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  2. Käthe Kruse - Wikipedia

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    Käthe Kruse, born Katharina Simon (17 September 1883, in Dambrau – 19 July 1968, in Murnau am Staffelsee) was a notable pioneer of German doll-making and went on to establish manufacturing principles which persist to this day. [1] Her original dolls remain very collectible due to their realism and durability, and fetch high prices from ...

  3. Textile manufacturing by pre-industrial methods - Wikipedia

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    A skein is a coil of yarn twisted into a loose knot. Yarn is skeined using a niddy noddy or other type of skein -winder. Yarn is rarely balled directly after spinning, it will be stored in skein form, and transferred to a ball only if needed. Knitting from a skein, is difficult as the yarn forms knots, in this case it is best to ball.

  4. Octopus 2: River of Fear - Wikipedia

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    The police have no clues nor suspects until Nick and his partner realize the killer is a giant octopus. Nick confronts the octopus and wrestles it as it try to eat another victim. Nick fails and the victim is eaten. Spedders heads back to the harbor to kill the octopus. Initially, he thinks he blows up the octopus.

  5. Sharktopus - Wikipedia

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    A similarly themed movie, Piranhaconda, was released in 2012. Two official sequels were made: Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda, which was released on August 2, 2014, and Sharktopus vs. Whalewolf, [7] which premiered on July 19, 2015, during Sharknado Week on the SyFy Channel. [8]

  6. Cephalopods in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    The NROL-39 mission patch, depicting the National Reconnaissance Office as an octopus with a long reach. Cephalopods, usually specifically octopuses, squids, nautiluses and cuttlefishes, are most commonly represented in popular culture in the Western world as creatures that spray ink and use their tentacles to persistently grasp at and hold onto objects or living creatures.

  7. Octodad - Wikipedia

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    A screenshot of the game, showing the main character. In Octodad, the player is in control of an octopus posing as a human man with a normal, human family.The gameplay largely revolves around the balance of keeping this charade alive while completing household chores, and evading his wife Scarlet's increasing suspicion of her husband's strange behavior.

  8. Uglydoll - Wikipedia

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    Uglydoll is a brand and series of plush toys created by Sun-Min Kim, based on an idea by Kim and her husband David Horvath.The Uglydoll line was launched on February 14, 2001, and was awarded the Specialty Toy of the Year award by the Toy Industry Association in 2006.

  9. Kure Kure Takora - Wikipedia

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    Kure Kure Takora (クレクレタコラ, translation: "Gimme Gimme Octopus") is a tokusatsu children's comedy show from Japan.Produced by Toho Company Ltd., the show ran for 260 episodes and aired on Fuji TV from October 1, 1973 to September 27, 1974.