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Toys for Timothy
Several years ago, when bobmage was reading about the Burgess Shale, I got a look at some of the line drawings of the critters and said "I could crochet that". Shortly after that, I did make small and large incomplete specimens. When Timothy was in the NICU, grabbing all the wires and tubes he could reach, I finally made a complete specimen: Sidneyia ( Read more... ) -
Overdue FOs
So, after the summer from hell - which ended in September when we brought our beautiful baby boy home from the hospital. (121 day NICU stay). I've finally had time to update Ravelry with my finished projects.
First: A hat and scarf made forbobmage . The hat was inspired by a discussion thread full of knitters who didn't believe the crocheters who ( Read more... ) -
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I finished enough of my newest project (ravelry link) to be sure that I don't have enough of the lavender lace yarn to finish it. (It was not a surprise, and no big hardship.) I have some lace-weight (14/1) linen in a beautiful royal blue, that would look great with the mint green, but probably still not enough for the sweater. After talking it ( Read more... ) -
Ocean Wave - personalized
When I first started to learn programming, I used crocheting and sweater design to give me ideas for my first "programs." It worked well as a learning tool, so I expanded into a more extensive Crochet Calculator, and finally into a very ambitious attempt to computerize crochet patterns. It was only about a year before I was able to print a pattern ( Read more... ) -
Q Neck?
So, last night....
Me: What should I do for the neck of my new sweater?
Husband: Make a Q neck! (smart alec!)
Me: There's no such thing... wait, if you added a scarfy thing to a collar, it would be like a Q. Ok, I'll do that; thanks!
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Inflatable Doll
So, I wasn't very happy with my last batch of picture taking - the sweaters were fitted, and even the padded, shapable, armlength hanger didn't do them justice. I thought - I wish I could get a custom-sized, inflatable mannequin. After a little time on google, I didn't find anything customizable, but I did find reasonably priced standard-sized ( Read more... ) -
Yarn Porn
Colinette yarn has on-line ordering now. That is SOOOO dangerous. The last time I looked, they only sold through retailers..... I got to drool over some when I worked at Patternworks, but I never bought any. (They also have some very icky yarn - wigwam, yuck.) They have some beautiful blues.... And banyan, jitterbug, and tao are all light weight ( Read more... ) -
new photos, old projects
I finally cobbled a photo-taking spot in the new hose so I could catch up with my finished projects. It worked well for the sweaters, but I think the blankets need work.
First, a blanket in Lion's Homespun hug (very cuddly), made in rings from the center out, using a wave stitich.
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Old Crochet projects
My old website with pictures of old projects - many of which are original designs - is at:
home.att.net/~yarntricia/
( My favorite picture on the main page: )
