For the past few weeks, I've been learning to crochet with the help of my neighbor and YouTube crochet videos and various websites. I started out trying to make a hyperbolic plane, but didn't get very far. It took me awhile to figure out that I was doing a slip stitch instead of a single crochet, and I kept undoing my work because it didn't look quite right.
Meanwhile I started obsessing over the crochet undersea creations featured at The Institute for Figuring and at Helle Jorgensen's Gooseflesh blog. So I started making crochet barnacles (not in picture). This weekend I made lots of crochet tubes and sewed them together to make a crochet tube sponge. The tubes are each about 2-3 inches long and there are 17 of them so far. The sponge measures about 6 inches across. Ian made the green kelpy thing on the right (he wants to add wires to make it stand up). The pink thing on the left is the start of one of my hyperbolic planes. The clownfish were borrowed from a tiny toy aquarium.
6 comments:
how long did it take u to make one tube?
At first it took me a long time to make a tube, about 25-30 minutes I would guess. Then as I got more practiced in making them, about 10-15 minutes per tube depending on the length. Most of the tubes are based on a foundation circle of about 10 chain stitches, and they are the size of small glove fingers. They're like the opposite component to the fingerless mitts that you made for TAD. How is your hyperbolic plane coming along? And what happened to your first comment?
these are really cool, i'm so glad you posted. i also love the tubes. i'm wondering if those could be made similarly by knitting. i agree that it's a great idea to put wire in the one that ian made. where did you buy the yarns from? can you post instructions on how you made each thing or is it obvious how to do it once i learn to crochet/know what i'm doing?
also, i like how you put the clownfish in, and also how you described them, it's a nice touch... :)
yes, i love what you and ian have made so far! the tubular sponge is great! nice choice of colors. ian's creation complements well and gives it a realistic setting. i would like to learn how you make those kelpy things. is it just one continuous strand? i agree with everything cignoh commented above.
thanks for your comments! to make the kelp, ian used one continuous piece of yarn. he used slip stitching (after making a foundation of chain stitches) and just went in and out with the branches, making the center branch thicker as he went along.
the tubes and kelp were made with acrylic yarn (inexpensive Red Heart brand), but i'm starting to use wool yarn, so that future creations can be felted to give them a softer look.
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