Holiday Crochet Count Down
It's that time of the year - the last quarter - when we all gear up and start our little factory of yarn goods-mass production!
Like each of you - my brain starts whispering in August - 'it's time to make a list; what to make and for who?; will I be able to participate in a craft fair?....
I always seem to be behind in the end of it all. Scrambling to make those little Halloween pins & magnets; making snowflakes until my fingers hurt, or making hats & scarves as fast as I can pump them out. AND try to schedule a class here and there...AND, oh yeah-there's that actual job that requires 40+ hours of each week.
Don't despair... it's all OK, because it's the thing that we LOVE to do - Holidays or not!!
So - here's to each of you, to all of us. Let's get set, get ready and STITCH!
Like each of you - my brain starts whispering in August - 'it's time to make a list; what to make and for who?; will I be able to participate in a craft fair?....
I always seem to be behind in the end of it all. Scrambling to make those little Halloween pins & magnets; making snowflakes until my fingers hurt, or making hats & scarves as fast as I can pump them out. AND try to schedule a class here and there...AND, oh yeah-there's that actual job that requires 40+ hours of each week.
Don't despair... it's all OK, because it's the thing that we LOVE to do - Holidays or not!!
So - here's to each of you, to all of us. Let's get set, get ready and STITCH!
Whip up this fabulous infinity scarf with bulky weight yarn.
It's one of my originals from January of 2017.
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CROCHET TID-BITS
Word Origin -1840, from French 'crochet',
diminutive of croc "hook," from Old Norse krokr "hook". So called for the hooked needle used.
An excellent article by RUTHIE MARKS on crochet history can be found
on the CGOA website -
EXCERPTS
(click the button below to read it in full)
History of Crochet by Ruthie Marks
You and I call it crochet, and so do the French, Belgians, Italians and Spanish-speaking people. The skill is known as
haken in Holland, haekling in Denmark, hekling in Norway and virkning in Sweden.
Other forms of handwork - knitting, embroidery and weaving - can be dated far back in time, thanks to archeological finds,
written sources and pictorial representations of various kinds. But no one is quite sure when and where crochet got its start.
The word comes from croc, or croche, the Middle French word for hook, and the Old Norse word for hook is krokr.
Tambour Gives Birth to Crochet Research suggests that crochet probably developed most directly from Chinese needlework,
a very ancient form of embroidery known in Turkey, India, Persia and North Africa, which reached Europe in the 1700s and
was referred to as "tambouring," from the French "tambour" or drum. In this technique, a background fabric is stretched taut
on a frame. The working thread is held underneath the fabric. A needle with a hook is inserted downward and a loop of the
working thread drawn up through the fabric. With the loop still on the hook, the hook is then inserted a little farther along and
another loop of the working thread is drawn up and worked through the first loop to form a chain stitch.
The tambour hooks were as thin as sewing needles, so the work must have been accomplished with very fine thread.
At the end of the 18th century, tambour evolved into what the French called "crochet in the air," when the background fabric
was discarded and the stitch worked on its own.
From 1900 to 1930 women were also busy crocheting afghans, slumber rugs, traveling rugs, chaise lounge rugs, sleigh rugs, car rugs, cushions, coffee- and teapot cozies and hot-water bottle covers. It was during this time that potholders made their fIrst appearance and became a staple of the crocheter's repertoire.
Now, of course, anything goes. In the 1960s and 1970s crochet took off as a freeform means of expression that can be seen today in three-dimensional sculptures, articles of clothing, or rugs and tapestries that depict abstract and realistic designs and scenes.
Word Origin -1840, from French 'crochet',
diminutive of croc "hook," from Old Norse krokr "hook". So called for the hooked needle used.
An excellent article by RUTHIE MARKS on crochet history can be found
on the CGOA website -
EXCERPTS
(click the button below to read it in full)
History of Crochet by Ruthie Marks
You and I call it crochet, and so do the French, Belgians, Italians and Spanish-speaking people. The skill is known as
haken in Holland, haekling in Denmark, hekling in Norway and virkning in Sweden.
Other forms of handwork - knitting, embroidery and weaving - can be dated far back in time, thanks to archeological finds,
written sources and pictorial representations of various kinds. But no one is quite sure when and where crochet got its start.
The word comes from croc, or croche, the Middle French word for hook, and the Old Norse word for hook is krokr.
Tambour Gives Birth to Crochet Research suggests that crochet probably developed most directly from Chinese needlework,
a very ancient form of embroidery known in Turkey, India, Persia and North Africa, which reached Europe in the 1700s and
was referred to as "tambouring," from the French "tambour" or drum. In this technique, a background fabric is stretched taut
on a frame. The working thread is held underneath the fabric. A needle with a hook is inserted downward and a loop of the
working thread drawn up through the fabric. With the loop still on the hook, the hook is then inserted a little farther along and
another loop of the working thread is drawn up and worked through the first loop to form a chain stitch.
The tambour hooks were as thin as sewing needles, so the work must have been accomplished with very fine thread.
At the end of the 18th century, tambour evolved into what the French called "crochet in the air," when the background fabric
was discarded and the stitch worked on its own.
From 1900 to 1930 women were also busy crocheting afghans, slumber rugs, traveling rugs, chaise lounge rugs, sleigh rugs, car rugs, cushions, coffee- and teapot cozies and hot-water bottle covers. It was during this time that potholders made their fIrst appearance and became a staple of the crocheter's repertoire.
Now, of course, anything goes. In the 1960s and 1970s crochet took off as a freeform means of expression that can be seen today in three-dimensional sculptures, articles of clothing, or rugs and tapestries that depict abstract and realistic designs and scenes.
2011 - My first conference in Greensboro, NC. Here I am with Lily Chin!
2014 - With friends {from left-me, Lynn W./Linda Dean/Katheryn White}
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2014 - CGOA 20th Anniversary
'Yarn Cake'
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