Crochet last Blue Man Streamer paper yarn
October 15, 2009 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under crochet, eco projects & green projects & recycling craft, hand spinning and handspun and spinning, spinning
For the last few days, I have been posting about spinning paper yarn from streamers that I brought home from the Blue Man show.
photo by Noreen Crone-Findlay copyright
With the upcycled paper yarn,
I wove a Unicorn.
crocheted a fairy
and crocheted a basket.
I am down to the
last of the Blue Man
streamer paper yarn,
so I feel like I want to
make something
that is a ’statement’ piece…..
I have been mulling and mulling it over… after all, this is quite special yarn, so I want to design and make something that is worthy of the yarn. I also want it to be fun, and quirky and funky and tongue in cheek.
A couple of people sent me some suggestions about what to make, and I appreciate that so much!
I got all inspired, which of course meant that I had to get out my sketchbook and start sketching.
Well! as I flipped through my sketchbook, I found a sketch with some notes that made me go- Bing! YES!
And, I KNEW that I had found exactly what I needed to work on.
I got out paper, pens, scissors and started drawing and cutting a template.
The first three versions ended up tossed into the fire. We heat the studio with a wood burning stove. It often eats up rejected templates, sketches and drawings!
I finally got the template to the place that I am now happy with it, and have started crocheting the last project with the Blue Man streamer upcycled paper yarn.
Am I going to show it to you yet? Nope. Not yet. I’ll keep working on it, and hopefully, it’ll be worthwhile showing off!
So, stay tuned…. more will follow!
