Tuesday, June 09, 2009

My other hobby

I believe I have mentioned in the past that I like to crochet.

Unlike many people who knit or crochet, this is not a fall or winter weather hobby for me.  I crochet in the summer. I am much too busy on the internet in the fall & winter to sit down & crochet.

Summer is swimming season.  I sit out on the porch, under the 70% shade cloth & watch the kids in the pool. My high gloss screen laptop is useless in these conditions. I can’t see a darn thing on it in daylight. So I crochet instead.

Back in March I showed you all this

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The 1000 yard skein of yarn I was rolling into a ball prior to crocheting it into a shawl.

Eventually it became this

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And I started working on the shawl yesterday at long last.

I’ve finished this much so far

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Hmm… that needs something to give a sense of scale…

What can I use…

Oh yeah

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It’s granny T-Rex

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I’ll be posting periodic updates as it gets larger.

Someday I hope for it to fit me.

5 comments:

The Four Week Vegan said...

That yarn is beautiful. It will make a lovely shawl for T-Rex or you.

Sara said...

Very stylish T.rex :) I admire your patience!

Aunt Becky said...

Love the color!

Eve said...

What a beautiful color yarn! I can't wait to see the finished products, in the meantime though I will admire granny dino! LOL

Creative Junkie said...

omgosh, that made me laugh - totally not what I expected!

Can't wait to see it finished - love the color!