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Born of Yarn Lust

02 Wednesday Jan 2013

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Most of my crocheting has been fairly simple work, that doesn’t require fine yarn — the thread I use for the doilies, and the yarn I’ve used for afghans, etc., has all been readily available at the box stores (Jo-Ann’s, Michael’s, etc.). But as I’ve gotten into Ravelry, I’ve been bitten by the fine yarn bug, and filled with a desire to work more with natural fibers besides cotton.

As luck would have it, Monday was the big annual sale at my local yarn shop. Cheers! I picked up two kinds of sock yarn (both superwash wool/nylon blends), and some wonderful bulky Peruvian highland wool. It will be quite a while, I’m sure, before I have any results to show you in the sock department, but the bulky wool worked up lickety-split into a wonderful Moebius cowl:

Moebius Cowl

Looks green, doesn’t it? And it is…until you look closely at the yarn, and see that it’s actually a blend of blue and yellow fibers. It gives a wonderful depth to the color.

It took me two tries to get the twist right, because I wasn’t paying close enough attention the first time around, but I’m very pleased with the final, successful, result — and I was particularly grateful for it this morning, when it was only 13F outside on the way to work. This is one TOASTY cowl! 🙂

If you’re interested in making one for yourself, here’s a link to the project page on Ravelry.

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The Great Doily Deluge of 2012

20 Thursday Dec 2012

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This is (some of) what’s been keeping my crochet hook busy over the past two months:

I decided that Christmas gifts for my office were all going to be handmade this year; it’s a good thing I started early! In addition to the doilies above, I crocheted (also in thread) a coaster for a friend in the building next door, and six cotton baskets/bowls for the guys at work (I filled the bowls with chocolates ;-)). It took about twenty minutes to go around distributing everything to folks’ desks after hours, which was fun.

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This one I made for my boss:

You’d think I’d be sick of making doilies by now, wouldn’t you? But, the bug continues — now I’m working on a lily of the valley pattern that’s quite pretty, for a friend out in the Twin Cities…

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Three more ABCs

06 Saturday Oct 2012

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Three more ABCs; click a thumbnail for full-size image:




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Four ABCs

06 Saturday Oct 2012

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A set of four ABCs. Click any image for the larger version:


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ABCs – more Eclectica

21 Friday Sep 2012

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Another eclectic trio. Click a thumbnail for the larger image:



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ABCs – Stories

21 Friday Sep 2012

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Stories of the past and present. Click an image for the larger version:




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ABCs

20 Thursday Sep 2012

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Another trio of cards. Click a thumbnail for the larger image:




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ABCs – a bit of melancholy

18 Tuesday Sep 2012

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A trio of slightly melancholy cards. Click a thumbnail for the larger image.



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ABC – “out of joynt”

18 Tuesday Sep 2012

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There’s just something wrong about a child wearing a gas mask. (Click image for larger version.)



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ABCs – Colors

13 Thursday Sep 2012

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Layered tissue paper creates a spectrum of colors. Click a thumbnail for larger image:



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