hole.
- Stuff the sock monkey’s legs and body.
- Sew up the mouth hole.
Step 2 – Mouth, arms, tail, ears and eyes
- Take the second sock and cut out the heel to make the mouth.
- To make tail, cut a strip right down the whole length of the front of the sock from ankle to toe, sew it and stuff it (use a pencil to push stuffing to end of tail, small pieces at a time).
- Make the arms from the remaining material in the top half of the sock.
- Cut ears out of the remaining material.
- Sew body parts onto the monkey.
- Sew on buttons for eyes
Here’s the diagram from the video that shows which sock parts make which monkey parts:
Eh, voila (hopefully).
Don’t forget to send us photos of your work in progress and the finished article via twitter (@thebigpaws) or email (studio@rhubarbradio.com).
Then send your monkey off to Kate Goes to star in their video (address in the instructional video).
8
Aug
2009
The Big Paws 08/08/09 – Stuff we talked about
Tara Busch’s blog Analog Suicide (free MP3s every Monday) & twitter account @TaraBusch
Slade don’t really like football
Your World of Text – the odd multi-user text thing
Plinth stuff:
One & Other home page – still time to apply!
Jules’s One & Other Profile Page – watch the vid if you missed it live.
Blog post with transcript(!), pics, video and more of Jules’s Plinth hour.
Qik video taken live on the Plinth, get a Plinth-eye view:
Friend-of-the-show Jez Collins was also on the Plinth, watch his hour at oneandother.co.uk/participants/JezC
PlinthiPaul is on the Plinth on Tuesday 18th August at 12 noon and he wants your ideas and votes on experiments to carry out while he’s up there.
Other future Brummie Plinthers are @KatieSpragg and @okse (who was one of the finalists from the recent Comedy Callback competition covered by Rhubarb Radio).
If you are disappointed not to get a Plinth place, contact @brendadada as she has a secret plan for non-Plinthers up her sleeve #oneofothers.
Jules’s dad’s school photo (includes Paul McCartney and George Harrison) (large version)
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