skull past and present

back in daggers

2005-11-19T13:25:00.000+09:30

its been such a long time but because i've started university i haven't had any time for crochering.... well i've started again today, i went out and bought some 4 ply cotton and am hoping to make a bag out of it from a pattern i saw, i have to admit i love creating... but i always feel no matter how much practice i do.... what i complete is never good enough.

Am also very annoyed, all the wool/thread shops i go to have nothing on crocheting.... if they do its horrendous baby wear that i know children wouldn't be caught dead in. America and overseas have all these amazing funky magazines.... and does australia get them? NO! My goodness we are behind the times.... yes i would order them, but i have no money and any money i do get goes on my transport cost to uni

2005-07-18T16:33:00.000+09:30

i've completed the body and attached the head to it... heheheh i feel like a mad scientist... i just can't wait till i can scream 'ITs alive, its aliveeeee!' hahahh you get the point i will have more pics up soon when i can bug my mamma to let me use her digital camera.

monster madness

2005-07-17T16:11:00.000+09:30

well i really wanta cute animal so i decided to have a go at crocheting myself one i really want a rabbit or a cat... the picture isn't too clear *growl* and i used my mumma's digital camera but here is the head of the creature im creating.... i'm just annoyed that you can't see how awesome the colour of the wool is....

i did finish my mum's scarf but she tactifully pointed out that the wool is too scratchy... part of me is like well it is Real wool.... but that's ok i think she is going to give it back to me so maybe ill turn it into some form of bag

2005-07-16T14:34:00.000+09:30

well im more than halfway through doing the green scarf, i've decided i'm going to give it to my mother as she only has one scarf and i have three ;) so i'll even out the balance a bit. i was in st. vinnies the other day and picke up a small plastic bag filled with the pink 8ply classic acrylic wool there is about 110grams worth in there and its neon pink! and it said three dollars on the bag but brigit gave it to me for one buck! what a find :) so the question is what should i make with it?
any ideas or suggestions?

sorry about the blurryness and lack of brightness but i don't have a proper digital camera

2005-07-13T18:56:00.000+09:30

fuck hats! i just can't do them.... hehehe ive started on a green scarf! just what i need! i'm feline much happier now that i'm doing it yay for my greeness scarf! whoooot... here's what it looks like so far... ignore the open mesh trebles!!! i've ripped them out and gone back to the half treble pattern

will update soon :)

2005-07-12T15:08:00.000+09:30

ok well this is the beanie im trying to make... i started it about last month then threw it away in disgust because my hands and wrists were hurting ;) so now im being extra super careful... well trying too....

ill keep trying

2005-07-12T09:08:00.000+09:30

i haven't posted here for a while because i have been so sick... i'm still sick but i think my bext project might be a two tone scarf or as i call them airpilot scarf... i'm hopeing to do it in blues and greens.... its getting so cold here and i only have three scarfs and im not too happy with the colours: pink/ purple and a yellow one....
ill have to wait till i get better thoe so i can go wool shopping as i don't have any of the colours i like at the moment....

2005-06-23T12:21:00.000+09:30

last night when waiting at the trainstation i started teaching this girl how to crochet! she was knitting and quite engrossed in it... then this man commented about how winter always brings out the knitters... so i told him i was crocheting and the girl goes 'oh i don't know how to do that' so i showed her... its a pity her train came early because i would have let her have the hook and wool to practise with...

this morning i went and found an awesome wool shop and have ordered some books, walked out with a book and some cotton... so its nice to know that all my supplies are only a train ride away!

2005-06-21T08:54:00.000+09:30

i don't quite know what i want to crochet next.... i know i have my to do list down the bottom hahahha but fuck that! i want to do my own things.... ahwell i get paid on thursday so i am going wool shopping! and if ihave enought money i might pick up some knitting needles.... ah what i do want to make is a funky bag kinda like a gym bag so when i crash at some friends house i can shove all my shit into it cause my back pack isn't big enough.... also a long warm feminen coat would be good tooo...

maybe ill have a go at desining my own patterns

roll on thursday

2005-06-20T10:24:00.000+09:30

here's my skirt:

2005-06-17T10:00:00.000+09:30

hmmm hear i am, i get all these designs for clothes i want to crochet, which is good i just need to write them down and come back to them later... what i need to do is find a hummmmoungus yarn shop so i can go and find the right shades of colours that i want.... and boy do i know what i want ;)

i think im going to have my skirt done sooner then expected and will post photos up as soon as its done. Plus when i get my next pay packet i will be posting off some ROAK'S heheheh i can't wait... i love buying presents for people and posting them off! the only thing is i wish i could see the looks on there face when they open the parcel,

Ribbing

2005-06-13T17:33:00.000+09:30

i managed to get some black ribbon this morning... so i'm going to thread it through the skirt... can't wait... i will have photos up when i finish it. ;)

threading the loop

2005-06-12T15:19:00.000+09:30

what i have been doing is having quite alot of fun doing my skirt, i've been crocheting to System of a Down's new album ahahahahahah and cruising the internet for some funky patterns, i never realised how many people are 'doing' the art of crochet... i've been wanting to get some really cool patterns from Rowan or Vogue knitting but the magazines are expensive for me Vogue is like $15 a pop and i still haven't figured out how much Rowan is......

Open mesh

2005-06-11T18:26:00.000+09:30

I have started crocheting a red open mesh skirt... I found the pattern in my local sewing shop and snapped it up as modern, funky patterns are hard to find where I am. It took me three times to actually start the skirt because you have to crochet in rounds and I kept twisting the foundation chain, don't ask me how! I'm hoping to have it finished at the end of two weeks.