Friday, February 27, 2009

'Pink' Nosegay by Mayumi Sato


- central motif finished; cut and rejoined thread to start outer octagon shape.

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Mountain Laurel, finished


- 13 1/2" unblocked
- size 30 Cebelia thread
- size 11 & 1.25mm hooks



Thursday, February 19, 2009

Snowy White


from Crochet Fantasy 173, Feb 2004;

made 2 cuts between sections that are worked back and forth in rows; avoided further cuts by working Rows 21-24 with Row 25 without cutting thread between sections.

Rnd 29: omitted ch3 loops between scallops, 96 sts total

added a Rnd 30: eased in puckers and added picots

Monday, February 16, 2009

Lula M. Harvey, thistle motif


- in Priscilla Irish Crochet Book No. 1, 1912, Boston MA, found on the Antique Pattern Library website

Fig 98-99

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Snowy White by Josie Rabier, WIP


from Crochet Fantasy 173, Feb 2004
- ran out of thread; up to Rnd 14 of 29; almost 7" across, sb closer to 9" diameter, far short of a 21" finished size

Sunday, February 08, 2009

Monday, February 02, 2009