Making stripes in the round is such a challenge. Whether it is a hat or armigurumi, you want your piece to look nice on all sides…not just the front. This used to make me totally curse because I am a perfectionist by nature and this just was not going to do.
From Planet June Blog
Some people get deer in their yards but in Canada we get this in our yards…….Moose ! Picture from our local radio station 107.9 The Breeze. from a local yard here in our town………..
Pattern Multiples are your friend !Recently in a crochet forum someone was asking a question about how to figure out pattern multiples. They wanted to take a bigger sized blanket and make it into a smaller sized one and was trying to figure out how to find the starting chain number.
While I was posting through that and explaining to her how to find the pattern multiple (which will tell you the starting chain amount), I thought it would make a good blog post….
Often in patterns you might see something like this… chain in a multiple of 6 +2. What is this and why do it? How in the world do they find this number?
Multi Color Single Hammock handwoven Natural Cotton by hamanica.
Now that is a work of art…textile style !
The colors….the craftsmanship…all crocheted by hand……….made in Nicaragua. When I saw this…the words of the Who song “Magic Bus” were flying in my head….”I want it, I want it, I want it , I want it….” oh yeah the next part too..”you can’t have it…” lol
Actually they are only charging USD $48.00 for it. If I only had the space and a place for it……………. I’d give them $48 in a second !
They have many other styles as well, all equally as beautiful.
Well, I guess that is enough salivating for one day…………..
From the Facebook page of Steetcolor Art. A knitting extravaganza in the UK. To quote the site:
“Yarnbombing teaches us to think really big – why not knit a house – a real house ? This house was knitted by Knitting Site for The London Architecture Biennale in June 2006. It was knitted on site with all recycled materials , plastic , garbage bags , rope. ”
Very cool !
Off The Hook 