Hankering for Yarn » sculptural crochet http://www.blisstree.com/hankeringforyarn Knitting, Crochet, Spool Knitting, Spinning and Weaving Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:34:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Crocheted Wasp Nest -update 1 http://www.blisstree.com/hankeringforyarn/crocheted-wasp-nest-update-1/ http://www.blisstree.com/hankeringforyarn/crocheted-wasp-nest-update-1/#comments Tue, 27 May 2008 02:57:38 +0000 Noreen Crone-Findlay http://www.hankeringforyarn.com/crocheted-wasp-nest-update-1 Post from: Hankering for Yarn

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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 wasp free, and Jim hasn’t seen any more of them in the tool shed or hay shed.

Our daughter, Chloë , got inspired and has designed a sewn fake wasp nest. I haven’t heard from her about how it’s working at her house, yet.  Will need an update from her on that.

Jim decided that he’s interested in the family ‘anti-wasp campaign’, so he turned a fake wasp nest on the lathe:

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It’s hanging in the barn, and when I was out there, taking pics, didn’t get buzzed by a single one.  Good for the horses!

We shall see how this goes…. hopefully, the wasps will avoid us. There are some kinds of beasties that are just not a treat to hang out with.

Now, if I could just make the mosquitoes hang out somewhere else!

And, oh yes, about those spiders! eegads! there was one the size of a moose in my undie drawer yesterday!

Ah, life down on the farm…..

:o )

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]]> http://www.blisstree.com/hankeringforyarn/crocheted-wasp-nest-update-1/feed/ 16 Inspiration- sculptural crochet tutorial http://www.blisstree.com/hankeringforyarn/inspiration-sculptural-crochet-tutorial/ http://www.blisstree.com/hankeringforyarn/inspiration-sculptural-crochet-tutorial/#comments Mon, 19 May 2008 03:13:07 +0000 Noreen Crone-Findlay http://www.hankeringforyarn.com/inspiration-sculptural-crochet-tutorial Post from: Hankering for Yarn

]]> This EXCELLENT tutorial on sculptural crochet was listed on one of the email lists I am on. It’s superb!

Sculptural Crochet Tutorial 

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]]> http://www.blisstree.com/hankeringforyarn/inspiration-sculptural-crochet-tutorial/feed/ 0 Inspiration – Crochet at the edge http://www.blisstree.com/hankeringforyarn/inspiration-crochet-at-the-edge/ http://www.blisstree.com/hankeringforyarn/inspiration-crochet-at-the-edge/#comments Fri, 09 May 2008 20:42:03 +0000 Noreen Crone-Findlay http://www.hankeringforyarn.com/inspiration-crochet-at-the-edge Post from: Hankering for Yarn

]]> My friend Bonnie, sent me a link to the site of an extraordinary artist Joana Vasconcelos. 

Her work reminds me of the art nouveau decoration and sculpture of Antoni Gaudi in Barcelona. Her website is animated and a sensory feast.

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]]> http://www.blisstree.com/hankeringforyarn/inspiration-crochet-at-the-edge/feed/ 0 Workshops I am teaching in Portland in September http://www.blisstree.com/hankeringforyarn/workshops-i-am-teaching-in-portland-in-september/ http://www.blisstree.com/hankeringforyarn/workshops-i-am-teaching-in-portland-in-september/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:22:22 +0000 Noreen Crone-Findlay http://www.hankeringforyarn.com/workshops-i-am-teaching-in-portland-in-september Post from: Hankering for Yarn

]]> I am so pleased! I have just learned what workshops I will be teaching
at the Knit and Crochet Show in Portland, Oregon in Sept of 2008.

I’ll be teaching:

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  Sept 11 @ 2 pm – Butterfly Shawl pin


Sept 13 @ 9 am – Building Butterflies: How to make one of a kind
butterflies with crochet, knitting, etc

 

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  Sept 14 @ 9 am – Sculptural Crochet Boxes Baskets and Bowls

You can see the pics and full descriptions that go with the workshops by clicking on my website: workshops

For information about the Knit and crochet conference go to:

The Knit and Crochet website

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]]> http://www.blisstree.com/hankeringforyarn/workshops-i-am-teaching-in-portland-in-september/feed/ 3 Fish out of water http://www.blisstree.com/hankeringforyarn/fish-out-of-water/ http://www.blisstree.com/hankeringforyarn/fish-out-of-water/#comments Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:48:59 +0000 Noreen Crone-Findlay http://www.hankeringforyarn.com/fish-out-of-water Post from: Hankering for Yarn

]]> Ming Yi Sung’s sculptural crochet is truly wonderful.

You HAVE to go see her Fish out of water! 

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]]> http://www.blisstree.com/hankeringforyarn/fish-out-of-water/feed/ 0 The Saga of the Missing Chicken http://www.blisstree.com/hankeringforyarn/the-saga-of-the-missing-chicken/ http://www.blisstree.com/hankeringforyarn/the-saga-of-the-missing-chicken/#comments Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:45:40 +0000 Noreen Crone-Findlay http://www.hankeringforyarn.com/the-saga-of-the-missing-chicken Post from: Hankering for Yarn

]]> Ming Yi Sung is a fiber artist who has a wonderfully offbeat sense of humor. She did a very whimsical outdoor crocheted sculpture of a life size woman engaged in a mealtime battle with a reluctant chicken.

She posted a series of photographs of the installation and unveiling of the piece, and then…. oh no!

The chicken went missing….

Here’s the link: Chicken tale 

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