Monday, February 16, 2009

Wrap me up in Vintage Angora

It's one of those 'Un Finish Objects' (UFOs) that got moved around and dabbled with. How long has it hung around? Well, at least 2 years.
Everytime I vow to finish this crochet project, something comes along to derail my good intentions.
So, what is it this time? Well, back in November, I hurt my right wrist playing the Wii. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it is a combination of Wii misdeeds, practising the Crow Pose, and some crocheting of little girls' hats. I mainly blame the Wii though! Who knew Star Wars: Force Unleash could be so addictive? Must be the some sort of subconscious desire to wield the light saber. Who am I kidding? It's a conscious desire.

Ahem, back to crochet. The original project was supposed to be a long wrap about 20"x60" of double crochet stitches. It was going to be glorious!! However, due to *ahem* injuries, and not wanting to aggravate the wrist, I decided to stop the project at 20"x 30". I can do small crochet projects like flowers, but repeated the repeated movements of making a wrap will definitely impede the healing of that wrist.

Here's what I did, in lieu of a full wrap. I took one long end of the piece, and folded it over asymmetrically, and secured it with a crochet flower. A little bit rock and roll, and a little bit country:


Here's why it's vintage. I bought the angora/orlon yarn through ebay at a ridiculously low price, and that person got the yarn at an estate sale. Anyway, it's lovely, look at it:

A variant of crocheted flower:




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