Hyperbolic Freeform Crochet Sculpture
Creating a Crochet Sculpture I love creating freeform crochet sculptures. It gets me into a state of “flow”, helps me relax, and brings about a sense of joy. Today I thought I’d share a tutorial on a...
View ArticleLace Crochet and Mom
Remembering Mom in Celebration of National Craft Month I woke up the other morning out of a dream about my Mom. She was still alive and we were traveling somewhere together – one of those long dreams...
View ArticleFreeform Lace Crochet with Quilting Thread
My interest in freeform lace crochet continues and right now I am experimenting with some quilting thread and other fine threads. Some of my favorite brands include Lizbeth Cordonnet, Sulky...
View ArticleCrochet Sculpture in a Bowl
Whenever I go to an art fair I’m drawn to the booths with pottery and ceramics. Sometimes I can’t resist buying a piece or two. Here is a bowl that jumped off the shelf at me because of the color...
View ArticleHyperbolic Crochet
I enjoy experimenting with freeform and hyperbolic crochet techniques. For more information on crocheting models of hyperbolic geometry check out this link: Math & Fiber. Here is an example:...
View ArticleCreative Fun with Crochet
I love crocheting hyperbolic and freeform sculptures such as spirals, ropes, corals, planes, pseudospheres and curlicues. But what to do with them once they are completed? I’ve been tossing mine...
View ArticleCrochet Tutorial: Expanding Spiral
Hyperbolic Crochet Tutorial: The Expanding Spiral All of the photos below are of the same hyperbolic crochet piece. What I love about this particular form is that it can be twisted, folded, and...
View ArticleCurlicue Freeform Crochet
. EXPERIMENTS WITH CURLICUE FREEFORM CROCHET . Here are the results of some fun I had playing around with curlicue freeform crochet. For this project I dipped into my stash of Queensland Collection...
View ArticleCrochet Coral Reef
CROCHETING THE BEAUTIFUL MATH OF CORAL Last Friday’s episode of the podcast On Being with Krista Tippett featured an interview with Margaret Wertheim: The Grandeur and Limits of Science. If you love...
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