Tuesday, February 19, 2013

The world in the palm of my hands!

I'm a giant nerd.

So, naturally, I lept at the chance to crochet a globe for a secret valentine's day present (a week-late secret valentine's anyway). In my head, this project was going to work out perfectly.



Really, it was going to be great!




But, by the time it was all over, I was cursing tiny island countries, Argentina's cape had ripped off, and I had a much greater sense of appreciation for early cartographers than I ever believed possible. BUT... I did it.



A brief comparison of Saudi Arabia and Madagascar shows how completely inaccurate this globe ended up being haha

To anyone attempting this project, I'd suggest tracing the countries' outlines off a globe (NOT a map), keeping a bunch of pins on hand to keep the countries in place, and marking the equator somehow (probably with more pins). Good luck!

See you later
Hamallie

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Happy Valentine's!

...or, just, Happy Thursday!

Hope you survived the nemo/Charlotte "snowmageddon"!

see you later
Hamallie


Friday, February 8, 2013

The First Post


For some reason, in my head, I read the title for this post in the voice of those little aliens from Toy Story... so, overall, good start to the blog.

My guess is, the fact that you're reading this means you either : (a) know me (b) are on one of those late-night forays into the wild depths of the internet ... or, you know, you googled something about crocheting.

But I'm glad that, for whatever reason, you're here, so thanks for dropping by!

As you've probably guessed, I'll be posting pictures of whatever I'm crocheting at the time, so that will be the main purpose of the blog...

But I'm sure I'll get off track now and then and start posting pictures of plants, books and lots and lots of cats, so if you're a die hard crochet conservative I'll just apologize in advance (also note imminent Harry Potter, The Office, Dr.Who and Sherlock rants, they're bound to happen).

As of now, I don't really have any set updating schedule in mind. Just whenever the fancy hits me. I usually crochet things for my friends or family's birthdays so my posts will be dictated mostly by that.

Annnd, yeah that's it. Thanks again for checking out my blog. I'll leave you with a picture of my first ever crochet project (well, the first one that didn't turn out as a giant ball of knotted string, anyways). I made it for a birthday.

Et voila... the crochet lion (later dubbed "Christian" after this story: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btuxO-C2IzE )


See you later
hamallie