WIP Wednesday #1

Deb at Crochetville started a cool lil' thread where we list out WIPs every Wednesday... so here's my first WIP Wednesdays post.

My Work-In-Progress Projects:

Baby Girl Sleeper Set - This is for a co-worker that just had a baby girl. It was 85% complete, but after showing a friend the dress she says it's too small for the baby, so I have to frog it and do some dreaded math to figure out what size will fit, heh.

Trellis Stitch Poncho - A simple but cute project I'm adapting to be shorter and lighter for summer. When complete I'm gonna keep this one! :D

Aunt B's New Angel Wrap - I've got 2-3 of these lil cuties going for friends and their babies.

Jute Sandals - I'm 1/2 done creating my own pattern for crocheted sandals, woot! I'll share the pattern once it's complete and throughly tested.

And that's it... for now! =P

World's Fastest!

"The longtime Chatham resident broke the record by her own count as the world's fastest crocheter at about 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Michael's Arts and Crafts in Monroe.
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Gentry crocheted 5,112 stitches in 30 minutes — about 170 stitches per minute.
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Barbara Jean Sonntag of Craig, Colo., has held the title as the undefeated Guinness champion since 1981 with 147 crocheted stitches per minute."

Wow. O_o As odd as it may sound... I'd love to see video footage of this. That's just got to be insane, heh.

Congratulations Lisa Gentry!

Getting Started...

I learned to crochet when I was a lil' girl, maybe 5-6 years old. Between my mom and my grandma they managed to not only show a clusmy left-hander (I was clumsy, period, not clumsy because I was left-handed, heh) how to crochet... but to get her completely addicted as well.

I've crocheted on and off since I was very young, making any number of weird and semi-useful things I could think of. Hats, scarves, slippers, socks, purses, "containers", pouches, wall-hangings, the occasional sweater, etc, you name it!

I'm very happy to see the upswing in the number of crocheters! And I'm especially happy to see other younger artistic!! We need people and ideas of all ages to keep this great craft alive!

My intentions with this blog are:
1) a place to get and keep in contact with fellow crocheters
2) a place to show off my creations from my patterns and others
3) a place to share patterns I've created myself

I had an idea to make a project that featured a specific crochet stitch every 1-2 weeks. Most crocheters know a dozen (or fewer) different stitches but there are a lot more out there! I figured this would be a nice way to bring attention to a unusual or unique stitch and give people a chance to actually try out the new stitch they've just learned.

These "lessons" or "Featured Stitch" sections could include:
1) details on the background of the stitch (if any)
2) detailed instructions (or links to detailed instructions) on how to create the stitch,
3) links to free and purchase patterns using the featured stitch
4) suggested project ideas using the featured stitch

It could be more, it could be less. Again it's just a lil' brain storm I've been conducting, heh.

How does that sound? Lame? Cool? =P Be honest, I'm tuff I can take it, hahaha. =D