In a previous post entitled Crochet crazy, we highlighted the art of artist Robyn Love, good crocheter gone mad.
Now, thanks to InventorSpot.com, we’ve learned of Patricia Waller, a crochet artist with a slightly different perspective.
Accident 3: Shark
Chicken: Yarn, cotton wool, synthetic material, crochet; length15 in.; 1999
Images courtesy of the artist.
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MS the Younger adds: Talented Tawashi
For something a little more within your skill scope (and cute and useful and eco-friendly as well!) try this project on for size: the たわし (tawashi)!
Tawashi just means “little bundle” but it describes a traditional scrub brush. The most common version is the “kamenoko tawashi” which is made of hemp. It looks a bit like a “kame noko” – baby turtle! These days hand-made crocheted tawashi have become very popular. They’ve been featured on one of my favorite eco-home sites, Re-Nest. They’re great for dishes or cleaning the house and you can toss them right in the wash if you want to. Changing materials can also lead to tawashi for dusting or scrubbing yourself in the bath!
CraftStylish has a wonderful step-by-step crochet tutorial with pictures for a nice basic round tawashi, or you can head over to Shh, I’m Counting… for a huge list of tawashi patterns in an array of styles. My favorite is the fishy tawashi.
Fishy Tawashi
Also, TED talks on the beautiful math of crochet coral by Margaret Wertheim.
By masterminding a project to model a coral reef armed only with crochet hooks, Margaret Wertheim hopes to bring some of the most complicated mathematical models embodied in our universe into the minds (and hands) of the masses.
Another intersection of art & science!
~MadSilences
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June 3, 2009 at 7:24 am
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June 4, 2009 at 6:38 am
Knitting also has a very rabidly creative community. I highly recommend, merely for browsing purposes, ravelry.com.
June 5, 2009 at 8:52 am
I started knitting and crocheting in January. I’m a crazed fanatic now. I taught myself how to crochet so that I could make Amigarumi. I’m updating my blog and soon you’ll see some things I’ve created.