Telly the Tully

Hi, I'm Telly. I'm a Tully. Tullies are made of two pyramids and we have hands. The big difference between a Tully and a Mully is that Tullies like to swim in rivers and shallow waters of oceans and eat small fish, worms, snails and crustaceans. In contrast, as you know, Mullies like to live on the land, play in the grass, and eat insects, like dragonflies, bees, flies, or ants.

You might notice that my head and my body are connected with yarn. That's because of a very unfortunate accident.

I was swimming and diving for little fish in a swamp in Florida. Unfortunately, there was an alligator. It bit my head right off. Thankfully, the gator spit me out, and I was able to be sewn back up together.

Tullies are resilient. Tullies can take a beating, and we can always be fixed with yarn. Yarn can fix just about anything. Well, yarn and duct tape. Those two things can fix just about anything. Well, yarn and duct tape and thread and needle. That's helpful too. Oh, and glue. Don't forget about glue. Super glue.

My best friend is Melly. You can probably find her somewhere on this website.

Telly was made using experimental techniques, at least experimental at the time, exploring crocheted hair and different ways of connecting the head to the body. The result is a very unique doll, however I'm not sure how replicable Telly is.

Telly is made out of an old pair of khaki pants, a scrap of yellow fabric, some thread. The most notable fibers on Telly are the hair, which is from Spin Cycle Yarns. I cannot remember the name of the colorway. I'll have to go look that up...Okay, it's called Stay Ready. That's the name of the colorway of the yarn for the hair.