Saturday, October 11, 2008

a spider in my garden...

Still feeling a bit lost here... I want to craft, but I just don't know what to do, or where to start...

So I decided on a quick and easy project. Something I could start and finish in no time, and that wouldn't take too much mental or physical energy!

Over at the Lisa Gentry group at Ravelry, there is a Halloween Competition running. Lisa has provided a Spider Doily pattern for us to work from. Rather than using cotton thread, I used 8ply yarn... with a 7.0mm hook for the web, and a 3.0mm hook for the spider.

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The spider babies are just small black buttons, with strands of yarn for the legs...

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9 comments:

  1. LyndybOctober 11, 2008 at 10:17 AM

    That is very cool Purple. The photo is as always brilliant

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  2. LauriaOctober 11, 2008 at 12:33 PM

    That was a beautiful yarn choice to show off the pattern. And so cute spiders!

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  3. BelOctober 11, 2008 at 2:20 PM

    hehe cute.

    but. I have an important question to ask..

    Where is the pattern for the Jute apple bag!???

    Luv Bel.

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  4. laughing purple goldfishOctober 11, 2008 at 9:19 PM

    lyndy - thanks :)

    lauria - yes, it's very cobwebby yarn... too fluffy to really use for anything else!

    bel - that is an important question! the pattern is rolling around in the back of my brain somewhere... I'll see what I can do about retrieving it for you...

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  5. LindaOctober 11, 2008 at 10:01 PM

    Lovely spiderweb, great presentation.

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  6. whatsonoxOctober 12, 2008 at 1:17 AM

    I do like those spiders. For someone who isn't feeling very crafty at the moment (understandably) - you've beaten me hollow. I am still only halfway through a crocheted beret for my daughter that I started last week. I've nearly finished it once but realised what I was crocheting was a floppy brim rather than a beret band. So I undid it and started again. The next effort looked liked a beret but because I was doing it in the evening and I hadn't measured her head it was too big (my husband suggested I try it on her sleeping head but I thought that would just too scary for her if she did wake up). So I was getting a bit tired of it. But if you can crochet a spider and a web then I'm sure I can do yet another two circuits of trebles around the thing.

    Thanks for getting back to your blog. I missed you.

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  7. Rachel@oneprettything.comOctober 12, 2008 at 6:18 AM

    That is SO cute! Your blog always makes me want to pull out my needles.

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  8. AnonymousOctober 13, 2008 at 12:54 AM

    So gorgeous !! Great pic too :-)

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  9. laughing purple goldfishOctober 14, 2008 at 12:45 AM

    crafty gardener - thanks :)

    whatsonox - it feels good to be back... fingers crossed for smooth sailing with that beret from here on in

    rachel - delighted to be inspiring you

    stramenda - I think the spider is eying off the apricots on my tree!

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