Fats, Vitamins and Minerals

It takes me ages it seems to write anything, post anything here. Apart from the daily house chores that get in the way of writing, we’ve been quite busy with fairly simple things that need doing - some socials (the visit to Tilman’s was really nice, and Edward had a nice time too playing with Alice!), getting Trevor’s health insurance sorted out, getting marriage papers sorted out (again!), jurying of over 50 video works (which turned out to be a very enjoyable experience) for an upcoming festival, and continuing my crochet work.

Whatever, I am enjoying the crochet work even more, since finishing a rose-decorated purse (using scrap yarn) based on a vintage pattern (see “Number 2713 Purse Pattern” at FreeVintageCrochet.com, pattern originally published by The Spool Cotton Company, Book No. 219, in 1945). Following the original pattern, I made a few changes with the seams, and used crocheted strips to form a hook and handle instead of a long ribbon drawn through rings around the bag. Below is a photo of the finished purse.

Afterwards, I thought of making a turtle purse for my sister (she collects turtle-motif objects). The turtle purse is a somewhat spontaneous piece of work (not based on any existing pattern) made up of eight parts (shell, bottom, head, legs, tail) which I crocheted separately and stitched together after decorating the shell and the head with beads. I am still thinking whether or not to make a handle for this purse - maybe I can just ask my sister. Below is a photo of the turtle purse.

While I was making the turtle purse, I was also making a bag (supposedly the bottom part of a two-piece Greek bag) using scrap yarn which I found here in the apartment. The owner of the apartment wasn’t interested in them anymore, and anyway they were all scrap. So I thought that I could just use two colors together and add in more colors as work progresses. Below is a photo of the bag which I currently use for keeping yarn, hook and scissors while working on another bag (originally the upper part of the two-piece bag I was hoping to make but have now decided to make into two separate bags ).

This bag is beaded too like the turtle and I implemented an improvised version of the ring-enclosure system described in the vintage purse pattern (I put six blue-and-white crocheted rings around the top rim of the bag through which the green beaded handle goes). Although I am already using it, I am not sure whether or not this bag is finished.

Hopefully, it won’t take me another 10 years to write down the patterns for these projects so I can post them on-line for anybody interested in making them. I just take so long and since the work is now becoming more and more spontaneous, it is getting harder to try and write down the patterns while working. I guess the process of review could be useful as I write down the patterns and instructions after work is finished.

Anyway, now that I am getting better with the beading, I might soon be able to make that beaded headdress that I promised a friend of mine.

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