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Hankering for Yarn

May 8th, 2008

Butterfly Effects-Update on the Crocheted Lorenz Manifold

OH!!!!! I am just delighted! After reading my posting about Hinka Osinga’s spectacular crocheted model based on the mathematics of the Butterfly Effect,  Kristi found the actual pattern for it!
I’ll never have time to do it, but I love it that now I COULD!
Here’s the pattern URL: Crocheted Mathematics of Chaos Butterfly Model   by Hinka […]

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May 7th, 2008

Butterfly effects in crochet

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 […]

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April 17th, 2008

Inspiration - Eco farm tours

The folks at Joybilee farm in British Columbia have sent out an invitation to several of the lists I am on.
They run an eco fiber farm and are welcoming people who would like to visit and experience the critters and other lovely things on their farm.  Here’s the link to their site:
Joybilee Farm
Tags: eco farm, […]

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January 24th, 2008

Update on carved avocado pit doll head

When I mentioned the Thumbelina crochet hook in a recent  post, I remembered that I haven’t done an update on the avocado pit that I carved to make a doll head.
When I last posted about it, she was looking like this…

See that line on her forehead?
Oops.   BIG oops……
I forgot to check where the […]

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