by hand.
RUG. right on.
It all started one day while I was crocheting a beanie. You create a tiny ring then continue around and around adding stitches to form a circle eventually tapering it down to form the tube like shape. Any who. On that certain day awhile ago, well, I just didn’t feel like tapering down, I was very happy circling around and around adding stitches. Working on the floor (as I usually do) I received a call from the other room inviting me to play some Doctor Mario, my obvious answer was yes and I placed my piece on the ground and left. Upon my return, with thumbs sore and eyes slightly glazed from the several intense games, I stumbled into my room and noticed a soft, comforting feeling on my bare feet. “What is this? A rug?” There it was, my little crochet circle had found it’s calling in life, to caress the feet of friends. Let me present a few I’ve created with you.
bread basket
My dear friend ilah, a wonderful artist in all she does has begun baking bread, which we like to call “Life Bread”. She asked if I would create a basket to hand out her edible sculptures. The vision came to me one night as I was apparently channeling the preschooler within. I shredded cardboard boxes (like cereal boxes) hole punched the tips, then weaved and fastened with yarn by crochet on top. To finish the deal I line the inside of the box with a sheet of wax paper. Each box comes out differently as I use the materials around me. Reuse and reduce!
beautiful Life Bread.
be seated : bike seat cover
As a lover of cycling and all thing bike related i felt that my standard black seat did not satisfy my derrière. The pattern was made by placing tracing paper over my existing seat, cutting out a top and side panel, then sewing together on my sewing machine, adding a little elastic piping around the bottom and (fingers crossed) slipping it over the seat. And it fit, glory be.
get in the kitchen : apron project
During my growing interest for cooking, I have discovered my love of aprons. Cute, feminine, and most of all useful! Motivated by my friend Amber, I made 3 aprons as gifts this Christmas. Each apron was unique, created without a pattern on a sewing machine. Pockets have been sewed into the aprons using dish clothes, so you can wipe your hands before reaching in and grabbing your cell phone. ring, ring, yes please.
Jessica models her apron while balancing a rooster on her head. marvelous.
