Lately, there has been a lot of attention paid to crocheted mathematical models.
I am passionate about butterflies. I am constantly designing homages to them in crochet, weaving, knitting, (see yesterday’s entry for a knitted Butterfly Bag), spool knitting, tatting, sewing, you name it. The picture above is a butterfly that is part of a […]
Last year, I designed a Butterfly bag that’s knitted with crochet edges. It’s spring again! (finally) and time to knit something up (quickly!) for Mother’s Day…….
Don’t have any thick yarn? Easy. Grab 3 or 4 strands of worsted weight and big fat needles and go for it!
Here’s the link to my pattern:
Noreen Crone-Findlay’s BUTTERFLY BAG
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am so pleased! I have just learned what workshops I will be teaching
at the Knit and Crochet Show in Portland, Oregon in Sept of 2008.
I’ll be teaching:
1] Sept 11 @ 9 am - Crochet in motion: Fabulous shawls, shrugs, camis […]
Woohoo! I am so excited!
I have FINALLY finished the Crochet along Butterfly bag that I began waaaaaaaaaay back with: Getting Started
I did the final assembly today.
I slipped the plastic mesh interlining pieces inside the bag:
and stitched some commercial lace to the edging of the lining:
I slipped it inside the bag and stitched the lining to […]
Oh my word, I can’t believe how much work this bag has been! But, worth it! I just love it.
I decided that it needed a handle, so, I took 60 inches of 1/4 inch diameter acquarium clear plastic tubing, and stitched buttons on the ends.
and then, I worked about a million sc (single crochet) over […]
It feels like the butterfly bag needs to be stabilized, so I am cutting plastic needlepoint mesh into the shape of the front and back of the bag. I’ve cut out the lining, and will get the lining stitched, and then the bag itself.
I’ll slip the mesh between the lining and the bag after the […]
Wow…. I had no idea that it would take so long to finish the Butterfly Bag Crochet along! There was a fair amount of chaos in my life with weddings and a funeral, so that’s just the way it is…..
Anyhow………. I got all ‘buttonie’ and had a wonderful time stitching a ton of buttons onto […]
My daughter was teasing me, as she watched me stitch about 359 buttons to the Butterfly Bag.
‘A touch of O.C.D., Mum?’, she laughed as I obsessively, compulsively stitched little shell buttons to the Butterfly bag…
What can I say? :D
I like buttons……. we all have our addictions.
As long as I […]
When building the mesh stitches that capture the motifs for the Butterfly bag (aka: Meshing around :D ), you can use a whole slew of stitches…..
filet crochet or
chain stitches
or, my personal favorite:
The Lover’s Knot or Solomon Knot -
I am going to be teaching this stitch and the ways in which I love to use it […]
The first filler mesh for the Butterfly bag was a modified filet crochet mesh: Filet Mesh
I also really love using chain stitches to build the mesh to create the mesh.
You can either:
Join the yarn or thread to a motif or edge, and chain 5 or 7 and sc into the edge or motif (a few […]
For the love of knitting, crochet, spoolknitting, spinning and weaving!
Written by Noreen Crone-Findlay [email] for b5media.
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