The lace project may some day end up as this shawl
I say some day as I chose the Arabian Nights version and the colour is very dark, beautiful but dark and my eyes will only be able to cope with knitting it in daylight. The wool feels beautiful, it was a pleasure to wind and there was only one small knot. Threading the beads has been an experience - someone advised me to go the crochet hook route - that is what I've planned to do but even then you need to thread 1600 beads for the beaded fringe!
I think this will become my "Saturday morning project" - the one I do when the sun is up, the world is quiet and I can concentrate.
The night projects will continue to be items for the Hyperbolic Crochet Reef - here's some of my work:
and some of the other wonderful items already donated
The south Bank Centre is launching a Monday evening crochet group from mid-June to run alongside the exhibition and June 21st there's a Crochet Jam that sounds fun!
love your hyperbolic and the others you showed as well. I am obssesed with this crochet and the coral reef project and thinking
of organizing a coference/holiday/workshop on
hyperbolic/coral reef crochet here in Costa Blanca Spain for likeminded people.
Amal
Snap!!! I have the yarn/pattern for the arabian nights and it is a gorgeous inky purple isn't it - there is someone on the ravelry group for the shawl who was going to do an alternative to the beaded fringe and I think I might go that route
Posted by: juliet at May 9, 2008 11:14 PMThat shawl is gorgeous!! The beaded fringe is really beautiful.
Posted by: Stash Haus at May 8, 2008 05:18 AMwow, your reef's coming on! That's a lovely shawl, but if you're only going ot work on it on Saturday mornings it's going to take forever,there's a lot of knitting (and beads!)