todd paschall

mair and i just stumbled onto this dude and the photos he renders in crochet!

todd paschall's site

take a look and see if your mind doesn't start flowing with ideas.
if you could get as much image control as a cross stitcher, what would YOU render?
hmmmmmmm!

the nautilus challenge

there is a nautilus knitting pattern out there, but since i am not really much of a knitter as much as crochet ninja and since i am determined to become fluent in crochet, i am working out my own pattern.  this is my third try.   

the approach i am using this time was to use the fibonacci numeral sequence that i was introduced to during a challenge at the HPKCHC on the very first row, then to just enlarge very gently from there, turning at the top--one stitch in each stitch. (i am farther along than this scan shows.) after i make aobut 8 rows of single crochet, i will proceed back down the other side the the original chain, reversing the fibonacci in decreases.  if it works out, i will go on to add tentacles and friendly little eyes!

cross your tentacles for my success!

Sign Ups Are Open!

sign ups are open over at Ravelry.com for the Harry Potter Knit/Crochet House Cup!

mair and i are in.

are YOU? :D

slytherWIN!

at ravelry's harry potter knit/crochet house cup, the last day of term was august 31st and we SLYTHERINS nailed that house cup like it was a snake on the gaunt's front door! woot! i especially enjoy the natural team spirit that makes it easy for slytherins to pull together strategies for winning. a good example was the slytherin quidditch team gathering themselves together for a knit/crochet-along of scarves for potions class! boo on people who think we all just cheat! FIRST, we simply look to see if the rules suggest any good legal "work-arounds". so there!

secondly, i was so excited to find i was nominated for a prize for july for "zeh kee! she flies!" i don't think i had a chance to win, but i did garner 50 "loves".

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zeh kee!

The July Potions Class Assignment for HPKCHC:
"A small project (no larger than your fist) that is golden, metallic or sparkly
A coin purse, gold socks (rolled up), fingerless gloves with sparkly cuffs, etc."

a snitch was toooooo obvious, so i did a nice flying key!

switching yarns saved my sanity. this is Vanna Glamour Yarn in Topaz and Diamond. i am using a blue version right now for another project. i wish you could really see the sparkle, but alas, it is not very photogenic.

cool (abandoned) blog

a dead blog, but an awesome collection of textile art.
wool and tea

my metallic yarn project

i hate the yarn i picked. hate, hate, hate it. i brought it to the theater for HBP, thinking i would crochet waiting for the midnight showing, but i pulled the project out and the whole damn thing was knotted beyond belief. that was not the first time i had to spend long useless amounts of time trying to control this yarn. so, i tried another today. absolutely horrid. far worse than the first. now i am switching to vanna's glamour yarn which is really just cream shot with gold. it does not look golden enough to work for my project.

the frustrations i have had with this project have made me nearly abandon it. hiss.

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the other project i am working on is a little doll made of that crazy eyelash yarn that was all the rage a few years ago. i had the body sorted after 2 tries, and whipped up little arms and legs, but putting them on made me realize i needed to do things in a different order. alas. i must redo it. more hiss.

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oh, and i FINALLY got a call about my superwash cascade yarn for my snakey scale scarf. WTF? it took 2 months to show up. i still haven't picked it up, however.

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