OMGWTFFROG

my current project was half done, when i happened to view the piece from an distance and catch that i made a huge mistake 10 inches ago. it is a subtle crochet texture, so i didn't catch it right away...but there it was: one stitch off. i knew i couldn't live with it, but man, it is so hard to bring oneself to undo all that TIME invested. i discussed it with some knitters at work and decided to start a whole new one first, and then when i felt happy with that one, i could more easily frog the other and feel clean and righteous!

so far, it looks perfect!
go, clean-righteous snakey, go!



*i promise i will post a pic when it is done. :)

more linkypoos

the queen of all things "scrumble" was the late slyvia cosh and i happened to stumble on a set of freeform crochet workshop pages that her fellow artists have shared.

links to pdf files here.


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here is a link to crochet by numbers where crochet artist todd paschall shares his pdf training tools to help grasp to his photo-crochet technique. there is also a ravelry group devoted to todd's technique!

scrumbdillicious

we are off! classes are posted. i am reading through and trying to choose how best to use my time.

last night, mair and i went on a yarn-pr0n spree over at etsy. i was able to walk away without a purchase, but it was hard! today, i spent the last hour tweaking my ravelry pages so i only see what i want to see. then, i loaded RSS feeds from slytherin to my igoogle reader. THEN, i researched freeform crochet AKA scrumbling:



it so beautiful! it looks like undersea corals--so organic and magical! i just want to try everything!

*obviously suffering from an acute case of autumn woolmania*

whoa! just when i think crochet is fun, but ugly.....

look at this aussie chick's amazing blanket of crocheted HP portraits!



here is totallee's blog with all the finished portraits.
lookee! A SNAPE PATTERN!

sign ups over at the HPKCHC are open!

the term begins september 1!
anyone thinking of joining?

link to the group


edited to add:
signups are closed, but we are IN! slytherin FTW!

envisioning tiny stitches!

i picked up my new pair of prescription reading glasses at costco today. (i did not like the transitional bifocal lenses. i had them remade into single vision lenses.)


now i have no excuses left when it comes to crocheting that jewelry project i was dreaming of a while ago!

It's 100 degrees outside...but autumn must be in the air

I spent 20 minutes fingering yarn yesterday, then went home and watched YouTube videos on how to knit.


uh-oh!

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