(re-post from Dec 16 2008)

Out of the blue came the thought "I wonder what it would be like to knit soup."  Having a cold may have had something to do with it.  The bowl part was not difficult except to come up with a cord that would represent porcelain and be solid enough;  I found some white gimp in my stash and crocheted a bowl shape.

Here is what the bowl looks like.

The challenge was to create something from fibre that would suggest soup – or stew.   A thin cotton (I assume that is what it is;  found it in my stash on a cone with no identification) got knit into a square and put in bottom of bowl;  the same cotton was then randomly crocheted into a looser mass and I plan to do more of this.  It is a work in progress.

Peas and carrots are in soups;  so far – one pea and one carrot slice.  I had thought to do them in extreme embroidery on the knit cotton square and may still attempt this;  I also like the idea of vegetables in the midst of the bubbling fibre.

The spoon:  it sort of happened.  I've not done much work with wire but could not think of what else to make a spoon from still using fibre and I had some silver wire…..   The 20 gauge was too stiff and I made 'something' with it – just not sure yet what that 'something' is. 
Using 24 gauge and a metal crochet hook and thinking about a spoon – my hands took over and after awhile I had this – spoon.  It was a strangely satisfying process as it usually is when something 'sort of happens'.