Crocheted Wasp Nest -update 1
May 26, 2008 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under eco projects & green projects & recycling craft, inspiration
We have a wasp problem, and don’t want to use pesticides to kill them. Well, actually, we don’t really even want to kill the rotten little beasties…. they are part of the grand plan of nature, after all. We just don’t want the little stinkers to set up shop around our house, barn, hayshed, tool shed, garage or the farm machines. Is that too much to ask? LOL!
So, I designed a pattern for a fake wasp nest to trick them into to bugging off somewhere else.
So far, the crocheted wasp nests seem to be working! The deck has been wonderfully …read more
Links for learning crochet stitches
May 21, 2008 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under crochet, how to
In response to my posting about
how to crochet a fake wasp nest, I was just asked, ‘what does hdc’ mean?
hdc is half double crochet in North American terminology.
I googled for sites that tell you how to do it…. and came up with this:
crochet stitch how to’s
) Hope this helps!
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