Can you tell my work load has been light lately? So be it. Here are few more recently finished projects. Yet again, I’m all dressed up with no place to go.
My Bad-Ass Spiderweb Gauntlets
I made these based on the To Weave a Tangled Web pattern over at The Anticraft. Forgive the overly dramatic pictures, but with what else to you wear gloves like these? They belong on the cover of a bad fantasy/romance novel, probably one with vampires in it.
1850s Work Dress
And now for something completely different... Jenny brought me back this pattern from a trip she took to the foothills town of Columbia. The pattern is based on an extant dress in their collection there. I hung on to it for a year or so before I came across this calico fabric in Normar Fabrics when visiting my folks in Napa. And here she is. I have no idea when I’ll wear it, though it did make an appearance on stage in the PDTW performance of Little Match Girl in January. I whipped out a petticoat for it based on a modified version of the Petticoat for the Ages pattern over at The Anticraft. I think it needs one more petticoat to be full enough to my taste. There is more info on these patterns on my costume page.
Two New Scarves
Did I mention that I’ve become a crochet-aholic? There should be support groups for people like me.
This is a Garden Scarf from The Happy Hooker. They’re really fun to make. I made one for a friend for Christmas and had enough left over yarn to make one for myself, if I just added in a fourth color. So in the name of using up my yarn stash, I proceeded, adding in a plum color. Now I have all this leftover plum yarn. My situation has not improved. But my wardrobe has.
And this is a hairpin lace scarf of my own invention. The yarn matches faded blue jeans well, so I wear this one a lot. It’s my first original crochet pattern. It’s not a complicated one, but it’s mine. I’ll try to get around to posting it so that anyone with the time, tools, and inclination can give it a whirl.
And while we’re talking about posting and crochet, if you dabble in yarn craft, take yourself over to Ravelry and request an invitation. I tend to despise useless waste of time forums on random topics because they are often clunky, invariably ugly, and filled with useless people saying useless things with way too many smiley icons interspersed in their vapid comments. I’ll make an exception for this one though. It’s more than a brag board; it’s a resource. I probably spend as much time on the site as I do actually crocheting. The site’s in beta still, so there is a wait list to join, but it’s worth your while.