Back to the Beginning of.... Crochet.

Most recently, after months of knitting and not finishing anything except a  lime green tea cozy, I got the urge to pick up crocheting again. The nice thing about crocheting is that hooks are inexpensive and, if you've already got yarn you're set to go. I found this cute little pamphlet from Coats and Clark called Contemporary Crochet and I was off. My first project was the Mediterranean Surf Doily. Quite an accomplishment for not crocheting in years. The thing that I find the most fulfilling is that previously I was never able to read patterns and was stuck making things like single or double crocheted scarves or the occasional hat. After checking a few books out from the library, I found that reading patterns really isn't that hard after all. If I could do it for knitting why not crochet?

And so, here is my first piece in warm teal. 

Note: this piece was challenging enough to complete and interesting enough to hold my attention. 

A Few of My Favorite Things

This is a mixed media "envelope" book that I made for my sister. I used a few phrases from Sherri Reynolds, A Gracious Plenty, as the inspiration for the book. (A fantastic book by the way). The book turned out so good that looking back, I wish I had sent it into one of the Somerset magazines. It took approximately three weeks of my creative energy to make and afterwords I stayed out of the craft room for awhile. 

The quote in the book goes:

"We choose are truths the way we choose our gods, single-sightedly, single-mindedly, no othe way to feel or see or think. We lock ourselves into our ways, and click all the truths to one. We put our truths together in pieces, but you use nails and I use glue. You mend with staples. I mend with screws. You stitch what I would bandage. Your truth may not look like mine, but that is not what matters. What matters is this, You can look at a scar and see hurt, or you can look at a scar and see healing. Try to understand."

A Pair of beaded earrings with Swarovski crystals.
A beaded "cha-cha" bracelet that uses a variety of sizes, shapes and colors to make a uniform appearance. 

A Craft-iary

Hello fellow crafters,

I decided to start this sight as a place to keep track of all the things I've created. Since I'm years behind on scrapbooking, I thought at least this way I'd get a few things exhibited and be able to track my progress, keep notes, converse with other craftstars and throw out a few helpful hints or whatnot. 

Please feel free to post comments, make suggestions or just get in touch. I'd love to make some e-craft friends.