Hey you...
I found a pattern on etsy for the most fabulous little crochet clutch you can possibly imagine. (will share those details ...once I'm plugged back in next week)
This necessitated a return to Joyce's after school on Friday.
How nice it was to eat, crochet, and yack about arty matters. Joyce has a rich personal history with Los Angeles...including her 5th birthday party at the BILTMORE downtown with Carmen Miranda in attendance. Really.
not everyone gets a crochet guru like mine. And you better believe I appreciate my good fortune!
Which is why. I decided not to steal her silver. And take it home to sketch.
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Hah, you crocheting and me knitting puffs. At times it's all what the world needs, two people doing the same thing with the same material in a same state of peace. Taking home the silver to sketch turned out to be a fab idea... So you are still inbetween providers? Sjeesh... Almost sounds like England!
Posted by: photocatseyes | Sunday, March 25, 2012 at 02:58 AM
Well then, just have a blast today, you, your yarn. How wonderful you have someone to help you along whilst crocheting. I tried my hands many moons ago and decided yarn and I were not meant to be together, I loved to do it; so relaxing, but I had no sense when it came to keeping the tension nice and even so my few crocheted throws never turned out square but rather more like blob shaped creatures. I probably would have done a whole lot better had I had my own personal guru to help keep the process in check and me on track. Have a sweet, sweet day Mary Ann.
Posted by: Susie LaFond | Sunday, March 25, 2012 at 09:39 AM
I am so jealous. I want a crochet guru.
Love that silver.
Posted by: Paula S In New Mexico | Sunday, March 25, 2012 at 10:59 AM
Glad you are progressing on the crochet front. Some of that silver looks like the pattern my mom had when I was growing up. Good memories.
Posted by: Beth in NE PA | Sunday, March 25, 2012 at 11:49 AM
Sounds like you've made a lovely friend. That silverware is amazing! I want to do a texture rubbing of them!
Good luck on the crochet projects. Looking lovely!
Posted by: Briana | Sunday, March 25, 2012 at 01:58 PM
Bliss~!
Posted by: Tina Myers | Sunday, March 25, 2012 at 05:10 PM
That silver is beautiful though, it must have been quite difficult to maintain such restraint! Thank God for cameras. And friends. Glad to see the crochet is coming along; you're already making granny squares! I have yet to master this honestly.
Posted by: Jane Bumar | Sunday, March 25, 2012 at 05:13 PM
My Grandma was my crochet guru. She is gone now, but what she taught me will always make me think of her. I still have some of her craft supplies--it's called 'vintage' now! have fun with those double crochet stitches, and all that stuff. Learning to read the directions is a feat in itself!
Posted by: Dianne | Sunday, March 25, 2012 at 09:55 PM
Well, you crocheted and I knitted with my friends. We make a Sunday outing every week to Barnes & Noble, but first we have lunch at the Chinese cafe in the same strip mall. We sit in the Starbucks coffee shop inside B&N and knit away, laugh, gab, people watch...great place. Glad you have a guru to help you. I have one of those myself, she also knits, spins, weaves, beads...a woman of many talents. Priceless.
Posted by: Joan | Sunday, March 25, 2012 at 10:51 PM
I forgot to aak: are you on Ravelry? Free membership, loads of free patterns for both knit and crochet...check it out. They have all kinds of forums for any subject, videos/help links, fabulous site. Just passed their 2 millionth member milestone. It's a whole new world.
Posted by: Joan | Sunday, March 25, 2012 at 10:55 PM
How fun to learn a craft while soaking up stories. I'm awarding you the Versatile Blogger award for inspiring us to keep pursuing new ideas. http://theteacupincident.typepad.com/the-teacup-incident/2012/03/the-versatile-blogger-award.html
Posted by: Sharon | the teacup incident | Monday, March 26, 2012 at 12:38 PM
Would love to hear her tale, but it is most fascinating.
Posted by: Domenico | Monday, March 26, 2012 at 06:40 PM
OMG! All except for the one with the triangular base (I have no idea what that one is), the rest was my mother's silver pattern: Kirk Repousee! I grew up eating with that silver, and what memories that brings back!
I'm so happy that you're having fun with crochet! I do wish I'd learned to knit, but I LOVE to crochet! If you decide you're interested in freeform and scumbling, then you might want to join this group, International Freeform Crochet http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FFCrochet/ Lots of wonderful artistic crochet forms and talented crocheters of all levels of expertise!
Posted by: Barbara Hagerty | Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at 05:05 PM