Finished! The shawl inspired by the old churchyard in Stirling is done. No posh yarn in this one but lots of surface work. Ended up more cosplay than everyday! Thinking abstract gravestones, lichen, dying leaves, rowan berries, hips, bindweed, spiders' webs and snail shells. One for next Halloween! As ever, no pattern.
Seems a good time to reshow my Halloween jumper from last year - the first freeform item of clothing I'd made in my first year of crocheting. All sorts of yarn in there mostly bought from The Woolly Monkey in Mevagissey, Cornwall. No patterns - I winged it! Going to wear it for a hospital visit tomorrow.
My Halloween freeform crochet project is finished - calling it 'Collision Course', inspired by colliding galaxies. Always a big eye, of course! No pattern, all out of my own twisted mind. Short sleeveless dress with a 5ft wrap. Scrumbles joined with chains, Irish lace-style.
Hello again all! My old instance is closing, which is a real shame, so I've gone for the big one... join me for #gardening #plants #books #crochet #freeformcrochet #journalism #fibreart #alternative stuff #music #mythology and general spooky stuff. I'm a Geordie of Scots ancestry still happily ensconced in NE England.
@I_am_a_plant Some new variations on mostly circles and spirals - I think the unintentional inspiration is Beetlejuice!
Finished the sea-themed freeform crochet jacket! Grim message: dying sun choked by forest fires, tsunamis and maelstroms, stormy smoky skies. Only light bits are crystal beads on the star and lightning and the handmade buttons from Magpie's Eye on Etsy. Most yarn from UK indies, especially Yarntings, Yarn Unique and Bow Fiddle Yarns.
Finally finished... the Georgia O'Keeffe/organs jacket. Mostly merino/nylon from independent dyers. Spot the eyes, lungs, brain and hearts. The Georgia O'Keeffe references include the goat skull/flower, Jack-in-the-Pulpit, grey charcoal spirals and abstract flower close-ups (that's what I'm calling them).
My favourite part of #freeformcrochet - starting scrumbles with no idea where they are going. All wool is 4-ply in Superwash Merino/nylon from UK independents. The fab red is Furnace by @mothyandthesquid The jacket top is in heavier weight #wool - the bottom has lacier shapes in lighter #yarn. These #scrumbles are pinned to foam/wood blocking boards and wetted. This makes them lie flat for a better finish. Then adding surface work begins!
Finally, my best #Yarnuary tip. If you're lucky enough to be bought an adjustable tailor's dummy for Christmas, make sure you take your measurements like I did, early on Boxing Day. You may be horrified at the time but now I feel smug knocking off a few centimetres without suffering too much dieting hell.
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Arm in progress on the Georgia O'Keeffe/body parts jacket. All the ammonite shapes need embellishment, just roughly laid out. Pair of lungs and an eye in there too! Mostly hand-dyed DK and 4-ply from independent UK suppliers.
Progress report on new #freeformcrochet project. Top of the back and both arms shown, in double knit hand-dyed merino, also chunky recycled plastic bottles and a bit of metallic/Angora. Inspiration... Georgia O'Keeffe, body parts in a grey/red palette. The rest of the yarn is a lighter 4-ply. I needed a heavier yarn for everything to hang from. Much more surface work to do on the joined scrumbles.
Snuggled-up Saturday... snow outside, warm cat in a fleece on my knee, working on new crochet project, listening to @BBC6MusicBot
Exactly a year after learning to crochet, my first major freeform piece - a Halloween jumper! Freeform has no pattern, fabric is made up of small random or figurative 'scrumbles' and joining them together. About £90 of yarn in it - wool, premium acrylic/cotton, recycled sari silk, chenille, felt bobbles and beads. I'm fascinated by eyes. My OH says it's 'the product of a disturbed mind'.
