A course in troll sockpuppets/Interview with a female troll
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In response to criticisms that this course is male dominated, we located a female troll who agreed to be interviewed. Following is a transcript of the chat.
- Durova: Hi, thanks for coming.
- Krystal: Thank you so much for inviting me. It's wonderful to be here.
- Durova: So female trolls do exist?
- Krystal: Oh yes. I'll send you my picture.
- Durova: And you're typical?
- Krystal: Well, I'm female.
- Durova: You don't look like a troll in this picture.
- Krystal: That's because I'm wearing my new Wonderbra. Do you think it fits?
- Durova: Very...flattering...
- Krystal: I'm lonely. Are you lonely too?
- Durova: But I'm female.
- Krystal: Oh that's great! I prefer girls.
- Durova: This is just an interview. So how do you troll?
- Krystal: No, I'm not a troll at all.
- Durova: But you are a sockpuppet?
- Krystal: This is my main account. I posed for a nude photo shoot last week and can't figure out which are the best pictures. Would you help choose?
- Durova: So if you're not a troll and you're not a sockpuppet, why did you agree to this interview?
- Krystal: I need someone to talk to. Would you send me your picture?
- Durova: Let's keep this on a professional level.
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- Troll: Hahahahahaha! You sick loser. Hey, those pics I sent you had a virus. My own creation. You'll never get rid of it.
Instructor's note: it remains to be seen whether any actual female trolls exist.
Instructions
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1. The basis for the female troll is a child's peach colored sock. Add a moderate amount of pillow filling to get a sense for the shape of the troll's head. Use that to size yarn for long blonde hair.
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2. The female troll fits over the male troll's hand: one sockpuppet operates another. So fit the child's sock over the troll arm and adjust pillow stuffing to give the sock a basic puppet shape.
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3. Cut ends of the hair and stitch into place with matching thread. To reinforce and prevent slippage, secure hair to scalp with a thin line of glue adjacent to the stitching.
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4. Take a contrasting color sock the same size as the puppet sock and cut at the base of the ribbing. If desired, hem the cut end with elastic.
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5. Fit the 'sweater' over the puppet, adding pillow stuffing for cleavage.
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6. Create a pink female symbol and bend to puppet chest contours. Sew into place.
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7. Sew buttons for eyes. Glue googly eyes over buttons.
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8. Create a necklace of gold tone embroidery floss and size G glass beads. Three beads were used for this puppet, knotted to keep them at the front of the puppet. Attach a clasp if the puppet will be reused often.
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9. Round off the head by folding down and stitching corners to head countour at back.
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10. Cut pink felt to create lips. The lower lip on this puppet was glued into place. The upper lip was sewn.