More circus members

This weekend the gang said to me that they deserved to be finished because they had scheduled a photo session in the back yard, first thing Monday morning. Here's the group posing together looking quite happy that they are done. They join the strongman at my work this afternoon.

The ringmaster looks quite dapper in his top hat and can. His tail coat is flapping in the breeze as he organizes all the members of his troupe.
The plate spinner is having a bit of trouble with the grass and lack of an assistant as the third plate is supposed to be balancing on his nose. I'll have to find some fine wire to give him some help.
The little clown looks great with his custom made pompoms and tiny litle cap. From this view you can see his tail that all of the mice have. I realized late, late last nite that I had forgotten to make and attach tails to the other members of the troupe. They were all quite easy to make and attach through all of the different outfits.

My favorite is the ladybug trainer. She is so lovely and kind looking and her ladybugs adore her. She has a golden ring for them to fly through. Her outfit has a bow on the back so she looks as good from the back as the front.

What a fun day with the circus mice. I looked and if the entire circus is to be knitted there is a few left to go. Two jugglers, two acrobats, magician (escape artist) and a bee trainer complete the set. They all look so adorable but that's 6 more mice to knit. I'm expecting the next issue of 'Simply Knitting' this week that I'm sure has something inticing to knit. So much knitting and so little time to fit it all in. But what fun it all is. The beach bunnies will come home today to make room for the circus. I'm planning on getting some foam to cover with circusy like fabric, some skewers or wires and then the circus can pose better. Right now they need some propping up to show off their full potential.