I was listening to a knitting podcast this week and it was mentioned that Mercury has been in retrograde. Maybe that explains why it's been so darn difficult for me to complete or start a project in the past couple months. Of course, the fact that my commuting/knitting time has been curtailed due to cycling may explain a bit (as well as my commuting/listenting to podcasts time, too) but I've also just been sort of *blah* around crafts lately.
Despite my blog-silence on crafting, I have accomplished a few things: slowly and sometimes painfully, but accomplishments nonetheless. Now photographic evidence of those accomplishments will not be forthcoming just yet. (I was stupid and under deadline, so at least one of those items may not be documented in photos at all.) It's dark right now and I can't get decent photos of my newest finished object(s), so it'll just have to wait.
I have been doing some things, though. Let me just list them here:
- A sleeveless baby "saque" (whatever that means) in crochet and knit
- A pair of socks
- An object for the Chicago Crochet Coral Reef Project
What is that last one? Well, if I can alert David Reidy of the Sticks and String podcast to this cool new project and get it mentioned, then I guess I can put it on my own personal blog.
The Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef project is run by the Institute for Figuring. This project is designed and curated by the founders of the IFF, Christine and Margaret Wertheim, who are originally from Brisbane, Australia but now live in Los Angeles. They started the project in homage to the Great Barrier Reef, as "wooly testimony to the disappearing wonders of the marine world." Each crocheted piece duplicates the hyperbolic geometry of coral and has been created by hand.
The Reef will be the coming to Chicago this fall during the Chicago Humanities Festival. Organizers wanted to add a Chicago touch to the Reef, so they've started organizing workshops to learn about how to create pieces to add to the Reef.
I was at the inaugural workshop on June 29 hosted by the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum. Not only did I get to stretch my newly-budded crochet wings, so to speak, but I also learned about hyperbolic space. Cool! My friend Jamie unintentionally grabbed the spotlight, though. She had learned about the workshop at the same Knitting Guild meeting as I did, but she got started right away on her object and brough the finished piece to the workshop. Margaret Wertheim herself kicked off the workshop, and she was thrilled with Jamie's piece!
There will be more workshops, so if you're interested, check out the My Space page they've set up.
As for my crafting mojo...it's looking up. Just in the past couple days, I've started to feel more centered around it. I've cast off and finished a couple projects (the socks and baby saque), and started a new pair of socks.
Yes, there will continue to be crafting projects dissected and documented here. Just hang with me, and I'll deliver.
2 comments:
Maisie needs a friend, this is the name Racheal and I were talking about: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billina
I am delighted to see your mention of the Reef Crochet project. Request permission to link to your blog... in the meantime happy crochet and other crafting.
Greetings from Redhenni in Sydney
of peripatetic Stitch 'n Bitch (unofficial women's art and conversation group)
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