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Pictures: Stitchin' Fish

Finally! Some pictures of crafts I've done lately. So here's my submissions to the EAC Stitchin' Fish North Atlantic sea floor project:

The plastic bag jellyfish in progress:



The white grocery store bag didn't work for me, so I scrapped that part and found a different bag. I tried to use mostly bread bags for the jellyfish, as I liked how the clear plastic looked.

I think I've managed to post some jellyfish photos before, but here is a close up, where it looks like a big crocheted mess:



Actually, most of my submissions looked like a big mess. They looked much better when they were added to the rest of the submissions:



The hyperbolic ruffle:



It used up a an odd ball from my stash, but it was deadly boring after a few rows.

The hyperbolic spiral:



the window at the Loop:





Check out all those jellyfish! The display at EAC's World Ocean Day looked really great. I've only seen photos of it, but from what I saw in the window display, I know it was awesome. And it was really neat to pass by later in the week and see the things that I made in the window.

Next up: Pictures of my recent attempt to sew with a sewing machine!

Posted byHello Pineapples! on Thursday, June 12, 2008 0 comments  

filed under: crochet, stitchin' fish

Stitchin' Jellyfish

I can tell that summer is just about here. Not because we're having some really nice weather, but because I can hear bagpipes off in the distance, probably at a nearby hotel. This city loves its bagpipes. And I guess our tourists do too.

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Still no camera cord, but I do have a camera phone with bluetooth, so here are some pics (as promised) of my jellyfish made of plastic bags:



while that looks like a mess, it really isn't. For the finished jellyfish, I used mainly bread bags. The clear bags make it look transparent-ish, a quality I think is important in a jellyfish.



I've also made some "yarn" out of a reusable Sobeys bag (that was broken) and some Superstore plastic bags. The superstore bags haven't really worked out so far, but that could be because they were some of my first attempts at plastic yarn and my original method makes them look a little messy. The Sobeys bag crochets up real nice, but I haven't managed to work it into a pattern that I like.



(the photo is fuzzy because it was hard to take a picture and hold the ruler steady).

I had originally attempted to make some "coral" with the green bag, but no luck - there wasn't enough for it to look good. the jelly fish is a little iffy. I think I'll try making the tentacles with clear bags and some pretty woolly yarn for good measure.

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Since I'm on the subject of sea creatures, here's today's Natalie Dee comic:


nataliedee.com

I frakking love Natalie Dee. Sometimes, when she draws things that coincidentally relate to my life (like pineapples, or cake, or octopi), I feel like she might be my doppleganger and if we were ever to meet, one of us would have to die. She probably isn't my doppleganger. Instead she's probably someone who has a sense of humour that is somewhat similar to my own. But that isn't as fun as saying that I have a doppleganger.

Posted byHello Pineapples! on Tuesday, June 03, 2008 0 comments  

filed under: amigurumi, crochet, stitchin' fish