A course in troll sockpuppets

Introduction
Trolls are creatures of myth and also real denizens of the Internet. Here the two concepts meet in a series of puppet designs.

Requisite skills:
 * Good hand sewing
 * Basic wireworking
 * Basic fabric painting
 * Soft sculpture

Recommended skills:
 * Basic crochet
 * Tambour embroidery
 * Buttonhole stitch embroidery
 * Latch hook rugmaking
 * Polymer clay sculpture

Substitution suggestions are provided for instructions that use recommended skills.

Part 1: Introduction to trolling
Instructions for creating a troll sockpuppet.
 * 1) Basic trolling
 * 2) Feeding a troll

Part 2: How to build an army of sockpuppet trolls
Wardrobe and accessory designs for a rogues' gallery of sockpuppet trolls.
 * 1) Sgt. Troll
 * 2) Insecure troll
 * 3) Hacker troll
 * 4) Conspiracy theorist troll
 * 5) Pseudointellectual troll
 * 6) Pseudoscience troll
 * 7) Fergus MacTroll
 * 8) Hamlet, Prince of Trollmark
 * 9) Interview with a female troll



Part 3: How to kid around with a troll and feed him to the sharks
A guide to creating a sockpuppet theater production of "The Three Billy Goats Gruff", supplementing the troll with three goats and a set design.
 * 1) The Three Billy Goats Gruff
 * 2) Billy the Kid
 * 3) Medium sized billy goat
 * 4) Great big billy goat
 * 5) Set design

Part 4: Advanced trolling
Design advice for inventing additional trolls, puppets, and sets.
 * 1) Advanced trolling