TRAU’S PLUSHIE BLOG

I’m Trau, and these are all my stuffed critters. I have loved plushies for all two-and-some decades of my existence and I don’t plan on stopping anytime soon. Main blog is @traumagician.

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[bisonwares]

Showing off the Arapaima I made! (Pattern also made by me)

This was the test of the new pattern and I love her. 🎏💕

[egonkula]

This is explaining so many things for me right now

[lynnzkinz]

This question has probably been asked so many times on kinzblr but I'm really curious. They say every Pokemon is someone's favorite Pokemon, but what is everyone's favorite Webkinz?

[traucritters]

Lil ‘kinz hummingbird :D

[artifacts-and-arthropods]

2,300-Year-Old Plush Bird from the Altai Mountains of Siberia, c.400-300 BCE: this figure was crafted with a felt body and reindeer-fur stuffing, all of which remains intact

This plush bird was sealed in the frozen barrows of Pazyryk, Siberia, for more than two millennia. It's remarkably well-preserved, thanks to the unique conditions in which it was buried; the permafrost ice lense formation that runs beneath the site served as an insulating layer, preventing the soil from heating during the summer and allowing it to quickly freeze during the winter, which helped to produce a separate microclimate within the stone walls of the barrows, aiding in the preservation of the artifacts inside.

This is just one of the many well-preserved artifacts that have been found at Pazyryk, and it's attributed to the Scythian/Altaic cultures.

Sources & More Info:

The Hermitage Museum: Swan

University of Washington: Artifacts from Southern Siberia/Pazyryk

CRAFTARCH: Natural Felt as a Sculptural Textile

Felting and Fiber Studio: The Pazyryk Tomb and the History of Felt

[kieraoonadiy]

I'm currently working on a video on how this bird is assembled and a pattern, as best as I can manage. It will take me time, and I ask for people to be patient with me. I will post the pattern up for free on my Ko-Fi as soon as its available

[kieraoonadiy]

As promised, video and pattern!

The pattern link is below, the pattern is free to download. If you do, I just ask that you please credit me for the original pattern

Swan pattern - Based on 2400 year old toy - Kiera-Oona's Ko-fi Shop

This swan plush pattern is based on a 2400 year old stuffed swan found in Siberia. Please note that this pattern is "as is" , and is in t

[tj-crochets]

The very first part of my patchwork whale shark begins to take shape! Featuring the non-patchwork version of this whale shark pattern I made a while back (I mean, I made using the same pattern I’ll be using, I didn’t write this pattern)

[tj-crochets]

Seven rows sewn, two more laid out, and then I think I might need to add 2-4 more blocks in one final row for the tip of the tail fins? Once that’s done though, I can do the last round of ironing, get this patchwork on some batting and quilt it so that I can get sewing the whale shark!

[saltioat]

I bought this distinguished vintage gentleman and gave him a wash, a necklace and an adventure! <3

[daily-steiff]

Hasso German Shepherd puppy

[daily-steiff]

A slightly different post this time, here is part of a little information booklet that came with one of my older Steiff bears:

"adults who have retained the wonderful gift of being a child"

So the next time someone acts like it's strange for an adult to love stuffed animals, you can tell them "Margarete Steiff says it's okay!"

[pardalote]

Time for some felt robot spam.

Beep boop.

[plushav]

Unbekannt Locust Plush

[packratshiloh]

[swinecity]

euro souvenirs wild boar

[aptericia]

stuff aminals. you agree

[charlikesalmon]

uhh webkinz are y’all hiring? 🥹

[bluedotjpeg]

The Desolation of Scorch

[traucritters]

Lazy morning with a gremlin and a matcha latte