A beaded bookmark. Another one in my collection of bookmark designs.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Another One of Those Days
Pix 1.Ice cream time even for adults. Glo, Ren, Andeng, Miney, Mama, Kai, Beh
Pix 2. Rev and Andeng
Pix 3. After Sotay's high school graduation, we proceeded to their house for dinner.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
An assortment of flowers
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FLOWERS: BIG AND SMALL AND IN SEVERAL COLORS. I WONDER IF THERE ARE REALLY BROWN FLOWERS. WITHERED FLOWERS PERHAPS?
FLOWERS: BIG AND SMALL AND IN SEVERAL COLORS. I WONDER IF THERE ARE REALLY BROWN FLOWERS. WITHERED FLOWERS PERHAPS?
Nonfattening candy and coaster coordinates
Actually, I am also experimenting on the best color combination and what object goes with what color.
Well, my niece who took the photograph says the candy looks delectable! The coaster? It can go along with summer lemonades!
Friday, August 29, 2008
Family Affairs
Family affairs are occasions for getting together for people who work five to six days a week. A birthday party is one occasion. The birhday of the grand matriarch:
Family Bonding
Since I come from a clannish family, a family affair is always graced by a lot of relatives. Birthdays are celebrated with gaiety. Want a sample? Look at these pix:
That's a whole clan already, right? The matriarch is right there in the middle, what can be said? Life in the family, revolves around her. No major decisions are made without her knowledge.
That's a whole clan already, right? The matriarch is right there in the middle, what can be said? Life in the family, revolves around her. No major decisions are made without her knowledge.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Piggy or Mousey Bookmarks?
Since bookmarks take less time to make, they are becoming my stress reliever these days. My daughter says that the yellow bookmark is a pig. It looks more, to me, like a bunny. Oh, well, whatever it looks like, my niece appreciated it nevertheless.
Two of a kind? I experimented on a pair of mousey bookmarks also.
It seems that this is a busy period for me. Lots of manuscripts to read. No time to crochet...
Friday, July 11, 2008
bookmarks galore
There are times when you have to think of something to give to someone who seem to have everything. These are bookmarks I made to be given away as a gift to some book-loving friends (and I have a lot of them!): One is a flower bookmark, another is a mouse bookmark sitting on my WIP (that is supposed to be a scarf in progress), three others that I am still trying to think a name for, and a heart bookmark.Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Flowers: Big and small
So, here are some flowers I experimented with. Short projects I get preoccupied with when my mind rejects difficult rumination.
Turnips and Davao pomelo, anyone?
Hungry for something luscious? Here are two turnips and a crosswise cut of a davao pomelo. Since I was 15 I had been experimenting with straight chain stitches and filets. Perhaps it is high time to try my hand at something stuffed?
How's that?
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Cellphone case
One of my finished projects is a cellphone case which uses shell stitches.The image on top is a closeup of the stitches made. I have done this in old rose Monaco mercerized cotton thread no. 8. I also finished one in olive green but I haven't taken a photograph of the other one. I got the inspiration from Little Crocheted Bag at www.michaels/com/art/online/project sheet.
I alternately use Cannon and Monaco threads because these are the ones available in the Philippines. I seldom use yarn in my crochet nowadays because I think they are too bulky for my needs. (Ignore the date. The date setting of the camera is erroneous!)
Monday, June 23, 2008
Crocheting is also an art
This is my rumination on May 28 when I was contemplating on starting out this blog:
I am a writer. Actually I am an editor by profession. I graduated as psychologist. So where does crocheting come in? Perhaps it's a hobby, an interest. Just like my interest in strumming the guitar, my interest in making sketches when I was young, and my interest in cross-stitching (which has waned years ago when I was unable to finish that dancing ballerina thing!). But the interest in crochet has not left me. It may lie dormant for some time but a crocheted piece or two fan the interest anew and here I go with my hook and thread, trying to create something now and again.
A creative artist can produce so many things with her hands. Perhaps, basically, I am an artist. (I have several written pieces to prove it.)
But I still have to prove my worth as a crocheter. Crocheting has led me to so many websites in the Internet trying to compare techniques and designs. Ultimately, I learned one basic thing despite claims of originality in design and copyright: creativity cannot be bridled nor restrained although originality and copyrights are just conventions that try to safeguard property rights.
