quilted bras

You have to see this to believe it. Go to www.quiltersofsc.org/artfullbras/artfullbras.htm This is so creative, cool and totally hilarious.....

Crocheter's Birthday

My Mom taught me to crochet -- I come from a family of crocheters. I still have a rug I crocheted from bulky rug yarn for my little Cocker Spaniel, Blackie. It is pink and blue squares. I was using a special technique to create the squares. I had never seen a crochet pattern at that time. The rug must be about 50+ years. I will take a foto of it and post it on this blog. The foto is of my Mom in Burlington, Iowa.

Today, Feb. 22, is Mom's birthday. She was named Martha after Martha Washington the wife of George whose birthday is Feb. 22. My swedish grandmother and her many sisters and relatives crocheted and knitted. My aunt Elsie, my Dad's sister, crocheted all the fine altar linens for St. Mary's church. I didn't pick up a crochet hook for about 35 years, but when I did my hands remembered the moves. I found someone to teach me how to read and a pattern and helped me advance beyond the single crochet I did as a child. After 4 lessons, my teacher said I didn't really need her anymore - I could read a pattern, and she told me that I just needed the confidence in crocheting which she gave me. I took off like a rocket after that, and haven't stopped.

Technology

The explosion of technology, computerized communication, has reached me, but alas, does not seem to have reached the crochet community which is a definite deficit. Pam from the NIC of CGOA is working to change that by suggesting a crochet chapter blog. Unfortunately I missed the Feb. meeting where she suggested it, but someone brought up using a WIKI instead. Either would be great, and would be a step towards joining the tech society to promote crochet.

One example of using tech crochet is what happened when I subscribed to Google Reader. I told the Reader to search for the word CROCHET -- I was blown away at the results -- tons and tons of blogs, published articles, website, news items appeared. I chose several to subscribe to so I receive news from these whenever I pull up my Google Reader. It is a gold mind find. There was a crocheted, life-size gas station, complete with the pumps. In another article, the government is after someone who is crocheting covers for trees, light posts, stop signs, posts, etc. They want him/her to stop decorating their town with crochet. Imagine having the law after you for crocheting! Fun.It's titled Anonymous Crocheter hits Parkersburg. Really great stuff. Someone is promoting crocheted Dahlias. They are about 5 feet talk, basically round but resembling a candy corn shaped human being. He's wants all crocheters to join in and populate the world with these Dahlias. There is a crocheted car - yes I said CAR on the Web. I think the CAR should visit the gas station don't you? Somewhere there is a giant water tower covered with a giant crocheted cover on it. Crochet is comforting - I guess even for a lonely water tower! Maybe we could put together a crocheted town - the gas station, near the water tower and the car parked at the gas station!!! My imagine is getting the best of me. There is an article about Crocheting Combined with Dance, reported in The Weekly Volcano out of Tacoma.The Crochet World has Exploded. In order to promote it we need to know about it - and hi tech is the way to go.

I have a WIKI created for a group of 7 of us who went Mallinckrodt in Wilmette together, way back when. Using the WIKI is so easy This WIKI is not open to the public, but by invitation only. It's just for us girls to share memories, fun, photos and keep updated on each other's lifestyles. I may open it up to the public eventually because I am looking for the rest of us in our group, and perhaps they might find us on the web, but right now it is a nice little cliche or soon will be- I just started the WIKI and am still designing it, so I haven't invited the rest of the group yet. It is called SEVEN S'ters.

There is even a sorta contest for the ten best Crochet Sites, and the ten most subscribed to sites. NIC could be one of those. To learn more about using the worldwideweb read a book called BLOGS, WIKIS, PODCASTS by Will Richardson. OHHH speaking of podcasts, there are some of those on the net, too. I haven't found a lot of them, but boy oh boy what a great way to showcase crochet. We could video one of the NIC meetings or teaching part and make a podcasts out of it. Podcasts are mostly just audio, but I like the VIDEO ones better. I'm doing my part to promote crochet on the net. It's the way to go. Crochet is alive and well.

Sweater

In the April, 2009 issue of Crochet World on page 24 there is a pattern for a top labeled Forsythia by Bendy Carter. It is beautifully simple. I am going to crochet it for myself. I seldom make clothes for myself, mainly because I need the super-size, and crochet patterns don't come in super-size. This one at least goes up to a 46. I will figure out the dimensions to fit me, and then write out a super-size pattern for me.