Supremely Empathetic, Much Mended Hand-sewn Velvet Dog handmade wooden toy boat and the there are eye

and the there are eye holes and two holes at the sides by which one could thread ribbon in order to wear it

Up close one can see (and feel

and while I'm not exactly sure what

I love the geometric black patterning against the shiny gold

Supremely Empathetic, Much Mended Hand-sewn Velvet Dog handmade wooden toy boat and the there are eyeNo possible way I could not rescue this guy from the Maine antiques shop I found him in definitely in need of immediate adoption! Clearly someone once loved him a lot, mending him again and again with several different colored threads, I have to think for a child who dragged him around everywhere and had separation anxiety when not in hand, as clearly he was sewn up with whatever thread was near at hand! The jowls, flopping down at either side of his