Yip Yip Stockings, A Kitchen Kabaret Throwback, & The Labyrinth Chess Set You Must See!

I noticed several of my favorite things online lately have been Jim Henson related, so today we are embracing the theme.

Starting with these oh-so-fantastic Yip-Yip Christmas stockings by Carissa Browning:

And Carissa has the free crochet pattern on Ravelry!

Of course these don't have to be Christmas stockings; I bet they'd also be perfect for holding plastic bags in the kitchen, or umbrellas, or hair ties, or maybe even - gaspity gasp - cats??

John! I have a new pet bed idea!

If you visit that link on Ravelry you'll find lots of pictures from folks who've made these. Look at this fabulous rainbow row:

::flailing:: Y'all, the last (and only) time I tried crochet I set out to make a scarf and ended up with a bag, but these make me want to try again.

Also did you know the Yip Yips are actually saying "Yep"?

John and I are re-watching Brooklyn 99 right now and I'm getting some serious Jake Peralta energy here.

Yep yep yep, no doubt no doubt no doubt.

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Hang on, I have more!

Autumn Jesme shared some baby pics for her little Oskar and they are ADORABLE:

 D'awww, I love fandom themed baby pics. Head to Aumtumn's original post in Jim Henson's Creature Shop to see a few more of Oskar with all her Fraggle plushies, which is SO stinkin' cute.

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Here comes one of those fandom builds that makes your jaw drop:

It's a hand-sculpted Labyrinth chess set. The pawns on Sarah's side are piles of rocks!

 Jareth's side has a delightful assortment of goblins with Humongous as the Queen:

The sculptor of this masterpiece is Dugg Daynes, that's him on the left:

Look at the size of the board! And did you notice the little goblin in the floor with the arrow tile on their head?

Here's a couple close-ups of the pieces:

I think Didymus is my favorite.

These photos were shared by Matty Greg in Jim Henson's Labyrinth Fan Club, hit that link to see the rest. Then be sure to check out Dugg Dayne's posts to see more of his Labyrinth builds, which are all incredible.

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This one isn't Henson related, but definitely looks it:

(Shared on Weird Secondhand Finds)

I adore anthropomorphic furniture and dishware, so this set gives me all the grabby hands. Anyone know where it's from? I found a vase set that's vaguely similar on Amazon, but not nearly as cool.

Folks on Mica's post are saying these remind them of the tea set in Sword in the Stone or the dishes in Beauty and the Beast, but that sugar bowl made my mind go straight to the singing milk carton in Epcot's Kitchen Kabaret:

If you remember this, congratulations, you're old. But also cool. So it evens out. :p


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I'll leave you with the cutest video I've seen in ages, because I had no idea that baby seals could be THIS FLUFFY:

Also the way the seal keeps looking up at the trainer...!  MY HEART.


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 Wait, wait, one more: Sesame Street sells a Yip Yip Kaiju shirt, and you have to see:




Bahaha! And these colors, ooOOOOooooh. (Yep yep yep yep.) This also looks great on black or gray.

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I hope this brought some Muppety puppety goodness to your Tuesday. Now tell me, how are you hanging in? What's keeping you going this week? Are you decorating for Halloween yet? (She asked, carefully gauging if she can start posting spooky crafts. :p)