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Marie-Antoinette's Guillotine Cuff

it is said that Marie-Antoinette had her jeweller design her guillotine cuff links after her favorite castle chef’s dessert: a chocolate “biscuit” drizzled with a “crème à la pistache” and topped with a “cerise confite”.

this is my crochet version of it, in homage to my gourmet sense of taste and let's hope for the best for me.
you will notice that the cuffs, having been on the woman's neck formed a "ribbon of blood" that was silky
yes, death "is sweeter" on the more gracious necks.

crazy stitch

it makes a quilted fabric, like a chanel bag. here's the stitch

Roll or Bullion Crochet Stitch Instructions

"Spaghetti Pomodoro" scarf

this is a 2 meter scarf almost. it's crocheted with a red purple and orange variegated yarn held with a thin brown yarn to make a mottled effect.

you can wrap it round and round and leave no ends hanging. it looks pretty much like a boa except is it mose useful.

chunky bright kid gifts

i knit all of my nieces and nephews brigh, bold and fun item gifts.
nothing to be "worn" seriously, just to toy with and be merry.

i think i should have stayed with my previous choice of making three rolls for the adults to not hear disgracious commentaries but oh well, as dad would say:
"Christ himself did not find grace in the eyes in the humans: they had to crucify him".

j'ai tricoté à tous mes neveux et nièces des accessoires marrants et gais.
douze cadeaux en tout dont un que j'ai bien caché pour une chasse aux trésors (un bonnet: pièce de résistance).

au regard des parents j'aurais mieux fait de faire mes trois bûches à la place et éviter les propos déplacés.

comme dirait papa: "le christ lui-même est venu au monde et n'a pas trouvé grâce auprès des humains".

everything old is new again

i am using scraps of yarn to make beautiful things with.
i find myself jumping into projects without this tightening in the stomack and angst and the pondering that many skeins of a new yarn induce in me:
is this THE project that i want to be knitting with this?
is this creative enough or is it very plain for all of these skeins?

it's so liberating to knit or crochet from "old" and make something "new", very satisfying. have you seen howbeautiful some children's drawings are? they just don't sit there wondering about a topic, they throw their hearts on a paper, when i "grow up", that's how i want to approach knitting.

Mesh hat

i crocheted for the first time! i made a chain then proceeded to make the sc the dc etc, 3 times each then off to the mesh stitch.

chris is modeling a "chamois" one, then the second i made is the red variagated one then a thinner yarn one which is the variagated grey.

then i crocheted the blue variagated mesh belt that is just pinned in the photo, i think i will add two or even three closures to it, i felted it a bit (fulled it) so it becomes firmer in texture.

i am liking the blocking and fulling techniques now, with my head "form" i can stretch after wetting and then i can full to tighten, wow so many possibilities!