Debbie Stoller's new-ish book Happy Hooker
You may recall my first attempt at crochet. I got the single crochet down, but the gauge and everything was way off, and the bottom of the bag ended up way bigger than the top. Coincidentally, Happy Hooker has an adorable little project called the fat-bottom bag. I really would like to make this appropriately big-bottomed bag at some point, so for Project Spectrum this month I'm swatching away and trying to practice the different crochet stitches.
If you want to see some real crochet, go visit Carrie and take a look at her wonderful in progress Prepster jacket (also from the Happy Hooker book).
My other Project Spectrum contribution this month is a collage of photos of some of my yellow and/or orange records (details on the flickr photo page).
Various and Sundry Links - April 21 2006
- We Mime Our Own Business [via]
- Knitting magazine blogs and errata - I totally understand where they are coming from, but in the interest of transparency, wouldn't it be helpful if a knitting magazine had an errata-specific blog?
- This may be TMI, but I really liked the toilets in Japan. I don't know what the chicks at Google are complaining about.
- Chronicles of the Chronically (and voluntarily) Bedridden. I like to think I would get a lot of knitting done if I was participating in this study [via]. **Update** I just read more of her site and realized she actually is a knitter. If you see this, good luck, Erin! I hope you end up with a lot of FOs at the end of this.
- I am Dave Gahan's leather trousers (I think my sister is the only person who will get this reference).
- Someone out there is less fond of capri pants than I am.
- A tale of woe starring some very cute shoes [via].
- LOOK AT ME BEING SERIOUS!!!!!!!!
- I like the idea of this jewel clip cable winder.
- Don't you hate those celebratory greeting cards that say ConGRADulations?
- design*sponge has a podcast interview with Lotta Jansdotter, one of my favorite designers .
- The Ethics of Buzz Marketing - Interesting post and discussion at String or Nothing. Rest assured that if I'm gushing or ranting about something, I've paid for it. If there is ever an exception I will make that very clear.
- The 100th anniversary of the San Francisco Earthquake happened this past week. Here's A Shopper’s Guide to Urban Catastrophe
Technorati tag: project spectrum
Congratulations! Your crochet looks great! I'm constantly amazed how Debbie can inspire folks to try new things... Bravo.
Posted by: Amy | April 21, 2006 at 20:49
oh my god!! i love lotta jansdotter too!!! you should have seen this magazine i saw in tokyo that had a huge spread on her. she's well loved over there. i almost bought that magazine and i wish i had too.
Posted by: gleek | April 21, 2006 at 21:22
gosh, thanks for the props! your double crochets look great up there. i love that bag pattern so much -- i'm really dying to make one, maybe in a green or gray. will you embellish with a flower? i'm also tempted by the bolero and beauregard.
Posted by: carrie m | April 21, 2006 at 23:34
Your crochet is looking great - my Secret Pal bought me Happy Hooker so I'm going to learn too...I did start the other day but didn't get very far!
Posted by: Laura | April 22, 2006 at 03:43
The orange and yellow record collage looks great! what a neat idea. I love looking at album cover art :)
Ah crochet - I tried to learn. I need to give it another chance. Yours looks great!
Posted by: Lolly | April 22, 2006 at 16:16
Hurray! You are trying crochet again. Don't worry, it will work out this time.
Posted by: Oiyi | April 22, 2006 at 16:44
I'm thinking I need to jump on the crochet bandwagon...I'm getting no knitting done lately, so adding another hobby might not be the best idea right now! Yours looks cute so far!
Posted by: Melissa | April 23, 2006 at 11:55
your crochet looks awesome! I wish I could crochet : (
love the mosaic and great links! I often wonder about buzz marketing in a lot of blogs I read. I wonder whos getting a kickback out there?
Posted by: yahaira | April 23, 2006 at 22:06
I really enjoyed your V&S links this morning. "Look at me being serious!" Christ - I laughed out loud! And, the buckle shoes of death - I have a very similar pair and it's like risking my ass every time I put them on. Who designs shoes with shiny bottoms that slip on everything?! The buzz marketing piece was thought-provoking. The knit blog community is clearly a HUGE market, and I hadn't really considered the consequences of ranting about this or that. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Amanda | April 24, 2006 at 12:15
HEY! Great job on the crocheting!!! Good for you! Now you can listen to my crochet podcast at www.crochetcast.com while you're crocheting away ;-) I'm hoping to get a new episode out this weekend... but that's yet to be determined. Keep up the great work.
Posted by: Jeanie | May 06, 2006 at 16:12