The thousands of designs I have seen in the Internet gave me an idea that the only original aspect of crocheting is the product that is created by the unlimited imagination of the crocheter. Perhaps only the one who started the basic stitches could claim originality.With a basic stitch, one can go a long way. Just like the way writers can inspire other writers when any of their works become the seed for another creative endeavor, one design can inspire another crocheter to produce another design and the cycle goes on. There are three primary colors but when these are combined in so many ways, one can produce a rainbow.
In crocheting, the basic stitches of one crocheter can be "borrowed" by another creative crocheter to produce, not necessarily a replica of the former crocheter's product but perhaps another piece of art.
The bottom line is, teach a novice the different stitches and she can produce her own masterpiece. Share a picture of a finished product and a creatie crocheter can make it an inspiration for a totally different product.
In my case, I discovered that out of patterns for edgings, I can crochet a headband, a scarf, a belt, or even a bookmark!
Sometimes creating one's own design is an arduous task and I admire people who have the patience and fortitude to rack their brains until they can produce a beautiful design!
It is to their credit that the crochet tradition is very much alive! Keep on untiring guys!
I am a writer. Actually I am an editor by profession. I graduated as psychologist. So where does crocheting come in? Perhaps it's a hobby, an interest. Just like my interest in strumming the guitar, my interest in making sketches when I was young, and my interest in cross-stitching (which has waned years ago when I was unable to finish that dancing ballerina thing!). But the interest in crochet has not left me. It may lie dormant for some time but a crocheted piece or two fan the interest anew and here I go with my hook and thread, trying to create something now and again.
A creative artist can produce so many things with her hands. Perhaps, basically, I am an artist. (I have several written pieces to prove it.)
But I still have to prove my worth as a crocheter. Crocheting has led me to so many websites in the Internet trying to compare techniques and designs. Ultimately, I learned one basic thing despite claims of originality in design and copyright: creativity cannot be bridled nor restrained although originality and copyrights are just conventions that try to safeguard property rights.
The thousands of designs I have seen in the Internet gave me an idea that the only original aspect of crocheting is the product that is created by the unlimited imagination of the crocheter. Perhaps only the one who started the basic stitches could claim originality.With a basic stitch, one can go a long way. Just like the way writers can inspire other writers when any of their works become the seed for another creative endeavor, one design can inspire another crocheter to produce another design and the cycle goes on. There are three primary colors but when these are combined in so many ways, one can produce a rainbow.
In crocheting, the basic stitches of one crocheter can be "borrowed" by another creative crocheter to produce, not necessarily a replica of the former crocheter's product but perhaps another piece of art.
The bottom line is, teach a novice the different stitches and she can produce her own masterpiece. Share a picture of a finished product and a creatie crocheter can make it an inspiration for a totally different product.
In my case, I discovered that out of patterns for edgings, I can crochet a headband, a scarf, a belt, or even a bookmark!
Sometimes creating one's own design is an arduous task and I admire people who have the patience and fortitude to rack their brains until they can produce a beautiful design!
It is to their credit that the crochet tradition is very much alive! Keep on untiring guys!
Sunday, June 22, 2008
The Joy of Crocheting
My interest in crochet as a hobby is turning into an obsession. This was triggered when I tried to search the Internet for some crochet patterns. I was just curious then. But when I found out a lot of free patterns and a lot of bloggers, with so many pix of what they had done, I figured out blogging could be this interesting!
So, here I go. Perhaps I may not be able to share my own patterns or designs (I also found out that the basic stitches are not copyrighted, and one can just use these basic stitches to create a thousand designs just like a musician who can use any combination of the eight notes to make a hundred melodies!) but I sure could post some of my works here.
I had done a lot of projects eversince I was in college when I would ransack the dorm lib for books on crochet. Indeed I found at least ten of them and I pored over these books in between study periods.
Most of my earlier works (done when I was in college and when I was teaching) are already wornout. Perhaps what I would be posting are designs I have made a couple of years back and some ongoing projects.
Crocheting is a great way of unwinding especially after a busy day!
So, here I go. Perhaps I may not be able to share my own patterns or designs (I also found out that the basic stitches are not copyrighted, and one can just use these basic stitches to create a thousand designs just like a musician who can use any combination of the eight notes to make a hundred melodies!) but I sure could post some of my works here.
I had done a lot of projects eversince I was in college when I would ransack the dorm lib for books on crochet. Indeed I found at least ten of them and I pored over these books in between study periods.
Most of my earlier works (done when I was in college and when I was teaching) are already wornout. Perhaps what I would be posting are designs I have made a couple of years back and some ongoing projects.
Crocheting is a great way of unwinding especially after a busy day!
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