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Wire crochet

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006

I won the steel wire.

Now what?

http://www.seafore.com/wire/wire.html : exuberant and encouraging

http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/directory/library/subject/72 : this is a very skilled metalworker’s instruction with points on drawing the chain through a draw plate and annealing.

http://crochet.about.com/library/weekly/aa030197.htm : *sigh* about sites are “noisy” but useful for the beading references

(And maybe i should be browsing here: http://www.crochetme.com/ and http://www.crochetme.com/back_issues.html)

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Monday migraine, moody weather

Monday, January 2nd, 2006

* first MCM photo

* interest evinced in a “Creator’s Catalog” in a call by Paint Rock River Valley Postal Authority/Elgin Carver.

* found a Nervouser who wants to trade crochet hooks for Altoid tins

* I have a crochet blister.

The stash begins:

* Bought over ten “kegs” of curling ribbon in iridescent and metallic colors, 12¢ each, 50 ft. (Theoretically, this is for gifts)

* Bid and will likely win “A SINGLE 12 SPOOL BOX OF BEADING/CRAFT WIRE OFFERED IN THE 6 COLOR ASSORTMENT SHOWN IN THE PHOTO (2 each: gold, silver, multicolor, black, orange, and red). … EACH SPOOL IS UNUSED MATERIAL IN ORIGINAL PACKAGING. INDIVIDUAL GOLD,SILVER, AND MULTICOLOR SPOOLS ARE MARKED JAPAN ART NO. 1055 AND THE OTHER COLORS ARE MARKED NO.240. ALL WIRE COLORS MEASURE APPROX. .0195 INCH DIAMETER (24 gauge ?) BY 24 YARDS IN LENGTH. THE BASE METAL IS STEEL WITH WHAT APPEARS TO BE A COLOR WRAPPED FINISH SURFACE OF A WOVEN NYLON-LIKE MATERIAL.” (This is definitely for crochet.)

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Happy New Year

Sunday, January 1st, 2006

Worked with 26 gauge navy wire (Darice craft wire) to make a round thing. The bottom chain was reinforced with a slipstich, then two rows of single crochet with a 5F hook.

I think i’m getting a crochet callus.

I’m going to post some photos from the Morro Bay trip off with the belated Yule cards.

I decided MA2006.OAP.Jan should be a lemon for the “come to your senses” theme as i find Meyer lemons to engage all my senses! I think this will also get me my lemon icon i’ve been wanting.

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