Creating an angle

I have been making another pineapple lace angle. The pattern can be purchased at Crochet Memories. The pattern is very well written (as all of her patterns are). My only suggestion is instead of trying to crochet into the chain stitch just crochet into the space, it's easier.

You can click on any image to get a large detailed view.

So here are the stages. 1st 2 photos of the pieces simply off the hook and having nothing done to them.



this is my drying station if you will. I cut a paperboard cone and taped it on top of my large Pyrex bowl. Then wrapped another cardboard box with a plastic bag (turned inside out) for the flat pieces. The 1st time I did this I didn't pay any attention to which side of the bag was out. The ink didn't bleed onto the project buy why take any chances.
I am short on pins so I soaked the wings in Elmer's glue all - all purpose glue (slightly diluted with water) and pinned the wings. I took my blow dryer and held it on the wings so it would dry faster and I could use the pins for the halo.

Here is the angle body drying. There is a white pipe cleaner thorugh the arms for shaping and to help hold the trimmings when she is done.


12-7

She is finished! I used the glue nearly full strength so she is very hard! But this is going to someone else so she has to be more durable. The rose is just slipped into the "hands" and tied with ribbon. The ribbon is tied and not glued. I figure this will allow the owner to change the look if they desire to. Or replace the rose/ribbons if they fade.

Progress on the curtain

It doesn't appear to have grown much but I did finish the 2nd full heart. I had to rip 4 rows because I skipped a bar and didn't find it till I was reproducing the heart pattern and in filet (especially the open mesh background), a missed bar is a blunt error and not easy to hide.

The panel is now about 8" long and, as you see, I have nearly used up the entire ball of thread.

I use a loop of yarn to help keep my thread (and yarn if I'm working with it) in position over my index finger. I tend to have a problem with it sliding off and prefer it to stay put between my knuckles.

About the snood

So the snood is finished! It was rather easy but I did have to rip it because the pattern confused me a bit. Pattern: Perky Snood

for starters to do a long trebble crochet you YO 3 times before inserting your hook into your work then you YO and draw through 2 loops on the hook 4 times.

This pattern is basically a octagon you can adjust the length by adding or subtracting repeats of row 9.

the increases and decreases are on both sides of each row. When it says "long tr in 1st tr" it means to do a long tr in the stitch that you just chained up from and this adds a mesh square at the start. The increase at the end is fairly clear. Here are some different angles of my finished snood.

for the trim I did it as DC, ch1, DC, ch1.... all the way around placing a DC in the same stitches as the long trebble crochet stitches are and 2 in each block. on the decrease triangle blocks I did one DC in each block space. I then made a foundation row SC (or chain less foundation) and laced it through the DC and used it for a tie. I made the chain less foundation long enough to be able to tie it into a bow. It can either be tied at the top or hidden underneath. Oh, and this design took nearly the whole ball of red thread and that includes making the tie.

This is a photo of just the body finished w/o any edging or the tie.

my snood

So I'm now making a snood. It's basically a hair net but it is a very old type dating back to the mid evil period. With all the candy making I do which is coming up this time of year and also Anja's band has a apple pie fundraiser where we (parents and students) get together and make hundreds of pies (400 last year) I wanted a crafty way to keep my hair back so a snood it is!

The pattern can be found here Perky Snood . The pattern calls for a long trebble crochet and what you do for that is yo 3 times before inserting your hook into your work and draw through 2 loops each time (total of 4 times per stitch).

The snowflake is done!

The snowflake is assembled and finished! I must say it is very pretty! in the stand it is 11" from base to tip. I'll have to update when the auction is over to post what it sold for. When I stiffened it I didn't dilute the glue hardly at all because this is going to someone else I wanted it to be as stiff as possible and it is very hard!

Drying the snowflake

These are the photos of my snowflake drying. i had to use a hair dryer to speed it up so I could use the pins for the last flake. The base is drying on some cup tops they used to have at my DH work. They are cone shaped and are for kids cups (he works at a bowling alley) but the top was a bit to skinny (strw hole sized) so I put a dime on top and stretched them over that. for stiffiner I used Elmer's ALL PURPOUS glue very slightly diluted with water.


stiffening thread crochet

snowflake tree topper

I've been doing this one pretty fast. I have 3 flakes done and am working on the base. This is for our United Way silent auction at work. this photo is of one of the flakes but it is not stiffened so it will be bigger when done. and this is a photo from the pattern of what it should look like when done.