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03-02-2002, 10:21 PM

One day back in January I decided to pick up a hobby I had not played around with in 16 years...crocheting.
Since then I have made three full-sized afghans as gifts for beloved kinfolk. [img]smile.gif[/img]

I took pics to show them off to my sister (who actually asked me to take pics so that she could see them) and I uploaded them onto one of my web pages to share them with whoever else wants to see them.

She got the full-sized version of the pics, no resizing done so she gets to see more detail than the web page shows (like the mostly white one has variagated colors "behind" the red in an awesome stained-glass looking effect), but heck, for not attempting the craft for so many years, I am pretty proud of them. [img]smile.gif[/img]
Crocheted Afghans

My next step is to finish a granny-square afghan made of a combination of all those colors and then teach myself to knit. A neighbor girl taught me when I was 7 but my mom wouldn't let me knit in the house ("those things are dangerous!", and around my siblings they were LOL) and I have always wanted to pick it back up since I'd long since forgotten what I was taught by the time I left home...well I've been away from home for many many years now and its still on my list of things to do so here I go.

Scholarcs · 03-02-2002, 11:19 PM

Good stuff Moni on picking it up, although I must say its not the hobby for me

khazadman · 03-02-2002, 11:26 PM

they are nice.i especially like the first one.

fable · 03-02-2002, 11:51 PM

Interesting. I'll have to get my wife to check that image out, too--she's into quilting.

Azred · 03-03-2002, 01:33 AM

It is good to see someone picking up that folk art; most native folk arts may be found now only at craft fairs or historical towns. Too many folk arts are almost lost.

Garnet FalconDance · 03-04-2002, 10:05 AM

Gosh, I haven't crocheted in *how* many years, either! I get bored and off I go to another project! A girlfriend taught me to knit and I hated it! Now I just spin the wool for others to knit [img]smile.gif[/img] .

03-02-2002, 11:19 PM	#2
Scholarcs Red Dragon Join Date: December 5, 2001 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Age: 38 Posts: 1,557	Good stuff Moni on picking it up, although I must say its not the hobby for me __________________ <br />\"A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five\" - Groucho Marx<br />Member of the ORT Clan. <br />\"Some birds are not meant to be caged because their feathers are too bright\"<br />Ma bouche sera la bouche des malheurs qui n\'ont point de bouche, ma voix, la liberté de celles qui s\'affaissent au cachot du désespoir. - Aimé Césaire<br />La plus perdue de toutes les journées est celle où l\'on n\'a pas ri. - Sébastien Roch Nicolas

03-03-2002, 01:33 AM	#5
Azred Drow Priestess Join Date: March 13, 2001 Location: a hidden sanctorum high above the metroplex Age: 54 Posts: 4,037	It is good to see someone picking up that folk art; most native folk arts may be found now only at craft fairs or historical towns. Too many folk arts are almost lost. __________________ Everything may be explained by a conspiracy theory. All conspiracy theories are true. No matter how thinly you slice it, it's still bologna.

03-04-2002, 10:05 AM	#6
Garnet FalconDance Mephistopheles Join Date: August 30, 2001 Location: deep within the sylvan splendor.... Age: 60 Posts: 1,443	Gosh, I haven't crocheted in how many years, either! I get bored and off I go to another project! A girlfriend taught me to knit and I hated it! Now I just spin the wool for others to knit [img]smile.gif[/img] . __________________ "Nature tells every secret once." Ralph Waldo Emerson

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03-02-2002, 10:21 PM	#1
Moni Guest Posts: n/a	One day back in January I decided to pick up a hobby I had not played around with in 16 years...crocheting. Since then I have made three full-sized afghans as gifts for beloved kinfolk. [img]smile.gif[/img] I took pics to show them off to my sister (who actually asked me to take pics so that she could see them) and I uploaded them onto one of my web pages to share them with whoever else wants to see them. She got the full-sized version of the pics, no resizing done so she gets to see more detail than the web page shows (like the mostly white one has variagated colors "behind" the red in an awesome stained-glass looking effect), but heck, for not attempting the craft for so many years, I am pretty proud of them. [img]smile.gif[/img] Crocheted Afghans My next step is to finish a granny-square afghan made of a combination of all those colors and then teach myself to knit. A neighbor girl taught me when I was 7 but my mom wouldn't let me knit in the house ("those things are dangerous!", and around my siblings they were LOL) and I have always wanted to pick it back up since I'd long since forgotten what I was taught by the time I left home...well I've been away from home for many many years now and its still on my list of things to do so here I go.

03-02-2002, 11:26 PM	#3
khazadman User suspended until [Feb13] Join Date: December 6, 2001 Location: the south side of ol virginny Age: 62 Posts: 1,172	they are nice.i especially like the first one.

03-02-2002, 11:51 PM	#4
fable Quintesson Join Date: March 17, 2001 Location: Where I am. Posts: 1,089	Interesting. I'll have to get my wife to check that image out, too--she's into quilting.

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