September 18 is Worldwide Spin in Public Day 2010

For more info on this event, visit my Spinning blog at http://spinninginthesunknittingunderthestars.blogspot.com

Moving....

I've decided that two of my blogs are essentially saying the same things...or at least they are very similar.
Sooo...I have moved all the entries in this blog to my Spinning in the Sun, Knitting under the Stars blog.

This will be easier for me and will, hopefully, make me put up more entries.
I have soooo many finished and in progress items that I need to put up.

Hope to see you at the new...well sorta new blog!!

La

Giving Spinning a Spin!

Because I don't have enough stuff going on in my life (eyeroll) I've decided to give spinning a try.

Handspinning with a drop spindle. I figure it will be fun and it's portable.

Okay, and I plan to use it in my storytelling. I've found numerous stories....well I had to look really hard for them...that mention spinning or weaving and even a few that mention knitting.

A folk or fairy tale that mentions crocheting is unheard of.

But if anyone knows of one PLEASE let me know! I would love to cover a variety of crafts using yarn and or thread.

Well, I'm off to the yarn store!
Tootles!!

The Last Knit

Yeah, yeah! I know this is about about crocheting, this being the blog, but Hey! I do a lot of stuff.
So I found this vid. It is too, too funny!


Oooo...a bonus vid!!! :P

Ravelry!!

SCRUMBLINGALONG

Okay, so I finally joined Ravely.com and folks are right.....this place can be completely addictive!!
So, I put up info on some of my project...more than I have here...and if I ever get the cam to work right I will put up pics.

I still have a few more projects to put up:
My crocheted dolls
My scrumble....which has progressed some
and some other random stuff.

Any BTW, I am on Ravelry as ScrumblingAlong.
Later I'll figure out how to put my name on that flashing thingy!

Check the side bar and you will see the progress I CLAIM to be making on some of my projects :P

Crochet, Math and the Environment

I love Tedtalks!!
And when I saw this one I had to share it....

About this talk
Margaret Wertheim (and her sister) leads a project to re-create the creatures of the coral reefs using a crochet technique invented by a mathematician -- celebrating the amazements of the reef, and deep-diving into the hyperbolic geometry underlying coral creation.

My First Scrumbling Pics

At last!!
Here are a few pics of my scrumbling.
Truthfully, I haven't worked on this piece in weeks. As I have mentioned before, I tend to get side tracked by other projects and sometimes just by life in general.
In this case it's both.....I started a new (arrrgh!) job a few weeks ago aaaaand I have been making crocheted dolls.
Well, to be precise I have crocheted quite a few of the basic doll shapes in lots of different yarns ( I have about 10 so far but haven't really put them together and given them personality, that will come a little later.).

Anyhoo, here are the pics.
The colors that I used are waaaaay brighter than they appear here. I used the computer camera. I really have to get a digital camera soon.
Also, please excuse the "shakiness" of the pictures.

I have noooo idea where this is going but I will make something out of this....really!!

I Need More YARN!!!!!

That's it.
That's all I have to say.
I'm desperate. This has become an addiction.
There are never enough colors or textures.
I may have to get a second job to support my habit.
Sigh.........


(MY YARN DREAMS)

Scrumble Warrior??

Just came across this pic while looking for.....something....I forget what 'cause I keep getting side tracked.

The dress, called Woman Warrior, was designed for Bjork by the Icelandic Love Coorporation.

The Icelandic Love Corporation is an all-female collaborative crew operating in performance, video, photography, and installation art.

Found on Esty!!

WOW! I was just foolin' around on Esty when I saw these tops.
They are fab!

They aren't called Scrumble but I think they are an execellent example of Scrumbling.
Check them out!!




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